Vybz Kartel started 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", an homage to Buju Banton.Palmer was later part of the three-member group "Vybz Kartel", keeping the slightly altered name after the 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 rose to prominence in 2003 after a string of hits in Jamaica. The year culminated in a pre-planned on-stage clash with Ninja man at the annual dancehall festival Sting in Kartel's hometown of Waterford,Portmore. The clash turned violent when Kartel's crew members, as well as Kartel himself, threw punches and assaulted Ninja man onstage. While Kartel's manager initially blamed Ninja man for the fracas, Kartel himself quickly apologized to Ninja man 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.
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