Vybz Kartel (born Adidja Palmer, Jan. 7, 1976) is a Jamaican dancehall deej… Read Full Bio ↴Vybz Kartel (born Adidja Palmer, Jan. 7, 1976) is a Jamaican dancehall deejay.
He was born at Kingston's Victoria Jubilee Hospital, and was one of six children. Originally from Waterhouse, Kingston, he was raised in the Waterford district in the community Portmore, Jamaica. Adidja attended Calabar High School in Kingston but was expelled as a teenager. Determined to continue his education, he completed his studies at a tutorial technical school.
He was exposed to a wide variety of music from a tender age by two uncles who were themselves aspiring musicians. Every weekend he was treated to new musical offerings, on his uncle's old component set, ranging from Sam Cooke to country and western ballads to Ninja Man, who became one of his musical heroes.
At 10 his favorites included artists as diverse as Ninja Man, Papa San, Charlie Chaplin, Will Smith and KRS-1, all of whose lyrics he would study word-for-word, performing them later for friends.
He decided he wanted to be a deejay and began writing his own lyrics when he was 11. Eager to flaunt his skills, Adidja and his friends frequented the weekly Gong Talent Show at the Coney Amusement Park on the outskirts of Kingston. To their chagrin, they were always gonged off when they got a chance to perform.
Undeterred by his weekly failure to impress the talent show audience, Adidja decided to hone his skills and concentrate on winning over his own community of Waterford until he was ready for bigger things. With that goal in mind, on weekends he would practise on neighborhood sound systems Soul Signal and Electric Force.
In 1993, Adidja recorded his first single, "Love Fat Woman," for Alvin Reid's One Heart Label under the name Adi Banton, a name he chose in tribute to a role model, Buju Banton. He recorded several more tracks for local producers, perfecting his craft.
In 1996 he and two friends, Mr. Lee and a singer called Escobar, decided to form a group. One night, after watching a movie about Pablo Escobar and his infamous cartel, Adidja came up with a name for his trio: Vibes Cartel.
Vybz Kartel's new role as Killer's protege caught the attention of the public and led to a meteoric career rise, first as a ghost-writer for Bounty, Elephant Man and other members of the Scare Dem Crew, followed by collaborations with Bounty Killer, such as "Gal Clown" and "Girls Like Mine (Liquid Riddim)."
He came into his own with early hits like "Gun Clown," "Guns Like Mine (Trafalga Riddim)," "Badman (Panty Raid Riddim)," "Bus Mi Gun Like Nuttn," "Most High (Mexican Riddim)" and "War Organizer (Clappas Riddim)." He also had a string of successful collaborations with Wayne Marshall, including "New Millennium (Mad Antz Riddim)," "Why (Krazy Riddim)" and "Why Again (Good To Go Riddim)." This unprecedented debut led to Vybz Kartel being crowned 2002 Deejay of the Year at Stone Love's 30th anniversary, a feat unmatched by any new artist in dancehall.
Kartel has--aside from incredible rhymes and subtle, clever pop culture references--a unique lyrical flow all his own. It is to be noted that Kartel rarely does dance "chunes" along the lines of Elephant man or Beenie Man. Nevertheless, he has already had several high-profile collaborations with international hip-hop and pop stars, and is being touted as the next big thing in dancehall.
In terms of singles sold, he has had the second-best year on the 2003 reggae charts, outsold only by Elephant Man, and has released two albums this year for UK label Greensleeves. He was featured twice on the Def Jamaica project, and nominated for Source, VIBE and UK MOBO awards. His MOBO nominations, along with those of Beenie Man, Elephant Man and Sizzla, were subsequently withdrawn over concerns of homophobia, a common issue with dancehall reggae in general.
His video for "New Millennium/Why," with Wayne Marshall, though decidedly low-budget, has seen play on MTV. His underground following is so large that a bootleg version of, in his own words, "a very, very low budget film" made in 2001 has begun circulating. He has two albums, several mixtapes and a prolific library of singles.
In 2005, Vybz and Bountkiller fell out after Vybz preformed a song with Di Angel, Beenie's former girl, "Yuh Know Yuh Baby Father." Vybz walked out of the Alliance. Aidonia also left, because he took Vybz side, falling out with Busy Signal and making the song "Adid A Mi Daddy Who Wa Vex Wan Vex." It was said Vybz took side with Beenie by showing up at his wedding. Vybz said Beenie was his artist and would not and that's as far as it went. Afterwards, he and Movado which led to throwing of words through songs like "Movado di Failla," "Them Start War and Dead" and "Them a Pu@#* Pon di Battle." But this mis happas only made Mr.Palmer express his war side.
