Controversial Dancehall entertainer, Adidja “Vybz Kartel” Palmer’s relationship with Guyana and its fan base seems irrevocably damaged following the announcement that all music from “Di Teacha” has been banned from the country’s airwaves.
Kartel has had his share of issues with Guyanese officials; pulling out of two shows in the South American nation due to alleged death threats he claimed people in Guyana made against him.
Now, Guyanese radio stations are taking an unprecedented stance against the self-proclaimed, “Dancehall Hero” by deciding to no longer play Kartel’s music as a result of the obscene and hardcore lyrics his songs entail.
u see kartel doe good firt place he bleach and dat means he dissing us
The devil is also in their types of music. One evening I was listening to a religious call-in program. A young woman called-in and said that she went to a rock band concert and after she returned home from the show, she heard someone with chains – and chains outside her door. She said that she was scared. Obviously, she did not open her door. I do not know how she handled this situation.
The host of the program lectured her on the danger of attending such a show, about the presence of Satan at those shows, the type of music and lyrics and that he was the one who was at her door.
Note how those people are attired and the amount of tattoos, those which can be seen all over their arms. Consider what cannot be seen underneath their clothes. I really do not think too much of those people.
Young people especially do not know what harm they are doing to themselves including their souls and no exception to society when they participate in such shows, listen to those types of lyrics and purchase their music as they adopt those musicians’ words which could contribute to violence, disobedience and rebelliousness in society. This is what it means to keep company with the wrong people as also attending those shows. Birds of a feather flock together. I would keep those musicians away from entering the country.
May God help our youths and young adults to become wise to the dangers of attending those shows.
his music should be banned internationally.
why is vybz kartel music being ban. becuase he did not turn up in guyana or the show. vybz kartel has his reason for not being here in guyana.many says the he afraid of the sun,some says that he wanted a better flight,some says that he was sick.Vybz Kartel life is at stake in guyana,he is bieng threaten bu many high heads in the country.Ppl we need to look more deep down in the situation cause an artist wont just cancel a performance just like that without giving us no acceptable reason.THEY WANT THE MAN DEAD.
Vybes Kartel is fabricating lies to the stupid Guyanese people that he get death treath thats just he just don.t like guyanese people because atleast he didn,t even apologise or have a good explanitation for not showing up I was one of his Gaza supporter but not anymore I am on the Gully side now all because he is just onesided and I also hate him because he sing a song but any Man who don,t have girl is antiman thats really annoying Kartel the Loser Boo
Ah where u get the new clacks dere daddy???
In response to the thing with Kartel being a Satanist. Kartel gives people that impression. Not because he has tattoos but because of the meaning of the tatoos he has. Such as the Head of Baphomet and other demonic images. You have to do a back ground check on tattoos b4 u judge or them or get them
@ Kevin
Take a good look at his face and hands. They look devilish. He is one person who does not care what he looks like. I would not want to have anything to do with someone who has this type of tattoos. Why would some people deface and destroy their bodies in such a manner with all those tattoos? Something is radically wrong with them.
Cmon on Jamaicans. This is not a Guyanese vs Jamaica isssue.. It’s Guyanese Goverment vs Kartel issue. So please let us not use this as an opportunity to hate on each other. I am Guyanese. Not much of a fan of Kartel but i think Jamaicans are great and fun people and i think Guyanese are 2.
I used to be a fan of this guy’s music…back then he was what we referred to as “lyrically ill”. Some of his songs still carry positive messages, but it’s overshadowed by the ‘musical diarrhea’ he is now infamous for. It’s truly distasteful…as a woman, I don’t think I could ever appreciate the lyrics I now hear in Kartel’s songs. But then again, it sells! SMH
@ Yes Fada!
Age brings reason.
ans what about that soukous man from Africa that have them porno vidoes to go with his music, that they now play all over even in bars you go and find it playing. Dominicans to hypocrite thats the man style is people like you and me that made him reach where he is today he didn’t just get popular on his own we bought the music we broadcasted it we purchased the cd we selling it we dancing to it w singing it, that is what we have to keep in mind is we the people all over the world that make him who he is today!!!!!! and Dominica is no expection because we are always jamming to it….
