In 1998, after performing at the Champions In Action stage show in his hometown of Portmore, Vybz linked up with Bounty Killer. Adijah choose to keep the name of the group changing the C to K in Kartel and adopting the moniker Vybz Kartel. Unfortunately some time after, the group broke up due to internal frictions leaving Adijah again to continue alone. After watching a movie about Pablo Escobar and his infamous cartel, Adijah came up with a name for his trio: Vibes Cartel. Lee and a singer called Escobar, decided to form a group. He recorded several more tracks for local producers until 1996 when he and two friends, Mr. Growing up in Portmore, he would practice with neighborhood sound systems Soul Signal and Electric Force, and 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. Born Januin Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica, Vybz Kartel is a multiple award-winning Jamaican dancehall artist, lyricist and entrepreneur.įather of PG13 (Little Vybz & Little Addi).
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