Deejay Vybz Kartel surely knows how to grab head lines (no pun intended.) He has positioned himself as the top deejay locally and last year released a slew of songs which ensured that he claimed the coveted DJ of the Year title for 2009. Kartel, as the self-proclaimed President of the Gaza and the leader of the now crumbling Portmore Empire, has had his fair share of criticism as being […]
With the official closing of the Havendale studio operated by deejay Vybz Kartel this week, the deejay says where he will be based is not an issue to the release of his music. Last week THE STAR reported that the police said that the studio which is operated by Kartel on Kirk Avenue in Havendale, St Andrew, is operating without a permit and is a public disturbance. Superintendent Newton Amos, […]
The Mavado, Vybz Kartel show will go on. A report carried Sunday in the Barbados Nation newspaper stated that, despite suggestions from the police to cancel the event, the unity concert featuring the two Jamaican dancehall will be held as scheduled on March 27. The show is being staged by Jack Farrell, who has been named as joint promoter with the government-affiliated Barbados Youth Action Programme. The Nation's report quoted […]
Popular deejays Mavado and Vybz Kartel took hundreds of fans for a trip down memory lane on Sunday night, reminding them of a time when there were no Gully-Gaza issues. The two performed together in a gesture of unity at the annual West Kingston Jamboree stage show in Tivoli Gardens, Kingston. When Mavado was called to the stage by Alliance boss Bounty Killer, he soon began hinting at the anticipated […]
Deejay Vybz Kartel has made it clear he will not be accepting the invitation to Mavado's birthday bash on December 5 at Temple Hall Estate. In a release sent to THE STAR over the weekend, Kartel said he is unable to attend the birthday bash due to previous engagements - one of which is Bolt's 9.58 party which he is booked to perform at on the same night. Both artistes […]
Anticipating a lyrical clash with one-time student Vybz Kartel at Sting on December 26, Bounty Killer went on a tirade last Saturday night at the Hennessy Artistry party at the National Golf Academy in New Kingston. Bounty Killer ruffled several feathers - from alleged skin bleaching to bedroom practices and a leaked sexually graphic picture of Vybz Kartel protégé Lisa Hype, the Warlord was in battle mode and is likely […]
Vybz Kartel plans to give back to his community through his most recent business venture - Street Vybz Thursdays. Starting this Thursday the event will be held weekly at the Building in New Kingston, formerly the Asylum, over the course of three months. Street Vybz Thursdays was the brain child of its originator Vybz Kartel. In a recent interview with THE STAR, Kartel's business partner Corey Todd explained more about […]
Deejay Bounty Killer and his former protegé, Vybz Kartel, have once again resumed their lyrical insults. After a brief pause from exchanging diss songs for a few weeks, the deejays have once again traded lyrical shots as the biggest local clash show, Sting, approaches. While this time last year lyrical exchanges were being bantered back and forth among a number of deejays, this year, the clash scene has been relatively […]
Vybz Kartel is not only dismissing rumours that he and fellow deejay Bounty Killer will be clashing at Sting 2009 or any other stage show, but is also dismissing his former mentor's deejaying skills calling Killer a Heineken Star Time artiste. Despite the songs thrown at Vybz Kartel from Bounty Killer in the form of Chatta Box, Ungrateful Hellboy and the most recent song Wata Chune, Kartel, says that he […]