@ seasoning pepper
You are generalizing. A better word to use is “some” people. Not “we” meaning all people – every one.
this is rubbosh the only reason they banned him is because he didn’t go to perform, if had gone he would not have been banned, these people should be shammed of themseves, tell what would have happened if he had gone. all that drama would not be going on, these Guyaneese should be ashamed to broadcast this to the public. stupess, they didn’t hear the music before, they are not innocent in this matter.
Man welll bleached his skin.
Gangstar = Black on Black crime, killing of black people.
Many of his songs blurtings(songs)are glorifying VIOLENCE and banned on even on Jamaican radio itself.
Pure ID10T dat!
Dem Guyaneese too hypocriter… they invite him to Jamzone 2011 and because he didnt show after they pay him a deposit of $100000, they ban him? the same songs they were paying him to come and perform in Guyana are the songs they are banning.
his songs are granted “not goog”, but they should be straight up and say that because he stood them up they ban him, simple as that!
Well done Guyana!
those music are curuptive and plus its demonic
DEH MEK RITE! ACCORDING TO MY MOTHER KARTEL LOOK LIKE DOG BOTTOM HOLE!
Its just a song
Its not just a song words are very much powerfull.
Gospel songs are songs to, will you say they are devil’s songs??
Will you say KArtel’s songs are Gospel songs?
PLEASE JUST THINK OF IT!
I find it sad and shameful that some posters seem to think Kartel should be banned more for how he looks than the content of his lyrics and public statements (as well as the potential danger he would be in, due to death threats). One poster went so far as to call him “the devil” and “satan” with the utmost assurance that Kartel was indeed this figure. What nonsense is this? Because the man has tattoos, he is suddenly a satanist? Come on, seriously. Sure, some people with tattoos are satanists. Some people who wear cargo pants are satanists, too. Some women who cut their hair short are satanists, too. Should we assume that all people with cargo shorts and all women with short hair are satanists? Of course not. And the same goes for tattoos. You may not like them, but they are no more than an aesthetic choice for most people and a ritual for others (a ritual that is ancient and that is not tied in any special way to satanism).
If you want to make a comment, do it based on the man’s actions, not your prejudices about how he looks. Sheesh….
Common sense is to be utilized here. Their words, their language, the type of songs and tattoos, the company they keep and their mode of attire tell a lot about them. Who would want to associate with such people and listen to them? What could they learn from them? Participating in those shows and purchasing their music are encouraging such so-called artists and making them rich. Those who do should find a better type of uplifting entertainment and manner in which to spend their money.
Vybz Kartel Banned Again
Ever since the new year it was reported that Vybz kartel & Mavado had been banned from performing in certain Islands due to the extremity of their music lyrics and the effect that it has been having on the youths. Kartel had so far been banned by Grenada, Guyana, and Barbados, but now most recently St. Lucia has also been added to that list.
The deejay was scheduled to do a huge show in St. Lucia for May 1st, but due to the kind of negative attention it had been drawing throughout the island, the committee has now come to a final decision to cancel the artist after having gone through a long two week contreversy regarding the upcoming concert.
Vybz Kartel who has never been able to perform in the United States nor some other countries abroad, had always been able to stage his music throughout the different Caribbean Islands but now that too seems to be coming to a halt, which may scream serious financial setbacks for the deejays music career.
@ Da Man
As the saying, “There is a time and place for everything.” After a while there will be those who will get fed-up of his songs. His popularity is also waning due to the type of lyrics. He should take note of that and change.
thumbs up!
Why not ban all the violent, explicit, porn movies??? But no, its made by majority whites and anything white is always better.
Willy Linch syndrome…
Or
Crab in the barrel syndrome
i support you 100000% caribbean genius!all other shit gets promoted,some rappers shew the most form of violence obsence langauge and disrespecting of women so to speak,but they still getting promoted here there and everywhere.nuff hypocracy!!
