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.

Stuck / Better Can Wuk
Vybz Kartel Lyrics

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Mini half a di gurls a urs and half a fi mi yuh
Zimmie gyal yuh know fi wine gyal gyal yuh know
Fi wine gyal yuh know fi wine gyal gyal yuh know
Fi wine gyal yuh know fi wine gyal gyal yuh know
Fi wine but a nuh dat

Gyal yuh betta can fuk o bubble pon the buddy
Till the buddy wah broke tek it inna yuh tummy

Till yuh tummy wah tuck out go down but come up
Mi neva sey yuh cah duck mi nuh lick like dog mi
Nah fuck and stuck gyal knock out block out
And jump up and cut wen cocky start rev yuh out
Like bus and truck put yuh 2 hand behind yuh wah
Fi handcuff u a mek noise mek noise u gwaan huff and puff
Yuh pop down the love life bed a nuh fi fuk
Bed a fi bed time mi doh inna the granny business
Mek we fuk inna the front yard sometimes hold on

Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Yuh know fi wine gyal
Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Yuh know fi wine gyal g
Yal yuh know fi wine but a nuh dat

Gyal yuh betta can cock up buddy a jack
And we a tek it from back quint up the pussy
When the cocky contract pon yuh batty jaw mi
Have mi hand a slap slap put yuh foot dem pon mi shoulda
Like a nap-sack if yuh pussy a something everybody knock knock
Wen mi come and a go weh mi a put on the fat lock
'Cause mi sure u can fuk like how mi sure
God black inna spiritually mi shot up and dig up
Shock rock yuh pop down the love life
Bed a nuh fi fuk bed a fi bedtime me
Don't inna the granny business
So mek we fuk inna the front yard sometimes hold on

Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Yuh know fi wine gyal
Gyal yuh know fi wine
Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Gyal yuh know fi wine but a nuh dat

Gyal yuh fuk mi groovy u badda than the blue movies
Gyal mi nuh chargy fargy bring yuh friend fi the party
Argy mek we fuck inna many many styles
And pot and vary me but a nuh me she marry if u wah dick to marry

Gyal yuh betta can fuk o bubble pon the buddy
Till the buddy wah broke tek it inna yuh tummy
Till yuh tummy wah tuck go down but come up mi
Neva sey yuh cah duck mi nuh lick like dog mi nah fuck
And stuck gyal knock out block out and jump up
And cut wen cocky start rev yuh out like bus
And truck put yuh 2 hand behind yuh wah fi
Handcuff u a mek noise mek noise u gwaan huff and puff
Yuh pop down the love life bed a nuh fi fuk bed a fi bed time
Mi doh inna the granny business
Mek we fuk inna the front yard sometimes hold on

Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Yuh know fi wine gyal
Gyal yuh know fi wine
Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Gyal yuh know fi wine but a nuh dat

Gyal yuh betta can cock up buddy a jack
And we a tek it from back quint up the pussy
When the cocky contract pon yuh batty
Jaw mi have mi hand a slap slap put yuh foot
Dem pon mi shoulda like a nap-sack if yuh
Pussy a something everybody knock knock
Wen mi come and a go weh mi a put on the fat lock
'Cause mi sure u can fuk like how mi sure
God black inna spiritually mi shot up and dig up
Shock rock yuh pop down the love life bed a
Nuh fi fuk bed a fi bedtime me don't inna the granny business
So mek we fuk inna the front yard sometimes hold on

Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal

Gyal yuh know fi wine gyal
Yuh know fi wine gyal

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Vybz Kartel's song Stuck/ Better Can Wuk are explicit and revolve around sexual activity. Throughout the song, the artist praises the skills of his sexual partner and encourages her to engage in different sexual acts with him. The chorus emphasizes the importance of the woman’s ability to move her body, with the repeated lines “Gyal yuh know fi wine” instructing her to dance erotically.

In the first verse, Kartel acknowledges that while he and his partner share their sexual partners, he considers her to belong partly to him as well. He then goes on to give advice on how to perform in bed, including pushing the boundaries and taking the partner's body to its limits, emphasizing his preference for the woman's "bubble" moving on his "buddy" until it "broke".

