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.
Like Xmas
Vybz Kartel Lyrics
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When we a fuck it comin like christmas
It comin like christmas
VERSE 1:
Sheba-my honey bunch my honey bunch mi love when yuh cum inna mi belly
Kartel-and don't panic don't run from it cocky mek yuh feel like yuh wah vomit
Sheba-everyday inna mi house cock me out fuck me out
Sheba-mi seh cocky stiff suh lawd mek it stiff suh a mi fi tell yuh it sweet like a kisko
Kartel-yuh pussy pretty an fat an it thick suh tight like a grip suh mi cocky get blister
Sheba-mi neva get a man weh mi wah keep suh
Kartek-yuh nuh mean it gwaan yuh a mixup
Sheba-cum put a hickie pon mi neck mek it big suh
Kartel-cum mek mi put it on baby
BRIDGE:
Sheba-mi know wah mek yuh love mi cah mi breast an mi pum pum fluffy
Kartel-cum tek out mi cocky an bruk it
Sheba-send it up in mi belly like rocket
Kartel-yuh cum from mi tek off yuh panty
Sheba-ram it hard til mi face gettin ugly
Kartel-yuh use yuh punnani fi hol mi
Sheba-mi baby mi weak to yuh cocky
Kartel-mi love put it pon yuh
CHORUS:
Sheba-when mi ah fuck mi see sleet an snow
Kartel-when mi ah fuck mi see brite peppa lite
Sheba-when mi ah fuck mi ah hear jingle bells
Kartel-jingle bells suh weh dat comin like
When we a fuck it comin like christmas
It comin like christmas(x2)
VERSE 2:
Kartel-mi see seh yuh love di fuck
Sheba-mi love fi jus cock up di dumpa truck
Kartel-dat mek di fuck ever be marvellous
Sheba-nuh matter how mi a get it mi nuh have enough
Kartel-when yuh a cum yuh jus a muscle up
Sheba-then if di fuck feel suh mi nuh muss do suh
Kartel-from we jus start fuck mi love yuh gyal an if we stop fuck mi still love yuh gyal baby
BRIDGE:
Sheba-mi know wha mek yuh love mi cah mi breast an mi pum pum fluffy
Kartel-cum tek out mi cocky an bruk it
Sheba-send it up in mi belly like rocket
Kartel-yuh cum from mi tek off yuh panty
Sheba-ram it hard til mi face gettin ugly
Kartel-yuh use yuh punnani fi hol mi
Sheba-mi baby mi weak to yuh cocky
Kartel-mi love put it pon yuh
CHORUS:
Sheba-when mi a fuck mi see sleet an snow
Kartel-when mi a fuck mi see brite peppa lite
Sheba-when mi a fuck mi ah hear jingle bells
Kartel- suh weh dat cum in like
When we a fuck it comin like christmas
It comin like christmas(x2)
VERSE 1:
Sheba-my honey bunch my honey bunch mi love when yuh cum inna mi belly
Kartel-and don't panic don't run from it cocky mek yuh feel like yuh wah vomit
Sheba-everyday inna mi house cock me out fuck me out
Kartel-nah guh fuck pon no bed cock up yuh foot hol dung yuh head
Sheba-mi seh cocky stiff suh lawd mek it stiff suh a mi fi tell yuh it sweet like a kisko
Kartel-yuh pussy pretty an fat an it thick suh tight like a grip suh mi cocky get blister
Sheba-mi neva get a man weh mi wah keep suh
Kartek-yuh nuh mean it gwaan yuh a mixup
Sheba-cum put a hickie pon mi neck mek it big suh
Kartel-cum mek mi put it on baby
BRIDGE:
Sheba-mi know wah mek yuh love mi cah mi breast an mi pum pum fluffy
Kartel-cum tek out mi cocky an bruk it
Sheba-send it up in mi belly like rocket
Kartel-yuh cum from mi tek off yuh panty
Sheba-ram it hard til mi face gettin ugly
Kartel-yuh use yuh punnani fi hol mi
Sheba-mi baby mi weak to yuh cocky
Kartel-mi love put it pon yuh
The song "Like Xmas" by Vybz Kartel is a sexually explicit song about the pleasures of sex. The intro of the song repeats the line "When we a f*ck it comin like Christmas" to establish the theme of the song. The first verse is sung by Sheba, expressing her love for sex and stating how she likes it when he comes inside her. Kartel responds by urging her not to panic during sex and to allow him to make her feel like she wants to vomit. They both further describe the pleasures of sex and how they particularly like to have sex in unconventional ways. The bridge and chorus repeat the theme of the song, describing how sex is like Christmas with its own set of physical and emotional gifts.