Vybz is the head of the territorial gangland in Portmore known as the Gaza and Mavado is the same for the Gully. Due to their feud a physical war arose between people in the two areas. Fans loyal to each artist have taken part as well. Their fan base in the youths has been seen, as entire schools claiming to be Gully or Gaza supporters have been known not just in Jamaica but in other Caribbean countries such as Trinidad to break out into physical war resulting in stabbings and street fights.
Following the 2009 Summit of the Americas the Jamaican government called a meetings between Vybz Kartel and Mavado calling on them to end the war. Since its conclusion both artists have turned away from war songs and focused on different topics, Kartel on women and Mavado on uplifting the people, although both still make songs of all types.
Following differences with record label Greensleeves, Vybz Kartel changed his name to Addi Di Teacha near the end of 2006. All new material he produces will be released under this name. Greensleeves will continue to release his older, unreleased material under the name Vybz Kartel.
He now owns the label Portmore Empire, founded in 2007, on which releases new deejays' music. To clear up why this was done he had an interview with Antony Miller. "If I had join Moffia House, I would be taking side which I said I would not do," he said.
He owns a rum called STREET VYBZ as well as a condom line called DAGGERING.
Recently, he collaborated with artists like D.I. aka Daniel and Di Angel--Beenie man's former wife. But that's another story...
In 2011 Kartel has recently come under fire for bleaching his skin, something that is frowned upon in Jamaican culture and even Kartel spoken against it in past songs. He has come under even more fire for his rumored involvement in devil worship with a satanic group known as the Illuminati, which is known to have other popular musicains such as Jay-Z, Kanye West, Rihanna.
He was born at Kingston's Victoria Jubilee Hospital, and was one of six children. Originally from Waterhouse, Kingston, he was raised in the Waterford district in the community Portmore, Jamaica. Adidja attended Calabar High School in Kingston but was expelled as a teenager. Determined to continue his education, he completed his studies at a tutorial technical school.
He was exposed to a wide variety of music from a tender age by two uncles who were themselves aspiring musicians. Every weekend he was treated to new musical offerings, on his uncle's old component set, ranging from Sam Cooke to country and western ballads to Ninja Man, who became one of his musical heroes.
At 10 his favorites included artists as diverse as Ninja Man, Papa San, Charlie Chaplin, Will Smith and KRS-1, all of whose lyrics he would study word-for-word, performing them later for friends.
He decided he wanted to be a deejay and began writing his own lyrics when he was 11. Eager to flaunt his skills, Adidja and his friends frequented the weekly Gong Talent Show at the Coney Amusement Park on the outskirts of Kingston. To their chagrin, they were always gonged off when they got a chance to perform.
Undeterred by his weekly failure to impress the talent show audience, Adidja decided to hone his skills and concentrate on winning over his own community of Waterford until he was ready for bigger things. With that goal in mind, on weekends he would practise on neighborhood sound systems Soul Signal and Electric Force.
In 1993, Adidja recorded his first single, "Love Fat Woman," for Alvin Reid's One Heart Label under the name Adi Banton, a name he chose in tribute to a role model, Buju Banton. He recorded several more tracks for local producers, perfecting his craft.
In 1996 he and two friends, Mr. Lee and a singer called Escobar, decided to form a group. One night, after watching a movie about Pablo Escobar and his infamous cartel, Adidja came up with a name for his trio: Vibes Cartel.
Vybz Kartel's new role as Killer's protege caught the attention of the public and led to a meteoric career rise, first as a ghost-writer for Bounty, Elephant Man and other members of the Scare Dem Crew, followed by collaborations with Bounty Killer, such as "Gal Clown" and "Girls Like Mine (Liquid Riddim)."
He came into his own with early hits like "Gun Clown," "Guns Like Mine (Trafalga Riddim)," "Badman (Panty Raid Riddim)," "Bus Mi Gun Like Nuttn," "Most High (Mexican Riddim)" and "War Organizer (Clappas Riddim)." He also had a string of successful collaborations with Wayne Marshall, including "New Millennium (Mad Antz Riddim)," "Why (Krazy Riddim)" and "Why Again (Good To Go Riddim)." This unprecedented debut led to Vybz Kartel being crowned 2002 Deejay of the Year at Stone Love's 30th anniversary, a feat unmatched by any new artist in dancehall.
