The group who are called Vybz Kartel would form from the man Adijah Palmer and would begin his musical career in late 1993. He would go on to be one of the most highly awarded dance music artist of the present and play his style to the delight of his many adoring fans.

Vybz Kartel

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The group who are called Vybz Kartel would form from the man Adijah Palmer and would begin his musical career in late 1993. He would go on to be one of the most highly awarded dance music artist of the present and play his style to the delight of his many adoring fans. He has been involved with numerous disputes with other musicians in his industry and the latest has yet to be dealt with.

Career Start

In late 1993, Adijah would release his first single called Love Fat Woman that would be produced under the One Heart Label. He went by the name Adi Banton to show homage to the rapper Buju Banton. He would gon on to record tracks for many local produces and finally in 1996 he would decide to form a group with Mr. Lee and another singer who called himself Escobar. It is said that the group would choose their name after watching a movie or documentary concerned with Pablo Escobar. This group would not last long due to personality conflicts and Adijah would find himself in the solo arena once again although he would keep the name Vybz Kartel.

He would continue to work in the music industry and enter many contests under that state name. He would get his first break in 1998 at the Champions in Action Stage show. This would afford him a ticket into the music community and he was even heralded by another artist of referred to himself as Bounty Killer who would go on to say that the young Adijah had a lot of potential.

He would go on to ride the coat tails of Bounty Killer and collaborate with him on many new works such as Girls Like Mine and Gal Clown. After this new found success in the rap community, he would go on to begin releasing his own hit singles some of which were called Most High and War Organizer. He would go on to win an award under the category of DJ of the year at the Stone Love thirtieth anniversary show.

Continued Success

Vybz Kartel would continue to gain a solid fan base through his lyrics and this would lead him to perform many more venues than he had previously been afforded. He would also go on to collaborate with many international rap artists and has been heralded on the reggae top charts in 2004. It was said that Bounty Killer and Adijah had formed an alliance; however, this alliance was broken in 2006 when Adijah would perform with Bounty Killer’s ex girlfriend on a song called Yuh Know Yuh Baby Father, which prompted a feud between Bounty Killer and Vybz Kartel.

The rapper would continue to become embroiled in disputes and feuds when he continued to work with an enemy of Bounty Killer called Beenie Man. Most everyone in the industry sees these types of inter artist feuds as quite childish and simply publicity stunts to gain attention although the rappers in the industry feel that they are real and deserve their attention. Bounty Killer and Adijah would go on to perform at a concert called The Sting and it was said that the two would lash out at each other through lyrical insults and shouts. These disputes would lead to Adijah becoming an outcast with the alliance once formed by the many dance hall rappers.

There were said to be actual gun play involved at certain night spots that the rappers would hang out at although these have never been officially verified by police. Again, many think that these types of feuds are merely public displays of wanton attention to get the groups into the public eye. However, the end of the disputes would later be published in a conference between Adijah and Mayado in a police chaperoned press conference.

Apparently, these claims of peace did not last and the two were said to be feuding on stage again tossing out insults to one another while at the Sting 2009 concert. The two would also produce albums and singles that would insult one another. Many of Adijahs fans can visit his website where they may find free music downloads or internet screenings of some of his music.

Did You Know

• Vibes Kartel would release his first single as a teenager.

• The name came from the word cartel, which has been attributed to South American drug traffickers.

• The rapper one an award at the Caribbean Urban Music Awards in 2008.

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