Vybz Kartel gets a major snub from this year'southward Your View Awards (YVA).

Naturally, Gazanation fans are in an uproar over the snub but Kartel will continue to go snub as long every bit he is behind bars, according to the eligibility rule changes. The annual Jamaican awards show has rebranded for this year from Youth View Award to Your View Award. With the rebranding comes new rules which is at the center of contentions between the YVA and Vybz Kartel'south fans.

To be eligible for nominations, artists must be able to perform at the event ceremony set for February 24. Alkaline leads the 2022 YVA nomination with six nods including Hottest Summer Song (Red Eye), Favorite Local Male Creative person, Favorite International Local Artist, Favorite Dancehall Creative person, Favorite Chart Topper, Favorite Video Concept (Afterall), and Favorite Collaboration ("Gyalis Pro" featuring Sean Paul).

Popcaan and Aidonia trail Alkaline with iv nominations each. Only one of the hottest deejays in dancehall over the past yr, Vybz Kartel, did non get whatever nominations solely because of his incarcerations. Dancehall fans accept mixed reactions to the snub with some believes that the YVA took the right step, while others are proverb its a motion to silence the incarcerated deejay.

"So they have to ban Vybz Kartel so that other artists like Alkaline can win such a shame on the YVA, what is an laurels show without the Worl'Dominate, in a Addi voice," i fan said. Another fan commented saying, "We all know that the YVA is a Gazanation laurels show considering every yr Kartel dominates fifty-fifty when other artists out a route a put in the work. So I guess them a endeavour remove the bias at present." Kartel was the biggest winner at last year's YVA awards.

Nosotros will be publishing the full list of nominees shortly, so stay tuned to Urbanislandz.com for more details on the 2022 YVA awards show.