Kartel has--aside from incredible rhymes and subtle, clever pop culture references--a unique lyrical flow all his own. It is to be noted that Kartel rarely does dance "chunes" along the lines of Elephant man or Beenie Man. Nevertheless, he has already had several high-profile collaborations with international hip-hop and pop stars, and is being touted as the next big thing in dancehall.
In terms of singles sold, he has had the second-best year on the 2003 reggae charts, outsold only by Elephant Man, and has released two albums this year for UK label Greensleeves. He was featured twice on the Def Jamaica project, and nominated for Source, VIBE and UK MOBO awards. His MOBO nominations, along with those of Beenie Man, Elephant Man and Sizzla, were subsequently withdrawn over concerns of homophobia, a common issue with dancehall reggae in general.
His video for "New Millennium/Why," with Wayne Marshall, though decidedly low-budget, has seen play on MTV. His underground following is so large that a bootleg version of, in his own words, "a very, very low budget film" made in 2001 has begun circulating. He has two albums, several mixtapes and a prolific library of singles.
In 2005, Vybz and Bountkiller fell out after Vybz preformed a song with Di Angel, Beenie's former girl, "Yuh Know Yuh Baby Father." Vybz walked out of the Alliance. Aidonia also left, because he took Vybz side, falling out with Busy Signal and making the song "Adid A Mi Daddy Who Wa Vex Wan Vex." It was said Vybz took side with Beenie by showing up at his wedding. Vybz said Beenie was his artist and would not and that's as far as it went. Afterwards, he and Movado which led to throwing of words through songs like "Movado di Failla," "Them Start War and Dead" and "Them a Pu@#* Pon di Battle." But this mis happas only made Mr.Palmer express his war side.
Vybz is the head of the territorial gangland in Portmore known as the Gaza and Mavado is the same for the Gully. Due to their feud a physical war arose between people in the two areas. Fans loyal to each artist have taken part as well. Their fan base in the youths has been seen, as entire schools claiming to be Gully or Gaza supporters have been known not just in Jamaica but in other Caribbean countries such as Trinidad to break out into physical war resulting in stabbings and street fights.
Following the 2009 Summit of the Americas the Jamaican government called a meetings between Vybz Kartel and Mavado calling on them to end the war. Since its conclusion both artists have turned away from war songs and focused on different topics, Kartel on women and Mavado on uplifting the people, although both still make songs of all types.
Following differences with record label Greensleeves, Vybz Kartel changed his name to Addi Di Teacha near the end of 2006. All new material he produces will be released under this name. Greensleeves will continue to release his older, unreleased material under the name Vybz Kartel.
He now owns the label Portmore Empire, founded in 2007, on which releases new deejays' music. To clear up why this was done he had an interview with Antony Miller. "If I had join Moffia House, I would be taking side which I said I would not do," he said.
He owns a rum called STREET VYBZ as well as a condom line called DAGGERING.
Recently, he collaborated with artists like D.I. aka Daniel and Di Angel--Beenie man's former wife. But that's another story...
In 2011 Kartel has recently come under fire for bleaching his skin, something that is frowned upon in Jamaican culture and even Kartel spoken against it in past songs. He has come under even more fire for his rumored involvement in devil worship with a satanic group known as the Illuminati, which is known to have other popular musicains such as Jay-Z, Kanye West, Rihanna.
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Vybz Kartel Lyrics
Mobay, we nuh fear dem nuh day
Ah some fool ah talk, but mi nuh matter dem
Suh the story guh, it's just another day
Dem bwoy fi know, we nuh fraid ah dem
Stand up ah mi gate, an' buil' up a big head
Mi see a bagga man a circle circle so
Mi haffi
Seh to miself weh so much a dem a go?
Mi haffi push weh a zinc, rise up mi calico
Mi haffi
Mi seh to dem: you tink a pussy live yah so?
Mi haffi clap it enuh
Clap, claat it up enuh mi haffi
Clap it enuh clap, claat it up enuh
Mi haffi clap it enuh
Clap, claat it up enuh mi haffi
All who nuh dead todeh, mi go fah tomorrow
Mi haffi
Mi buss mi gun proud
Buss it inna bloodclaat crowd
Di rifle claat
Fuss you see suh much dark cloud
And who nuh dead
Deaf becaah the dawg bark loud
Mi choppa from China ah part
Steel and part bone dem call me badda don
Mi nuh fraid ah bagga man
Pussy waah fi war the don
Copper through yuh cardigan
Di rifle fit mi han' di clip ah carry 51
Mi six pants mek dem piss dem pants
Mi holey them up like Christians
Gun long like Martha frock
Mek some bwoy ketch heart attack
Nuff long gun, mi nuh short ah dat
So know weh yuh do pon di gaza block
Dem bwoy deh, weh a pass a lot
Haffi run, mek me say: ah Asafa dat?
