Jamaican megastar Adidja Palmer, popularly known as Vybz Kartel, has advised Jamaican youth and young people worldwide to steer clear of crime.

According to him, living a life of crime is not worth it.

In a viral video published on social media, the 48-year-old Dancehall giant was seen exiting the Tower Street Adult Correctional Center.

He paused briefly to speak to pressmen and fans present, stating, "Stay out of crime as time spent in prison is a waste of life."

His message to the youth was echoed by Shatta, who shared a video of Vybz Kartel leaving the prison yard and captioned it as, "Tell the youth to stay out of crime, it's not worth it, a waste of life, a waste of time, brother."

Vybz Kartel and three others were convicted on March 14, 2014, for the murder of Clive "Lizard" Williams.

Prosecutors argued that Williams was killed over missing guns and that Kartel had lured Williams to his home before Williams was beaten to death.

Although Vybz Kartel and his three associates were convicted, a United Kingdom-based Privy Council overturned the singer's conviction in the murder of Clive "Lizard" Williams.

The Privy Council found evidence of juror misconduct in Kartel's initial trial and left the case to a three-person court of appeals in Jamaica to ultimately decide whether to retry the murder case against Kartel and his co-defendants or set them free.

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