@ caribbean genius
They should ban them all for they are like an ill wind that blows nobody any good. They contaminate the minds of people specifically the youths and can send them straight into the jaws of Hell.
the best come from the worst, even if kartel have rude tunes he have the most educated tunes too, in life people dont see the good about you only the bad. gaza mi seh
KARTEL IS A BWOY AND IS GREEDY FOR MONEY.DON’T YOU ALL OF HIS ARTIST ARE ALL LEAVING PORTMORE EMPIRE ONE BY ONE. FIRST BLAK RYNO THEN MERITAL FAMILY,JAHVICI DOSA MEDICINE,GAZA KIM ,LISA HYPE AND PRODUCER NOT NICE HAVE ALL LEFT DUE TO HIS GREEDY WAYS. ALLIANCE/GULLY FOR LIFE.
Its me again!! Kartel is a caricom national. Under the revised treaty of chageramus kartel has the rights to provide services(concerts, his music being played etc) and the freedom of movement(meaning he could travel to n e caricom state). So guyana has no right legally yo prevent kartel from playing music or doing n e thing in guyana unless he has committed a crime in that country. So if kartel has good lawyers he could claim damages from the guyanese govt.
This is a clear example of y the csme will never work. There is open clear blatant violations of the laws by the top.
Well kartel is coming to da later this year and I will be dere..all songs have 2 versions a clean and dirty version.. Stop listen to the dirty version. Stop being hypocrite.. All of all u dere listen to his music. I listen to some of his most popular songs and see nothing terribly wrong. U would have to really go into his unpopular songs to get the old dirty songs.. D man av soo much nice songs man.. Mama-tlkin bout how he loves his mother. Summertime-a great song bout summer fun.. Clarks, one man, love dem, skinny tight jean just to name a few……. Long live kartel… And DNO shame on all u for looking for the ugliest picture of kartel to put in all u article
WHAT UGLIEST PICTURE YOU TALKING ABOUT.OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE NOT SEEN VYBZ KARTEL 2011.THIS MAN IS JUST A DAM FREAK WITH HIS BLEACH OUT FACE AND HIS FALSE WOMAN BRAIDS.THATS WHAT HE TEACHING PEOPLE,TO NOT BE PROUD OF YOUR BLACK COMPLEXTION.WHAT NEXT HE IS GOING TO COME OUT FROM THE CLOSET AND SAY HE IS GAY? GET REAL,THIS MAN IS JUST LIKE THE OTHER ILLUMINATI ARTIST IN THE HIP HOP INDUSTRY AND HOLLYWOOD LEADING THE YOUTS TO SATAN.
BUT MICHEAL JACKSON DID THE SAME TING… ALLU TO BIAS.. I BET U HAD LOVE MJ… SHUT THE HELL UP
seems like is on your jet
@hmmmmm
He is a poor and bad example especially to the youths. If his lyrics are offensive in a worst manner he should be banned from performing in every country. Those who uphold him contribute to it.
YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN!
THATS WHAT I DON’T LIKE ABOUT THOSE BLOODY INSURANCE COMPANIES…
HERE IT IS THAT THIS COMPANY GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE PACIFIC TO GET A LIZARD FOR ITS ADVERTS…
AND WE HAVE A GECO RIGHT HERE IN THE CARIBBEAN
HAHA!!! so true!!!
right now, im LMAO!!!
LOL…LOL…
I’m a reggae lover, BUT will not listern to the trash that Vybz Kartel calls music.
This guy has been around since the early 90’s and I cant recall any thing memorable from him. Then he started to sing slackness and wow the ladies/younger generation loved him.
Take some time to really listern to his songs, pure rubbish, and he cant even sing.
Good for Guyana. If he is serious about music, then he should come again with a different attitude.
my daer he sings dancehall…not reggae, dnt even knw why they call him a reggae artiste..
Dancehall is a form of Reggae.
@ FED UP DOMINICAN
All types of people went into this type of business. This does not mean that they are decent and exemplary people. This is why their lyrics are so crude and rude and offensive. They are in poor taste.
This reminds me of a conversation I had with a co-worker. I was informed, “not once have I heard you swear.” I would hear others swearing and utilize the four-letter word specifically if they were annoyed but I always kept my cool and utilize the proper language which I was taught from childhood and in school. I would not encourage others utilizing such language in my home. I would inform them that they should not swear and that it is unnecessary to do so also in such an environment. People are judged by their mannerisms. Such language are called street language. Therefore attensdees should not have to be subject to hearing them.