The song showcases the explicit and often vulgar lyrical style of Kartel. His tendency to use explicit and shocking language and themes has made him a controversial figure in Jamaican music. However, he also has a legion of fans that admire him for his lyrical prowess.
Line by Line Meaning
Sheba-my honey bunch my honey bunch mi love when yuh cum inna mi belly
Sheba is calling her partner affectionately and expressing her love for when he ejaculates inside of her.
Kartel-and don't panic don't run from it cocky mek yuh feel like yuh wah vomit
Kartel is reassuring his partner to not be afraid of his penis and to embrace the pleasure even if it feels overwhelming.
Sheba-everyday inna mi house cock me out fuck me out
Sheba is saying that she and her partner engage in frequent sexual activity at her house.
Kartel-nah guh fuck pon no bed cock up yuh foot hol dung yuh head
Kartel prefers to have sex with his partner in a non-traditional position, with her legs up and head down instead of on a bed.
Sheba-mi seh cocky stiff suh lawd mek it stiff suh a mi fi tell yuh it sweet like a kisko
Sheba is commenting on her partner's erect penis, saying that it's hard and she finds it pleasing.
Kartel-yuh pussy pretty an fat an it thick suh tight like a grip suh mi cocky get blister
Kartel is complimenting his partner's vulva for being attractive and tight, but also suggesting that it causes irritation to his penis.
Sheba-mi neva get a man weh mi wah keep suh
Sheba is expressing her satisfaction with her current partner and saying that she wants to stay with him.
Kartel-yuh nuh mean it gwaan yuh a mixup
Kartel is teasing Sheba for being insincere in her previous statement about wanting to stay with him.
Sheba-cum put a hickie pon mi neck mek it big suh
Sheba is asking Kartel to leave a large love bite on her neck as a sign of affection.
Kartel-cum mek mi put it on baby
Kartel agrees to fulfill Sheba's request for a love bite on her neck.
Sheba-mi know wah mek yuh love mi cah mi breast an mi pum pum fluffy
Sheba knows that her partner loves her because of how attractive and soft her breasts and vulva are.
Kartel-cum tek out mi cocky an bruk it
Kartel is telling Sheba to take out his penis and break it off (a common Jamaican slang for intense and passionate sex).
Sheba-send it up in mi belly like rocket
Sheba wants Kartel to ejaculate inside her with great intensity like a rocket launching into space.
Kartel-yuh cum from mi tek off yuh panty
Kartel is saying that his partner becomes sexually aroused simply by him removing her underwear.
Sheba-ram it hard til mi face gettin ugly
Sheba wants Kartel to have sex with her hard and aggressively, even if it makes her face appear distorted or unattractive.
Kartel-yuh use yuh punnani fi hol mi
Kartel is saying that his partner is using her vagina to grip and hold onto his penis during sex.
Sheba-mi baby mi weak to yuh cocky
Sheba confesses that she is infatuated and powerless against Kartel's penis.
Kartel-mi love put it pon yuh
Kartel enjoys having sex with Sheba.
Sheba-when mi ah fuck mi see sleet an snow
Sheba experiences immense pleasure and intense sensations during sex, so much so that it feels like a snowstorm.
Kartel-when mi ah fuck mi see brite peppa lite
Kartel experiences bright, colorful visuals during sex, similar to the flashing lights of a disco ball.
Sheba-when mi ah fuck mi ah hear jingle bells
Sheba hears a festive sound during sex, such as the jingling of Christmas bells.
Kartel-jingle bells suh weh dat comin like
Kartel is comparing the sound of his partner's arousal during sex to the sound of jingle bells, which he finds pleasing.
Contributed by Ava V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Bubak Janneh
on Life We Living
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Bubak Janneh
on Ghetto Youth
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