Vybz Kartel thinks that the recent snub from the YVA awards is further proof that the system is trying to silence his music.

The "Mhm Hm" disk did not receive a single nomination at this year's Your View Awards, erstwhile Youth View, because of some rules changes. The YVA says they will non nominate any artist who can't perform at the event which automatically disqualifies Kartel because of his incarceration. A rep for the disk told Urban Islandz that he is not angry but still sees it every bit some other attempt to silence his voice.

"It'south not our bear witness and then we can't vex if they don't nominate us (Vybz Kartel), but this is more than clear prove of a plot to silence Worl'Boss and stifle his music," his rep said. "Thankfully we are living in an age where the fans can go online and get the music directly from artists then we don't have to go through radio stations or major labels. The fans know that Kartel is the biggest and baddest artist in the history of dancehall. Him in a league by himself and no other creative person even come close to his level. So what is dancehall honour testify without Vybz Kartel?"

Kartel's biggest rival, Alkaline, leads the list of nominees this twelvemonth with seven nods. This further fuel the beef between the 2 deejays with Kartel's rep accusing the YVA of existence bought out by the Vendetta deejay. "Yous tin't accept an award show where artists can buy them mode into and how can that be better than creative person paying disc jockeys to play their music," his rep told us.

Concluding year the YVA was dominated by Vybz Kartel despite him getting fewer nominations than his counterpart Element of group i. Vendetta fans were highly critical of the award show calling it a Gaza evidence. So perhaps this is the YVA'south effort to gratify those fans.