Dancehall superstar, Vybz Kartel hospitalised

Adidjah 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer has been hospitalised. "I was informed today by the prison authorities that he would be taken to University Hospital," the deejay's lawyer, Tom Tavares-Finson reported. It is understood that the deejay has been complaining of pains in his side since Wednesday.

The artiste is now awaiting the result of tests conducted on him and is being treated for the kidney infection, sources closed to the deejay reported.

"Needless to say, his family is concerned about his health," the source said.

Kartel is serving a life sentence for the murder of associate Clive 'Lizard' Williams. Despite being behind bars for nearly six years, his music still dominates the local airwaves.

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