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Vybz Kartel
Musical artist

Vybz Kartel (born Adidja Azim Palmer January 7, 1976 in Kingston) is a multiple award winning Jamaican dancehall, Artist/Lyricist and Entrepreneur.

Biography

Adijah Palmer attended Calabar High School in Kingston but was expelled. He completed his studies at Tutorial College, a private school in Kingston, Jamaica and graduated with English, History, Geography, and Literature at CXC levels. The young Adijah was exposed to a wide variety of music by two uncles who were aspiring musicians themselves. Every weekend he would listen 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 foes. At the age of 10 his favorite artists included Papa San, Charlie Chaplin, Will Smith and KRS-1, all of whose lyrics he would write down and memorize, performing them later for the entertainment of friends. He is also known as "Adijah Di Teacha".

Early Career

On weekends Adijah would practice on neighborhood sound systems Soul Signal and Electric Force. In 1993, Adijah, now in his late teens, 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 Buju Banton who was one of his role models. He recorded several more tracks for local producers until 1996 when 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, Adijah came up with a name for his trio: Vibes Cartel. Unfortunately some time after, the group broke up due to internal frictions leaving Adijah again to continue alone. Adijah choose to keep the name of the group changing the C to K in Kartel and adopting the moniker VYBZ KARTEL.

Career

In 1998, Kartel made an appearance at the Champions in Action stage show, held in his hometown of Portmore. His performance was praised, and he was soon offered a way into the music industry. Fellow artist Bounty Killer described him as having a lot of potential.

Vybz Kartel’s new role as Killer’s protégé attracted attention from the public, he then progressed to collaborations with Bounty Killer such as Gal Clown and Girls Like Mine (Liquid Riddim). He then released on his own early hits such as 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 collaborations with Wayne Marshall, such as New Millennium (Mad Antz Riddim), Why (Krazy Riddim) and Why Again (Good To Go Riddim). This debut led to Vybz Kartel being crowned Deejay Of The Year at Stone Love’s 30th Anniversary, 2002.

Kartel has already had several collaborations with international hip-hop and pop stars. In terms of singles sold, he has had the second-best year on the reggae charts for 2003 (outsold only by Elephant Man) and has released 2 albums for UK/US based label Greensleeves Records Ltd. He was also featured twice on the Def Jamaica project, and nominated for Source, VIBE and UK MOBO awards (although his MOBO nominations, along with those of Beenie Man, Elephant Man and Sizzla were wimad

Awards

  • 2003
    • Stone Love's 30th Anniversary
      • DJ of the Year
  • 2008
    • CUMA (Caribbean Urban Music Awards)
  • 2009
    • EME Awards
      • Male DJ of the Year
      • Lyricist/Songwriter of the Year
      • Song of the Year(Ramping Shop ft. Spice)
  • 2010
    • EME Awards
      • Male DJ of the Year
      • Lyracist/Songwriter of the Year
      • Recording Artist of the Year

Entrepreneurship

Vybz Kartel co-created an alcoholic beverage named Vybz Rum, his first major endorsement. The Vybz Rum comes in two varieties, the white rum and the red rum.

Gaza-Portmore Empire

The Portmore Empire, is a group of artist including Vybz Kartel, Black Ryno , Jah Vinci, Merital Family, Popcaan, Dotta Coppa, Shawn Storm, Doza Medicine, Gaza Indu,Maxwell, Bookie, CP INC, Blass, School Boy, Gaza Danger, Milla 9, NotNice, Badda Dan, Lee Milla, and Singer Bling

Departure from the Alliance

In 2006 Vybz and Bounty Killer had a falling out after Vybz performed a song with D'Angel, Bounty Killer's former girl. The song is titled ‘Yuh Know Yuh Baby father’. This led to Kartel permanently departing from the Alliance.

Feud with Mavado

Towards the end of 2006 and due to disagreements and internal rivalries Vybz Kartel left the Alliance. Tensions arose following Kartel's continued association with Bounty Killer's longtime enemy, Beenie Man, including Kartel attending Beenie Man's wedding to Bounty Killer's ex-girlfriend, D'Angel. Vybz Kartel cited his departure as being due to him wanting to be an independent artist. It was reported that Vybz and Bounty Killer performed together ahead of the annual Sting show. Due to Kartel's defection from the alliance and his 'parring' with the enemy 'the doctor' Beenie Man, a series of songs and counteraction songs ensued - the main proponents being Kartel and Mavado.

A very public feud between Vybz Kartel and former collaborator Mavado arose towards the end of 2006, stemming from Vybz' much publicized departure from the dancehall conglomerate group, The Alliance. The feud resulted in numerous diss-tracks released, in which each artist dissed the other and their associates over popular dancehall rhythms.


The feud threatened to escalate beyond lyrics, however, in the following months with shoot outs at the popular hangouts of the artists, and on-stage scuffles between members of each camp. This intensification prompted a police-overseen press conference in which both Mavado and Vybz publicly announced an end to hostilities and apologized to fans

In August 2008 the feud erupted again, with a new round of diss-tracks. The artist responded to each other with many violent songs. The feud came to a lyrical head with a deejay clash between Mavado and Vybz Kartel at Sting 2008. Now The Teacher (Vybz Kartel) is now feuding with The Warlord himself Bounty Killer. The two were expected to clash at Sting 2009. Numerous tracks have been released aiming shots at each other.

Vybz Kartel and Mavado have ended their feud once again and have performed together on stage.


Discography and filmography

Albums

Mixtapes

  • Vybz Kartel 45-Mix (Cash Money; 2002)
  • Time Minister (Cassette Jones)
  • www.up2ditime.com (Cassette Jones)
  • Seven Wise Virgins (Cassette Jones)
  • From Time To Time (Federation; 2003)
  • Just A Matter Of Time (Cassette Jones)
  • Time Nevertheless (Cassette Jones)
  • Timeless (Federation; 2004)
  • Dancehall Mix 2K4 (Swamp King; 2004)
  • Time Served (Federation; 2004)
  • Return Of The Crime Minister; 2005)
  • The Peoples Champ" (Dancehallusa.com; 2009)

Compilation albums

  • Girls Like Mine (Best Of Vybz) (2002)
  • Toe 2 Toe Vol. 6 w/ Elephant Man (Jet Star; 2003)

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International collaborations

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References

  1. "2009 EME Awards". http://www.emeawards.com. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. "2010 EME Awards". http://www.emeawards.com. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. Unprecedented Press Conference ends feud between Vybz Kartel and Mavado. YardFlex.com Archives. Accessed December 28, 2008.

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