Early this morning reports surfaced online claiming that dancehall star Vybz Kartel had escaped from the Horizon Adult Remand Centre. The story quickly went viral to become a worldwide trending topic on Twitter.

With their credibility on the line, the website responsible for the story, Hype Life, has now acknowledge that it was a hoax and issued an apology to the disk and his fans.

"For those who may not have caught on yet; it was a joke haox. This website started the rumor and apologize for any damages made," the website said.

The website admits to posting the story to boast at that place traffic.

In fact, I was the one who wrote the story.

I could entreatment to the fact that it was written for the sake of a good joke, that I was simply because a good marketing motion toward my website, but not expecting anyone to exist naive enough to have it serious.

Somehow, I await the flood of reader insults. I can't brand fun of other media'due south behemothic front end-page mistakes without taking some of it myself.

I would like to apologize to our readers, Kartel and his many fans.

Vybz Kartel, whose existent name is Adidjah Palmer, is not a fugitive on the run. The deejay is still behind bars awaiting trial on diverse charges including murder and marijuana possession.
Once again, my apologies to all afflicted by the story.

– Owner of The Hype Life Mag