Vybz Kartel

@Songwriters, Timeline and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Vybz Kartel (Adidja Azim Palmer) is a Jamaican dancehall deejay, lyricist and entrepreneur Jamaican Business People Lyricists & Songwriters Singers Reggae Singers Capricorn Celebrities Jamaican-born Vybz Kartel is a notorious dancehall reggae artist, who has recorded some highly successful reggae singles. Presently, he is serving life imprisonment for the murder of Clive ‘Lizzard’ Williams. Leaving aside his controversial life, he is famous songwriter and dancehall reggae artist, an interest which developed during childhood while listening to renowned artists, like Papa San, Ninja Man, and KRS-1. Eventually, he began writing at a tender age of 11 and released his first single ‘Love Fat Woman’ at 17. Thereafter, there was no looking back for this budding deejay, who went on to record more singles before forming his own group ‘Vibes Cartel’, along with two other friends. Though the group didn’t prove successful, he modified the name and adopted it as a solo artist – Vybz Kartel. A string of hit solo singles followed - some of them being ‘Guns Like Mine’, ‘Badman’, ‘Most High’, ‘War Organizer’, ‘Romping Shop’, and ‘Clarks Again’. Some of his career’s best music albums are ‘Up 2 Di Time’, ‘More Up 2 Di Time’, ‘J.M.T.’, ‘Pon Di Gaza 2.0’, and ‘Kingston Story’

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Birthday: January 7, 1976 Nationality: Jamaican Famous: Songwriters, Business People, Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers, Reggae Singers Spouses: Stacy Elliott (m. 2006–2008), Tanesha Johnson Known as: Adidja Azim Palmer Childrens: Little Addi, Little Vybz Universities: Calabar High School Information Detail Birthday January 7, 1976 Nationality Jamaican Famous Songwriters, Business People, Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers, Reggae Singers Spouses Stacy Elliott (m. 2006–2008), Tanesha Johnson Known as Adidja Azim Palmer Childrens Little Addi, Little Vybz Universities Calabar High School Birth Place Kingston Height 183cm Gender Male Net Worth $5.5 million as of Oct 23,2016 Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Kingston Famous as Songwriter

Kingston

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He married New York bank supervisor, Stacy-Ann Alicia Elliott, in 2006 in a private ceremony in Cross Roads, Kingston. The wedding didn’t last long and the couple ended their two-year marriage with a divorce in 2008, on allegations of Stacy giving birth to a son that was fathered by another man. Unsplash Personal Life

Currently, he is married to Tanesha ‘Shorty’ Johnson, with whom he has three sons. Unsplash Personal Life

Vybz Kartel was born as Adidja Azim Palmer on January 7, 1976, in Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He went to Calabar High School, Kingston, but was expelled at the age of 16. He then attended a tutorial technical school and completed his education, performing extremely well in mathematics, geography, literature and English. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was fascinated by music from a very young age and his two aspiring musician uncles motivated him further. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He considered popular artists, like Will Smith, Charlie Chaplin, Papa San, Ninja Man, and KRS-1, as his heroes and started writing lyrics at the age of 11. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1993, he released his first single ‘Love Fat Woman’ for Alvin Reid’s label ‘One Heart’ under the name Adi Banton, as a tribute to one of his role models, Buju Banton. Unsplash Career

He continued to record more tracks for local producers until 1996, when he formed his own group Vibes Cartel, along with his friends Mr. Lee and singer Escobar. Unsplash Career

The group didn’t last long, but he chose to adopt the name in an altered form, Vybz Kartel and became a solo artist. Unsplash Career

While performing a stage show ‘Champions in Action’ in his hometown, Portmore, in 1998, he was noticed by Bounty Killer, a popular dancehall singer of ‘The Alliance’. Unsplash Career

As a protégé of Killer, he began writing lyrics for Killer, Elephant Man and other members of Scare Dem Crew. He also collaborated with Killer on the famous ‘Gal Clown’ and ‘Girls Like Mine (Liquid Riddim)’. Unsplash Career

He won the ‘Deejay of the Year’ title at the 30th anniversary party of Stone Love Sound System, in 2002. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

In 2008, he received an award at the Caribbean Urban Music Awards (CUMA). Unsplash Awards & Achievements

He won three EME awards in 2009 – Male DJ of the Year, Lyricist/Songwriter of the Year, and Song of the Year (Romping Shop ft. Spice). Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 7, 1976
Nationality	Jamaican
Famous	Songwriters, Business People, Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers, Reggae Singers
Spouses	Stacy Elliott (m. 2006–2008), Tanesha Johnson
Known as	Adidja Azim Palmer
Childrens	Little Addi, Little Vybz
Universities	Calabar High School
Birth Place	Kingston
Height	183cm
Gender	Male
Net Worth	$5.5 million as of Oct 23,2016
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Kingston
Famous as	Songwriter

Vybz Kartel

Jamaican

Jan 7, 1976

Biography

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Kingston