Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel scored his first number one for the year 2008 with the single, Money Fi Spend on the Big Ship label. The single, propelled by excellent street play and brisk sales, knocked Harry Toddler off the top of the Jamaica Music Countdown charts two weeks ago and continues its strong run.
Kartela.jpgLast year, Kartel scored two number ones last year with Wine Pon You and Beyonce Wine. In the meantime, his other singles such as Trailer Load A Money hit the top ten of the RE TV charts and is poised to become a monster hit this Summer, while Nah Go Nowhere is number 8 on the Jamaica Music Countdown chart.
He has attended workshops put on by the US Embassy geared towards reaching out to disenfranchised youths and he has donated computers to high schools in need of equipment.
The deejay has been turning his attention to projects such as the promotion of his Vybz Rum liquor, as well as playing a role to help decrease the level of violence in the society. He recently personally bankrolled a series of radio commercials which were in effect public service announcements decrying violence on ZIP FM.
He has done this for the past four weeks, paying for the commercials out of his own pocket.
"We have to make an effort to reach the disenfranchised youths in Jamaica, to make them understand that crime and violence is not the answer, life is more than just guns and badness...there are many opportunities out there and other ways for them to exist and express themselves," he said.
Other stakeholders are responding. Jaevion Nelson of the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network, will be using the PSA as part of a workshop at Youth Opportunities Unlimited on healthy lifestyles this Saturday.
" I heard it on the radio two Sundays ago - and thought it is a great effort that must be lauded, supported and sustained," he said.
Vybz Kartel is also maturing as a businessman, scoring his first major endorsement deal with a beverage company. He remains enthusiastic about the prospects for the liquor's success.
"This represents a great opportunity for me and for the dancehall community to show Corporate Jamaica that the industry can be taken seriously as a viable economic force because of the influence and power that dancehall wields as an art form in Jamaica. We will be going all out to make Vybz Rum a big success," he said.
The product, called Vybz Rum, will be Kartel's first licensing agreement, and his first major endorsement with a beverage company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The liquor is distributed by Betco. Premier Limited.
kurt said
10:06 05/16 2008
zeen
pengo said
10:07 05/16 2008
aaa
Clarksman said
10:09 05/16 2008
up to the time
Atamic K said
10:13 05/16 2008
And All These Tings. Seeet Deh.
griffin said
10:21 05/16 2008
ok cool
littlemisslinkz said
10:52 05/16 2008
mi wan Money Fi Spend
vybz10107 said
11:13 05/16 2008
money fi spen fi real
Keneilb said
16:01 05/16 2008
proppa
***DK*** said
16:04 05/16 2008
kartel 2 d werlll
honey21 said
16:04 05/16 2008
lol
jamaican5star said
16:05 05/16 2008
EMPiRE >>>>>>>>>>>
STUWY77 said
18:33 05/16 2008
the way wi ecconomy mess up it would have to stay at number one.. cause even the rich a sing it
curly_laxxx said
00:14 05/17 2008
the bleacha a mek money fe buy cream dough!
zemar said
00:24 05/17 2008
ok
Shem1 said
00:25 05/17 2008
tuff chune
odzdgr8 said
07:06 05/17 2008
boy tha one ya big still........caz...a fi the yute dem....kartel still hard but him need fi llow-out the bleaching thing pon a serious level
Kartela.jpgLast year, Kartel scored two number ones last year with Wine Pon You and Beyonce Wine. In the meantime, his other singles such as Trailer Load A Money hit the top ten of the RE TV charts and is poised to become a monster hit this Summer, while Nah Go Nowhere is number 8 on the Jamaica Music Countdown chart.
He has attended workshops put on by the US Embassy geared towards reaching out to disenfranchised youths and he has donated computers to high schools in need of equipment.
The deejay has been turning his attention to projects such as the promotion of his Vybz Rum liquor, as well as playing a role to help decrease the level of violence in the society. He recently personally bankrolled a series of radio commercials which were in effect public service announcements decrying violence on ZIP FM.
He has done this for the past four weeks, paying for the commercials out of his own pocket.
"We have to make an effort to reach the disenfranchised youths in Jamaica, to make them understand that crime and violence is not the answer, life is more than just guns and badness...there are many opportunities out there and other ways for them to exist and express themselves," he said.
Other stakeholders are responding. Jaevion Nelson of the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network, will be using the PSA as part of a workshop at Youth Opportunities Unlimited on healthy lifestyles this Saturday.
" I heard it on the radio two Sundays ago - and thought it is a great effort that must be lauded, supported and sustained," he said.
Vybz Kartel is also maturing as a businessman, scoring his first major endorsement deal with a beverage company. He remains enthusiastic about the prospects for the liquor's success.
"This represents a great opportunity for me and for the dancehall community to show Corporate Jamaica that the industry can be taken seriously as a viable economic force because of the influence and power that dancehall wields as an art form in Jamaica. We will be going all out to make Vybz Rum a big success," he said.
The product, called Vybz Rum, will be Kartel's first licensing agreement, and his first major endorsement with a beverage company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The liquor is distributed by Betco. Premier Limited.