Five wins for Kartel at 2017 Youth View Awards4 min read

Deejay Vybz Kartel’s continued output even while incarcerated for murder has yielded him five wins in the 2017 Youth View Awards (YVA), held on Saturday at the National Indoor Sports Centre.

He nabbed solo wins for Male Local Artiste of the Year, Dancehall Artiste, Hottest Summer Song Fever, and Local Chart Topping Song of the Year Fever, as well as Musical Collaboration for Loodi (done with Shenseea).

Understandably, Kartel was unavoidably absent and could not accept the awards in person.

Other wins included:

• Shenseea who was named Breakout Celebrity

• Beres Hammond was named the Legendary Artiste

• Dance Group: Ravers Clavers

• Local Music Producer: DJ Frass

• Female Local Artiste of the Year: Spice

• Party Selector of the Year: Creep Chromatic

• Male Dancer: Ding Dong

• Female Dancer: DHQ Sher

• Cultural Artiste – Chronixx

• Entertainment Show – Magnum Kings & Queens of Dancehall

• Male Fashion Icon of the Year: Quite Perry

• Gospel Artiste of the Year: Kevin Downswell

• Female Breakout Athlete of the Year: Toni-ann Williams

• Hottest Summer Song: Vybz Kartel – Fever

Reporter: Rochelle Mitchell