t could be a major sign that the feud is cooling, but I wouldn’t report yet that it definitively ended.

There’s an important timeline issue: the Masicka-headlined Reggae Fest at Barclays Center is scheduled for Saturday, August 15, 2026, and today is August 14th. There is footage indexed of Kartel and Masicka sharing the stage at Reggae Fest in Atlanta in June 2025, but that predates the tensions that intensified later.

The more recent friction developed around and after Reggae Sumfest 2025. Masicka publicly dismissed rumours of a Kartel feud in July 2025, but by December his “Wake Up” was widely interpreted as containing pointed shots at Kartel, including criticism of his relationships with former associates.