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WE LOVE U KARTEL!!!!! GAZA MI SEH TILL MI LAST BREATH !!! GAZA NEVA FALL...WORL -BOSS!!!! WORL BOSS!!!!!!! AWOOOAAAAH!!!!!--deejah
Adidja Palmer (born January 7, 1976), better known as Vybz Kartel, is a Jamaican dancehall artist, songwriter and businessman. He has many nicknames, including Addi Teacher and Gaza Emperor.Adidja Palmer began his career as a teenager in 1993 with his first recording "Love Fat Woman", released on Alvin Reid's label "One Heart", using the moniker "Adi Banton", a homage to Buju Banton. Palmer was later part of the three-member group "Vybez Cartel", keeping the slightly altered name after group split up, and became a protege of bounty Killer , for whom he claims to have written nearly 30 songs, including "Gal Clown".Vybz kartel also collaborated with underground artist Poizn Ivy song title "Come Lick Mi Buddy". Vybz Kartel rose to prominence in 2003 after a string of hits in Jamaica. The year culminated in a pre-planned on-stage clash with Ninjaman at the annual dancehall festival Sting in Kartel's hometown of Portmore. The clash turned violent when Kartel's crewmembers, as well as Kartel himself, threw punches and assaulted Ninjaman onstage. While Kartel's manager initially blamed Ninjaman for the fracas, Kartel himself quickly apologised to Ninjaman and Sting organizers for the fracas.Four days after the incident, the two artists appeared before the press to announce a settlement of their differences and to end any animosity. He established his own label Adidjahiem/Notnice Records with his business partner and producer Ainsley "Notnice" Morris. In 2010, he released his album Pon Di Gaza 2.0 on Adidjahiem/Notnice Records in collaboration with Tads Record Inc. In Spring 2011, Vybz Kartel released an album entitled 'Kingston Story' with Brooklyn Hip Hop/Electro producer Dre Skull Kartel has worked on collaborations and remixes with Hip Hop and R&B musicians Jay-Z Rihanna , MissyElliot , Busta Rhymes, M.I.A, Pharrell, Kardinal Offishal, Akon, Jim Jones, Lil wayne and Eminem. After splitting with Bounty Killer-led Alliance in 2006, Kartel founded the Portmore Empire, a group of Dancehall deejays and singers from his Portmore neighborhood that he signed to his newly founded Adidjahiem/Notnice Records. Current members of the group are Popcaan , Shawn Storm, Sheba, Indu, Tommy Lee, , In 2009 he had two international hits with “Ramping Shop” debuting on the Billboard Top 100 Singles charts and “Dollar Sign” being in regular rotation on urban radio stations in the US. His 2010 single "Clarks" was one of his biggest international successes, remaining in the top 3 Reggae Singles gaining the most radio plays in North America for 40 weeks. "Clarks" was also featured on the TV series So You Think You Can Dance Canada, and on a CNN segment on Dancehall dance. MTV's Vice Guide to Dancehall featured Kartel at his weekly dance party, Street Vybz Thursday Kartel has come under controversy over perceived skin lightening , or "bleaching", leading him to claim to the use of "cake soap" to lighten his skin. The Blue Power Group, Jamaican manufacturer of the popular cake soap (or "blue soap") has refuted claims it changes skin colour.Kartel then stated the soap used to lighten his skin was his own brand, which which was release on the local market.In September 2011 the National Communications Network of Guyana banned Vybz Kartel from the airwaves--the first such action against a specific artist. His music contained "obscene lyrics" and brought "nothing positive" to the entertainment industry, said NCN spokesman Martin Goolsarran (Wednesday, Sept 21st) after a week of internal debate. He said NCN was reviewing the lyrics of other musicians and could ban them as well. In fact the government had no problem with Kartel, its Tourism Ministry inviting him to an August music festival, but he angered it and Guyanese promoters when he failed to show up. On October 3, 2011, Kartel, real name Adidja Palmer, was charged with murder, illegal possession of firearm and conspiracy to murder.More to that Story,,,etcOn November 30th 2011, a rumor surfaced that Adijah Palmer escaped from prison at 1AM EST, after holding a prison officer at gun point. Allegedly, Kartel started a riot in which one prison officer was killed and others injured and fifteen inmates escaped in a truck. Jamaica Observer dispelled the rumor at 9AM EST the same morning:::Dancehall Artist and Business Man::: AWARDS:Kartel has had several collaborations with international hip hop and pop stars. He has released two albums for the UK/US based labEL Greensleeves Records. He was also nominated for the source VIBE and UK MOBOB awards, although his 2004 UK MOBO award nomination was withdrawn amidst controversy over allegedly homophobic content of his lyrics.
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