In the second verse, he continues to praise his partner's sexual performance, encouraging her to perform different positions and take an active role in their sexual encounters. He also asserts his dominance over her, instructing her to "put yuh 2 hand behind yuh wah fi handcuff u”. Finally, he suggests engaging in sexual activity outside, perhaps in a front yard, to add excitement to their sex life.

Overall, the lyrics of Stuck/ Better Can Wuk are explicit and focus primarily on sexual activity, emphasizing the importance of the woman's ability to move her body and the pleasure that can be derived from taking risks in sexual encounters.

Line by Line Meaning

Mini half a di gurls a urs and half a fi mi yuh
You and I share ownership of the girls in our circle.

Zimmie gyal yuh know fi wine gyal gyal yuh know
You are a skilled dancer who knows how to wine beautifully.

Fi wine gyal yuh know fi wine gyal gyal yuh know
You know how to wine really well and you should continue doing it.

Fi wine but a nuh dat
Wining is important, but that's not all I'm interested in.

Gyal yuh betta can fuk o bubble pon the buddy
You better be skilled at sex and be able to move your body in exciting ways.

Till the buddy wah broke tek it inna yuh tummy
Continue having sex until you and I are completely exhausted and unable to continue.

Till yuh tummy wah tuck out go down but come up
We should continue having sex until your stomach is completely satisfied and you feel complete.

Mi neva sey yuh cah duck mi nuh lick like dog mi
I'm not saying you can't avoid me, but I won't stop pursuing you and making you feel good.

Nah fuck and stuck gyal knock out block out
I won't force you to have sex with me if you don't want to, but if you do, it will be an amazing experience.

And jump up and cut wen cocky start rev yuh out
When I start to get excited and revved up, we should engage in high-energy sex and keep moving.

Like bus and truck put yuh 2 hand behind yuh wah
We can try new, exciting sex positions where you need to put your hands behind your waist.

Fi handcuff u a mek noise mek noise u gwaan huff and puff
I may even handcuff you during sex to increase the excitement and pleasure.

Yuh pop down the love life bed a nuh fi fuk
The bed we sleep in should be reserved purely for sleeping, not sex.

Bed a fi bed time mi doh inna the granny business
We should only use the bed for sleeping, not for any 'granny business.'

Mek we fuk inna the front yard sometimes hold on
We should try new and exciting places to have sex, like the front yard of a house.

Gyal yuh fuk mi groovy u badda than the blue movies
You are amazing in bed and we have incredible, engaging sex.

Gyal mi nuh chargy fargy bring yuh friend fi the party
I'm not a stingy person, so feel free to bring your friends to the party so we can all enjoy ourselves.

Argy mek we fuck inna many many styles
Let's try many new and exciting sex positions to keep things interesting and fun.

And pot and vary me but a nuh me she marry if u wah dick to marry
We can have sex as much as you want, but that doesn't mean you want to marry me for sex alone.

Gyal yuh betta can cock up buddy a jack
You should be good at engaging in doggy-style sex.

And we a tek it from back quint up the pussy
We should engage in doggy-style sex where I penetrate from behind.

When the cocky contract pon yuh batty jaw mi
When I penetrate your butt, it should be executed with enthusiasm.

Have mi hand a slap slap put yuh foot dem pon mi shoulda like a nap-sack
During sex, you can use your foot on my shoulder like a backpack.

If yuh pussy a something everybody knock knock
Your vagina is so good that everyone wants to have sex with you.

Wen mi come and a go weh mi a put on the fat lock
During sex, I have a lot of stamina and can last a long time without getting tired.

'Cause mi sure u can fuk like how mi sure
I'm confident that you can have sex well, as assuredly as I can.

God black inna spiritually mi shot up and dig up shock rock yuh
Having sex with you is like being struck by lightning from the gods, it's so electrifying.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: FRANCIS EG WHITE, LAUREN PRITCHARD

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