Vybz Kartel announces God & Time album, set for June 2026 release

Vybz Kartel has pushed his post-prison comeback into a new gear with God & Time, an album slated for release on June 5, 2026. The project arrives with a title track, an official video and a roster that already includes Farruko, Skillibeng and Shenseea, signaling a rollout built to land well beyond the core dancehall base.

Kartel has framed the title around a phrase he has known since childhood. Billboard quoted him saying “God & Time” was slang he grew up with, and that his lawyer repeated it to him while he was incarcerated. That idea, tied to faith, patience and destiny, gives the album a personal edge that fits the way Kartel has been steering his return since leaving prison in 2024.

The title track premiered the same day as the announcement, with a video directed by Ruppi and filmed in Miami and Kingston. Released through TJ Records and Vybz Kartel Muzik, with distribution by Zojak World Wide, God & Time looks positioned as both an artistic statement and a polished commercial push. The set is said to move from reflective writing to hard dancehall, sensual cuts and crossover moments, with more collaborators still to be revealed.

That breadth matters because Kartel’s comeback has already stacked up major markers. He was released on July 31, 2024, after the UK Privy Council quashed his conviction in March 2024 and Jamaican appeal judges declined to order a retrial. Since then, his music has kept drawing industry attention, with Party With Me earning a Best Reggae Album nomination at the 2025 Grammys and Heart & Soul following with a second straight nomination in 2026. Reggaeville also noted that his post-release hit God Is The Greatest has passed 30 million video views year-to-date.

The momentum has not stayed confined to streaming. Kartel returned to major U.S. live performance in 2025 with two sold-out Barclays Center shows in Brooklyn, and REVOLT reported he is scheduled to reunite with Mavado for Reggae Sumfest on July 18, 2026, at Plantation Cove in St. Ann, Jamaica. Against that backdrop, God & Time reads less like a routine album drop and more like another proof point in a comeback that is now operating on a far bigger scale than a single release.