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.
Every Girl
Vybz Kartel Lyrics
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Slim girls can bruk that cock, yeah
Black girls just always loud, yeah
White girls have the tightest mouth, yeah
A weh you a talk 'bout?
Every girl, mi love you, no doubt
Kerry Black, Shelly Brown
Keneisha, bleach out
Have a gyal weh a cheat, she love da Turk House
Mi-mi-mi two ex dem a fight
Everybody come a ask me if me know why
If Y plus 2x= 9
Do di maths (Weh you mean?)
Take a five
Call pon di car phone, "honey me a drive"
Haffi be a gyalis until mi bone white
Cocky longer than dwarf, snow white
Rapunzel climb the pipe
Fat girls love run from fuck, yeah
Slim girls can bruk that cock, yeah
Black girls just always loud, yeah
White girls have the tightest mouth, yeah
A weh you a talk 'bout?
Every girl, mi love you, no doubt
Kerry Black, Shelly Brown
Keneisha, bleach out
Jenny work weh mi theif, the work nuh work out
Have a gyal weh a cheat, she love duh Turk House
She love fuck and go sleep
She over deh so love perform, a freak
Da one deh shy and she fuck under sheet
Da one deh wicked, all puss don' so thief
(Boop!) wid di cocky, one box pon ya cheek
Cum me a cum, some splash pon you teeth
A white girl just step in and say, "Addi you're so messed up"
Mi say
Fat girls love run from fuck, yeah
Slim girls can bruk that cock, yeah
Black girls just always loud, yeah
White girls have the tightest mouth, yeah
A weh you a talk 'bout?
Every girl, mi love you, no doubt
Kerry Black, Shelly Brown
Keneisha, bleach out
Jenny work weh mi theif, the work nuh work out
Have a gyal weh a cheat, she love da Turk House
Gyal a mi target
A them mi aiming after
Mi love every girl, like Adidjah Palmer
Gyal weh good, like some advice from mi mada
Plus, gyal weh bad like Clans, One Order
Me get, a ugly gyal from Nana Gaza
Favor monkey, so me feed her banana
You waan see how she climb up pon mi ladder
Hear wha', listen to the drama
Fat girls love run from fuck, yeah
Slim girls can bruk that cock, yeah
Black girls just always loud, yeah
White girls have the tightest mouth, yeah
A weh you a talk 'bout?
Every girl, mi love you, no doubt
Kerry Black, Shelly Brown
Keneisha, bleach out
Jenny work weh mi theif, the work nuh work out
Have a gyal weh a cheat-che-cheat
Fat girls love run from fuck, yeah
Slim girls can bruk that cock, yeah
Black girls just always loud, yeah
White girls have the tightest mouth, yeah
A weh you a talk 'bout?
Every girl, mi love you, no doubt
Kerry Black, Shelly Brown
Keneisha, bleach out
Jenny work weh mi theif, the work nuh work out
Have a gyal weh a cheat, she love duh Turk House
Girl, mi love you no doubt
Girl, mi love you no doubt
Girl, mi love you no doubt
Girl, mi love you no doubt
The lyrics to Vybz Kartel's song "Every Girl" are about the artist's appreciation for women of different body types, races, and personalities, as he declares his love for every type of girl. The first verse describes his observations about certain characteristics different girls possess. He mentions that fat girls tend to run from sex, slim girls are able to handle sex more energetically, black girls are typically louder, and white girls have tighter mouth when performing oral sex. Despite these observations, Vybz Kartel sings that he loves all these women equally and names different women he knows or has come into contact with.
Line by Line Meaning
Fat girls love run from fuck, yeah
Overweight women prefer to flee from sex, yeah
Slim girls can bruk that cock, yeah
Slender women can handle that penis, yeah
Black girls just always loud, yeah
African-American women are just always vocal, yeah
White girls have the tightest mouth, yeah
Caucasian women have the tightest mouth, yeah
A weh you a talk 'bout?
What are you talking about?
Every girl, mi love you, no doubt
I love every girl, no doubt
Kerry Black, Shelly Brown
Women named Kerry Black and Shelly Brown
Keneisha, bleach out
Keneisha, who bleaches her skin
Jenny work weh mi theif, the work nuh work out
Jenny, whose job I stole, but the job didn't work out
Have a gyal weh a cheat, she love da Turk House
I have a girl who cheats, and she loves the Turk House
Mi-mi-mi two ex dem a fight
My two ex-girlfriends are fighting
Everybody come a ask me if me know why
Everyone is asking me if I know why
If Y plus 2x= 9
If Y plus 2x equals 9
Do di maths (Weh you mean?)
Do the math (What do you mean?)
Take a five
Subtract five
Call pon di car phone, "honey me a drive"
Call on the car phone, "Honey, I'm driving"
Haffi be a gyalis until mi bone white
I have to be a womanizer until I am white as a bone
Cocky longer than dwarf, snow white
My penis is longer than a dwarf, pure white
Rapunzel climb the pipe
A woman climbed up the drainage pipe
She love fuck and go sleep
She loves to have sex and then go to sleep
She over deh so love perform, a freak
She enjoys performing and she's a freak
Da one deh shy and she fuck under sheet
That one is shy and has sex under the covers
Da one deh wicked, all puss don' so thief
That one is wicked and steals everything, even cats
(Boop!) wid di cocky, one box pon ya cheek
With my penis, I will punch you in the face
Cum me a cum, some splash pon you teeth
I will cum and it will splash on your teeth
A white girl just step in and say, "Addi you're so messed up"
A white girl steps in and says, "Addi, you're so messed up"
Gyal a mi target
Women are my target
A them mi aiming after
I am aiming after them
Mi love every girl, like Adidjah Palmer
I love every girl, like Adidjah Palmer
Gyal weh good, like some advice from mi mada
Women who are good, like advice from my mother
Plus, gyal weh bad like Clans, One Order
Plus, women who are bad, like Clans and One Order
Me get, a ugly gyal from Nana Gaza
I got an ugly woman from Nana Gaza
Favor monkey, so me feed her banana
She looked like a monkey, so I fed her a banana
You waan see how she climb up pon mi ladder
You should see how she climbed up onto my bed
Hear wha', listen to the drama
Listen to the drama
Girl, mi love you no doubt
Girl, I love you without a doubt
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Mario Dunwell, Adidja Azim Palmer, Romaine Tussan Parker Pottinger, Linton Timaje White
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Thee ConTent CreaTor
This song just made me love music again.. 🔥🔥🔥
Lyrically Dancehall
This song wicked, the album even wickeder!
David McFarlane
Vybz kartel a real sample man di man seh somethings more time weh u really of to go bk and pree the world's in its songs & how him lay it out in the track 👌💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥👍
Sean Kennedy
Bad song
Daniella Francis
Fav album❤❤❤
Thee ConTent CreaTor
Nice song. I love this song.
Crypt0_Thug
This song is genius free the world boss 🙏
JUICYRED 70
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Delon Thomas
The teacha of dancehall vybz Kartel
Richardo Daley
This anuh lyrics this genius medz