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.
Pu**y Me Say
Vybz Kartel Lyrics
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You know it's Don Corleone
And Vybz Kartel and like MC Hammer
They can't touch this (touch this)
See me a seh, Up 2 Di Time
You know it's representative
Addi di Teacher from Portmore (easily)
Students, remain wise or you leff
Ay
Most girls love me suh
Dem kiss, dem hug me suh
Some say, "How yuh ugly suh?"
But a nuh nutt'n if some say so
Cah dem still wah send on pussy
All di dumb say so
True me hot like Mexico
When me pull up inna di Tigermart or the Texaco
Girls say, "How you sexy so?"
Watch her how she a work her lips pon di Pepsi suh
Me nuh cowboy from El Paso
Why you love big up pelpa so?
'Cause a bare gal me pelp yassuh
And we don't need help yassuh
None a my friend nuh touch man pants
We nuh belt yassuh
'Bout nineteen man or twenty suh
Wid dem two hand empty suh
See bad man and a tempt we suh
When mi gun buss plenty suh
Rrt, rrt, elementary suh
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, wah me a seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
Anyweh di gyaldem deh, Addi deh deh
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, wah me a seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
Anyweh di gyaldem deh me deh deh (baby)
How you love talk dirty suh?
Like yuh wild and flirty suh?
If you sit on mi dick twenty-nine minutes after eight
Guarantee you a run off eight thirty so
Yeah a so, a nuh maybe so, ay
Wah you mean say mi love call you "baby" suh?
Wicked slam like Tracy McGrady suh (boom)
Me and Jam2 deal wid ladies so (see me a seh)
Don, how you wicked so?
You get props from DJ Wayne, Colin Hines and Liquid suh
How di gun pon you hip big suh?
It mek boy haffi jump and prance like Calypso
Kartel have the business suh
Europe, North America and the West Indies suh
Gyal a drop dem panty suh
And it's murder, me deal wid Ashanti suh
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, wah me a seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
Anyweh di gyaldem deh, Addi deh deh
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, wah me a seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
Anyweh di gyaldem deh me deh deh (baby)
Most girls love me suh
Dem kiss, dem hug me suh
Some say, "How yuh ugly suh?"
But a nuh nutt'n if some say so
Cah dem still wah send on pussy
All di dumb say so
True me hot like Mexico
When me pull up inna di Tigermart or the Texaco
Girls say, "How you sexy so?"
Watch her how she a work her lips pon di Pepsi suh
Me nuh cowboy from El Paso
Why you love big up pelpa so?
'Cause a bare gal me pelp yassuh
And we don't need help yassuh
None a my friend nuh touch man pants
We nuh belt yassuh
'Bout nineteen man or twenty suh
Wid dem two hand empty suh
See bad man and a tempt we suh
When mi gun buss plenty suh
Rrt, rrt, elementary suh
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, wah me a seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
Anyweh di gyaldem deh, Addi deh deh
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, wah me a seh? Weh y'ah seh?
So me a seh, weh y'ah seh? Weh y'ah seh?
Anyweh di gyaldem deh me deh deh (baby)
In Vybz Kartel's song "Pu**y Me Say," he describes how he is highly desired by women despite some calling him "ugly." He boasts about his looks and sexual prowess, claiming that women cannot resist him even if they think he's unattractive. He also refers to his fame and success, referencing his appearances at popular gas stations in Jamaica and the United States. Throughout the song, he uses explicit and suggestive language to detail his sexual encounters with women. Despite the vulgar content, the song is an anthem of sorts for Vybz Kartel and his fans, emphasizing his dominance and popularity with women.
Line by Line Meaning
Most girls love me so
Most girls love me and show me affection
Dem kiss, dem hug me so
They kiss and hug me with affection
Some say how u ugly so?
Some people wonder why I'm considered unattractive
But a nuh nutten if some say so
It doesn't matter if some people say that
'Cause dem still wah sen on pussy
Because they still want to have sex
All di dumb say so
All the foolish ones say that
True mi hot like Mexico
I'm really attractive and desirable like Mexico's hot climate
When mi pull up inna di tigermart or the Texaco
When I arrive at the Tigermart or Texaco gas station
Girls say how u sexy so?
Girls ask how I'm so sexy
Watch her how she a work her lips on the pepsi so
Watch how she's licking her lips while drinking Pepsi
Mi nuh cowboy from El Paso
I'm not a cowboy from El Paso, Texas
Why u love big up pelpa so?
Why are you praising Pelpa so much?
'Cause a bere gal mi pelp yasso
Because I have many girls who flirting with me
And we don't need help yasso
And we don't need anyone's help
None a my friend nuh touch man pants
None of my friends wear women's clothing
Wi nuh belt yasso
We don't wear belts
'Bout nineteen man or twenty so
Around 19 or 20 of us
Wid dem two hand empty so
With both hands empty
See bad man and a tempt we so
We see bad men and they're trying to tempt us
When mi gun buss plenty so
When I shoot my gun multiple times
Elementary so
Easy as ABC
Somiaseh, wha u a seh?
Hey, what are you saying?
Anyweh di gal dem deh
Wherever the girls are
Addie deh deh
I'm there too
How u love talk dirty so?
Why do you enjoy talking dirty like that?
Like u wild and flirty so?
Like you're wild and flirty?
If u sit on mi dick twenty-nine minutes after eight
If you have intercourse with me at 8:29 pm
Guarantee u a run off eight thirty so
I guarantee you'll be finished by 8:30 pm
Yeah a so, a nuh maybe so (Eh!)
Yes, that's for real (Eh!)
Wha u mean say mi love call u baby so
What do you mean when you say I love to call you baby?
Wicked slam like Tracy McGrady so (Bum!)
I hit hard like Tracy McGrady (Bum!)
Me and Jam2 deal wid ladies so (Somiaseh)
Me and Jam2 take care of the ladies (Hey)
Don how u wicked so?
Don, why are you so cruel?
U get props from DJ Wayne, Colin Hines and Liquid so
You get recognition from DJ Wayne, Colin Hines and Liquid
How di gun pon u hip big so?
Why is your gun so big on your hip?
It mek boy haffi jump and prance like calypso
It makes people jump and dance like a calypso
Kartel have the business so
Kartel is running the game
Europe, North America and the West Indies so
In Europe, North America and the Caribbean
Gal a drop them panty so
Girls are dropping their panties
And (it's murder!)
And it's killing the game
We deal wid Ashanti so
We're dealing with Ashanti
Mi deh deh
I'm here
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Adidja Palmer, Donovan Keith Bennett
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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