Illuminati, Circle of Death, and Opus Dei
Mi ah paat ah dat
Dem a chat chat chat like gyal
Mi eagle ah pitch pon all parrot
Me love keep my mout' shut
But gun dem love talk a lot
And di shot dem long long long
Dem favour di ting weh you call carrot
Dem ah nuh tugs, ah joker dat
Mi buss dem head like coconut
Mi waan dem
Dem shoulda never trouble trouble
Now mi caan dem poppi pop up dem skull
An' Shawn storm dem madden 'balm dem
See mi with the shotty
An' dem tink a King Alarm dem
Dem skin a bun like bush
Weed weh nuh waah blem
Dem seh dem a gangsta but
Dem start fi inform when everybody dead
An' mi still a text dem seh mi waan dem
Dem seh mi muss be di
Devil without the horn dem
Mi full ah bravery ye, mi full ah bravery
Me alone ah circle dem an'
Beat dem like slavery
Bad before mi born an' mi ago
Bad inna the grave mi
Never seh never, from pickney a suh mi crazy
Ah some fool ah talk, but mi nuh matter dem
Suh the story guh, it's just another day
Dem bwoy fi know, we nuh fraid ah dem
Stand up ah mi gate, an' buil' up a big head
Mi see a bagga man a circle circle so
Mi haffi
Seh to miself weh so much a dem a go?
Mi haffi push weh a zinc, rise up mi calico
Mi seh to dem: you tink a pussy live yah so?
Mi haffi clap it enuh
Clap, claat it up enuh mi haffi
Clap it enuh clap, claat it up enuh
Mi haffi clap it enuh
Clap, claat it up enuh mi haffi
All who nuh dead todeh, mi go fah tomorrow
Mi haffi
Mi buss mi gun proud
Buss it inna bloodclaat crowd
Di rifle claat
Fuss you see suh much dark cloud
And who nuh dead
Deaf becaah the dawg bark loud
Mi choppa from China ah part
Steel and part bone dem call me badda don
Mi nuh fraid ah bagga man
Pussy waah fi war the don
Copper through yuh cardigan
Di rifle fit mi han' di clip ah carry 51
Mi six pants mek dem piss dem pants
Mi holey them up like Christians
Gun long like Martha frock
Mek some bwoy ketch heart attack
Nuff long gun, mi nuh short ah dat
So know weh yuh do pon di gaza block
Dem bwoy deh, weh a pass a lot
Haffi run, mek me say: ah Asafa dat?
Illuminati, Circle of Death, and Opus Dei
Mi ah paat ah dat
Dem a chat chat chat like gyal
Mi eagle ah pitch pon all parrot
Me love keep my mout' shut
But gun dem love talk a lot
And di shot dem long long long
Dem favour di ting weh you call carrot
Dem ah nuh tugs, ah joker dat
Mi buss dem head like coconut
Mi waan dem
Dem shoulda never trouble trouble
Now mi caan dem poppi pop up dem skull
An' Shawn storm dem madden 'balm dem
See mi with the shotty
An' dem tink a King Alarm dem
Dem skin a bun like bush
Weed weh nuh waah blem
Dem seh dem a gangsta but
Dem start fi inform when everybody dead
An' mi still a text dem seh mi waan dem
Dem seh mi muss be di
Devil without the horn dem
Mi full ah bravery ye, mi full ah bravery
Me alone ah circle dem an'
Beat dem like slavery
Bad before mi born an' mi ago
Bad inna the grave mi
Never seh never, from pickney a suh mi crazy
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The only artist that can diss kartel and still rate #GG
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Just music dont get twisted
Big up mavado & vybzkartel kartel
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Anno gully and Gaza thing a heart a love a the key both kartel and mavado give each other strength 💯remember good 💯
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Real talk
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💯💯💯💯💯
@peterfelix4245
I’m a hardcore kartel fan but Mavado you have my respect! I can hear the pain in your voice 😢
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FULLY GAZA str88 FREE VYBZ KARTEL di ole team an Dante bigup di Gully Gad👊
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Fully gaza bro
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GULLY MAAD ONE OF YOUR REALEST SONG 🔥🔥🔥🔥