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.

Know Bout Me
Vybz Kartel Lyrics

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Gaza girls haha hehe mi love di gyal dem yuh fuck dem love fuck yuh wa u a seh nuh?

She seh
Kartel wa u kno bout mi
She seh
Kartel wa u kno bout mi
She seh
Kartel wa u kno bout mi

She seh
Wa u kno bout mi

Mi seh gyal bend down low mek mi tell yuh wa mi kno
Mek mi tell yuh wa mi kno wen yuh bend down low
Mi kno seh yuh pussy fat it a show
It mek yuh panty look like it out gro
Cock up little more tip pan yuh toe false hair a pop our leff soso cainrow
Pon di cocky pose like dominoe mi did tell yuh seh it big yuh caa seh yuh nea kno

Yuh get di bicycle and yuh like it
Yuh get di icyle and yuh like it
Mi love how u pussy addi right fit
Mi love tab tab it up with the ice pick
To how mi love yuh gyal commin like yuh pussy tie mi
We fi par daily and nightly
Anywer we go mi gun deh beside me cause da good pussy deh a something fi fight fi
Tun it front ways tun it back ways
(Baby)
Gyal yuh fat pussy mek mi cock raise
(We a fuck)
From downstairs go back upstairs
(Mmm)
Whisper di tings dem inna yuh ears

She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi
She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi
She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi
She seh
Wa yuh kno bout mi

Bend over more mek mi tell yuh fi sure
Yuh nuh love love makin yuh love it hardcore
Bed mek up we a fuck pon di floor
Wen di neighbor dem a sleep we fuck round di yaad more
She seh she neva mek it to di drugstore
Fi di birth control mi cum inna har more
33 minus 24 inna dat months a month baby a born sure

Yuh get di bicycle and yuh like it
Yuh get di icyle and yuh like it
Mi love how yuh pussy addi right fit
Mi love tab tab it up with the ice pick
To how mi love u gyal commin like yuh pussy tie mi
We fi par daily and nightly
Anywer we go mi gun deh beside me cause da good pussy deh a somethin fi fight fi
Tun it front ways tun it back ways
(Baby)
Gyal u fat pussy mek mi cock raise
(We a fuck)
From downstairs go back upstairs
(Mmm)
Whisper di tings dem inna yuh ears she seh

She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi
She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi
She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi
She seh
Wa yuh kno bout mi

Tight Pussy Gyal
Mi seh gyal bend down low mek mi tell yuh wa mi kno
Mek mi tell yuh wa mi kno wen yuh bend down low
Mi kno seh yuh pussy fat it a show
It mek yuh panty look like it out gro
Cock up little more tip pan yuh toe false hair a pop our leff soso cainrow
Pon di cocky pose like dominoe mi did tell yuh seh it big yuh caa seh yuh nea kno

Yuh get di bicycle and yuh like it
Yuh get di icyle and yuh like it
Mi love how yuh pussy addi right fit
Mi love tab tab it up with the ice pick
To how mi love yuh gyal commin like yuh pussy tie mi
We fi par daily and nightly
We fi par daily and nightly
Anywer we go mi gun deh beside me cause da good pussy deh a somethin fi fight fi
Tun it front ways tun it back ways
(Baby)
Gyal yuh fat pussy mek mi cock raise
(We a fuck)
From downstairs go back upstairs
(Mmm)
Whisper di tings dem inna yuh ears she seh

She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi
She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi
She seh
Kartel wa yuh kno bout mi

She seh
Wa yuh kno bout mi

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to the song "Know Bout Me" by Vybz Kartel feat. Gaza Indu are explicit and sexually charged. The song is a conversation between the two artists, with Gaza Indu questioning what Kartel knows about her, and him responding with intimate details about her body and their sexual encounters. The song also talks about birth control and potential pregnancy, with Kartel suggesting that he has impregnated Gaza Indu.

The lyrics of the song reflect the common themes of dancehall music, which often include explicit discussions of sex and sexuality. The use of patois and slang adds to the authenticity of the lyrics and adds to the appeal of the song for many listeners. However, the song has also been criticized for its explicit nature and perceived objectification of women.

Line by Line Meaning

Gaza girls haha hehe mi love di gyal dem yuh fuck dem love fuck yuh wa u a seh nuh?
Laughing off the pleasure that comes from having sexual encounters with girls from Gaza, saying they love it just as much as he does. Asking if anyone has anything to say about it.

She seh Kartel wa u kno bout mi
The girl asks Vybz Kartel what he knows about her.

Mi seh gyal bend down low mek mi tell yuh wa mi kno Mek mi tell yuh wa mi kno wen yuh bend down low Mi kno seh yuh pussy fat it a show It mek yuh panty look like it out gro Cock up little more tip pan yuh toe false hair a pop our leff soso cainrow Pon di cocky pose like dominoe mi did tell yuh seh it big yuh caa seh yuh nea kno
Vybz Kartel asks the girl to bend down so that he can give her some feedback on what he knows. He tells her that her vagina is large and makes her panties look tight. He advises her to position herself like a domino piece while revealing that he has a large penis, which she had not previously known.

Yuh get di bicycle and yuh like it Yuh get di icyle and yuh like it Mi love how u pussy addi right fit Mi love tab tab it up with the ice pick To how mi love yuh gyal commin like yuh pussy tie mi We fi par daily and nightly Anywer we go mi gun deh beside me cause da good pussy deh a something fi fight fi Tun it front ways tun it back ways
The girl has enjoyed sex with Vybz Kartel, and he likes how her vagina perfectly fits with his. He likes using an ice pick during sex, and their intimate relationship is such that they should be together frequently. He carries his gun everywhere he goes to protect the good thing he has. He tells her that he wants to try different positions during sex.

Gyal yuh fat pussy mek mi cock raise From downstairs go back upstairs Whisper di tings dem inna yuh ears
He tells the girl that her vagina makes his penis erect. He has been having sex with the girl non-stop, and he whispers sweet nothing in her ear.

Bend over more mek mi tell yuh fi sure Yuh nuh love love makin yuh love it hardcore Bed mek up we a fuck pon di floor Wen di neighbor dem a sleep we fuck round di yaad more She seh she neva mek it to di drugstore Fi di birth control mi cum inna har more 33 minus 24 inna dat months a month baby a born sure
He asks the girl to bend over and tries to convince her to make love intensely. They had sex on the floor and in risky places while people were asleep. The girl claims she never made it to a drugstore to obtain birth control, and he ejaculated inside her many times. They had sex for nine consecutive months, which led to the birth of a baby.

Tight Pussy Gyal
The girl has a tight vagina.

Lyrics © Royalty Network
Written by: Adidja Palmer, Ernesto Fasteino Mitchell, Paul Roosevelt Mitchell, Paul Roosevelt Junior Mitchell

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