I recall reading in the New Testament that Our Lord said: “I judge by what I see.” I add to it, by what I hear which is also what He meant. It is not condemning the person.
Countries as Guyana reserve the right to ban certain people and musicians from their countries. They do not do so for no reasons. They do try to keep undesirables out. Granted they already have many in their countries but they are nationals including their musicians. This Kartel musician is not a Guyanese national.
Some years ago I recall reading that the former T & T Prime Minister spoke against the type of lyrics in some calypsos and that the words should be toned down and/or eliminated. Such words depict lack of respect for oneself and lack of respect for others. Like to state that these things have their people. This is why they should be banned for they do no good to anyone.
well this guy looks like satan, whats wrong with you people we living in a satanic age these people are out for souls i am in support 1000% with guyana media, he should be jailed to this guy is satanic people open eyes & see were the devil is right in front of you.
Yes, because you’ve seen satan, right? You’ve had a face-to-face chat, taken his picture, added him on facebook, and gone out on a long date, so you definitely could recognize satan from a mug shot.
I’m mocking you, if you missed it.
Just because you don’t care for tattoos doesn’t mean people who have them are satanists. Open that narrow mind of yours or you will continue to make a fool out of yourself. If you have something of importance to write, like about his violent lyrics, fine. But to agree with Guyana purely because you dislike his photo is infantile and embarrassing in the extreme and you should be ashamed of your ignorance.
i dont know you but you sound like some one suffering from mental illness, get help because your brain seems to be malfunctioning. if you care about life you would not be in support of this nonsence.
Yes, the person who can type a coherent, grammatically flawless statement is the one with a mental illness, whereas you, who neither appear to know what grammar nor arguments are, are an exemplar to mental sanity, eh? Yes, indeed, I must be the most psychopathic of the psychopathic; surely, malfunctioning brains spur on logic and coherence rather than randomness and incoherence.
I don’t support Kartel’s violent lyrics, as I say in posts above and below this one, but the man’s appearance is a different matter. He chose to get tattoos? So what? That makes him satanic? Get a life and a better brain with that new life. That should be your mission, boy.
you sound like some one suffering from mental illness, get help because your brain seems to be malfunctioning.
LOL
they do damn right!
uummm..wtvr happened to freedom of speech man??..It is the artist’s right to sing about whatever he feels like singing about.. If yall dont like his songs then don’t listen to it..plain and simple…banning him from the country makes no sense IMO…. just creats more in-fighting within the caribbean.. i find it lame that these governments take such draconian measures on a fellow caribbean artist…trying to prevent another man from makng his daily bread(legally). jah know
It is his right to infect the youth with his garbage to the point where they feel that line ups and gang banging is the order of the day.
@ UI
In view of crimes/murders in Dominica, he should be banned from DA.
If they worship Satan, they belong to him. Wherever they go, he is with them, in their presence. It tells in the words of their songs and demeanor.
To those disliking this post, i really think you all should be liking the comment, cuz this post is so true, we’ve seen the division it has on J/A with gully/gaza empire. I don’t think we want this reaching our islands in this manner although they are signs of it already happening locally. I take where you all are coming from saying his satanic and whatever, as somebody said b4 there are always 2 version of his music, stop listening to the dirty one, wrong or right the man has a right to be whatever individual he wants t o be
Dem just mad because the ni99a now look like an Indian.Racial MF,ers.
LORD!!! IS THAT THE CARIBBEAN M.JACKSON? SERIOUSLY, HIS MUSIC MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE AT ALL…
Leave Michael Jackson out of this. Michael had a skin disease that he dealt with the best he knew how and his lyrics were globaly uplifiting. Comparing him to this specimen is like trying to compare chalk and cheese.
CARTEL IS SCREAMING FOR HELP. SOMEBODY LEND A HAND BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
is this a human being? Lord help him for he know not what he has done to your creation.
HAHA!!! OH LORD!!! them comments killing me tonight dere!!!
The mighty sparrow had some of the most perverted music around yet he is loved in all of the caribbean. just because his style of music, appearance(mr good lead!) and personality is not to some of your tastes, it doesnt mean that all of his material should be banned. Noted, the lyrics in some of his songs are quite explicit and should be treated like other songs of similar nature by the radio stations
The mighty sparrow had some of the most perverted music around yet he is loved in all of the caribbean. just because Kartel’s style of music, appearance(mr good lead!) and personality is not to some of your tastes, it doesnt mean that all of his material should be banned. Noted, the lyrics in some of his songs are quite explicit and should be treated like other songs of similar nature by the radio stations
Name me one perverted song of Dr. Slinger Francisco.
Write the lyrics and you will see that it is all in your minds.
Play these sounds to your a 6 year old and see their reaction.
Can you do the same with VK sounds?
ans what about that soukous man from Africa that have them porno vidoes to go with his music, that they now play all over even in bars you go and find it playing. Dominicans to hypocrite thats the man style is people like you and me that made him reach where he is today he didn’t just get popular on his own we bought the music we broadcasted it we purchased the cd we selling it we dancing to it w singing it, that is what we have to keep in mind is we the people all over the world that make him who he is today!!!!!! and Dominica is no expection because we are always jamming to it….
politricks!!! what vybez kartel have to do with the price of BREAD!!
Geez! Easy on the skin bleaching my boy.
I AM GLAD , I DO NOT CARE FOR THOSE STUPID MUSIC THAT MAKES NO SENSE, I WISH ALL THE WORLD WOULD BANN HIS MUSIC, DISGRACED MUSIC
well thats ur opinion and it counts only to you people have freedom of music so your choice ay not be others own too
Is that guy for real? They should ban him to! His physical appearance is an eyesore for our young people, No morale, no model, no value, stupes! Guyana do right!
You would ban people from a country merely because of how they look? What rubbish. You should be ashamed of such a puerile statement. Ban people based on their actions and/or the environment those actions have created (in this case, his violent lyrics and the death threats against him), not how they look. You may not like tattoos, but that doesn’t make people who have them immoral. How disgraceful of you to judge a person more on their physical appearance than on their actions. I am against Kartel’s work because of the atrocity of his worst lyrics, but I could care less what he looks like.
YES!!! DOMINICA NEXT!!! AND AS FOR THAT RUBBISH MUSIC TRIPLE K PLAYING!!!! RUBBISH!! JUST DISGUSTING WORDS ALONE!! DEGRADING OUR YOUNG WOMEN, AND CREATE VILE MEN!! MUSIC IS VERY POWERFUL…IT CONNECTS WITH THE SPIRIT!!!!
HEY
I BACK YOU ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE POINT THREE TIMES BRO
ITS TIME FOR THE RUBBISH OF KKK TO STOP…ALONG WITH THE OTHER GARBAGE COMING FROM JAMAICA
Gush he’s ugly and so is his music!
It was about time!!!!
sometimes you have to wonder if he was born from a woman dose he even have sisters or aunts he is so dirty in his words and thougts
I don’t see de reason that.Most dancehall artists today are obscene and hardcore.They should ban a lot of other artists to really make a statement.Kartel is raw but dancehall music on a whole is raw.we need to look at the bigger picture.All that said “Vybz Kartel ah de badest lyricist roun’ yah so” MORE TEACHER…..
WHat do you say abour reggeaton then? And all those old country and western music and soul music, R&B, POP and Rock and Roll which glorifies nothing but sex and outlandishness?
Is it because it is from a third world country dominated by mostly dark skin people?
Brother,if that represents our african heritage I don want any part of it.
Guyuna is the largest exporter of rice in the Caribbean
And Your Point Exactly!!!!!!!!
I guess the person trying to say VYBEZ KARTEL WILL NOT EAT RICE AGAIN LMAO! stupesss sot e sot!
Garcon, y’all can;t see sarcasm and just laugh for a minute..
I could have said, Guyana has the longest River….lol
lol…
I READ YOU WIKI…
THEY SLOW… AND DON’T KNOW HOW TO CHILL ONCE IN A WHILE HA
If kartel’s music isnt played then how will he get money to buy rice? I understand exactly where your’e coming from @Wikileaks.
ALL THAT RICE HAVE DEM GUYANIES MIND BLOWKAY.
THIS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM EARTH PERIOD.A WASTE OF TIME SPREADING FILTH AND GARBAGE
PURE RUBBISH
Good his music really does not worth listening to.
Guyana Soon Dominca