In a previous interview with The STAR, the producer explained that having taught himself to build rhythms, he started to work at Ruckus Records, where he recorded artistes on his Charity rhythm. NotNice shot to fame as a producer through his work with Kartel in 2008. The album was released on the Adidjahiem and NotNice Records. The normally talkative Kartel was also silent on the matter giving no comment at all except to say that he recently released Empire Universe the Second Chapter on iTunes. When asked about the musical projects he is currently working on, the producer said, 'No comment towards nothing at all.' When The STAR spoke to Ainsley 'NotNice' Morris yesterday, he was silent on whether there is an existing rift between himself and Kartel. However, it is unclear as to the reasons behind the move. It is alleged that Kartel was behind the removal of the equipment. According to several sources, NotNice was assaulted and his studio equipment removed from his house where he was working. Rumours were circulating that the two had stopped working together musically since mid-February. Green addressed 'Media, Music and Popular Culture'.ĭeejay Vybz Kartel and producer NotNice are remaining quiet as to whether there is a rift between them. Hope Marquis' presentation was entitled 'Dancehall and Violence in Jamaica', while Hickling explored 'Madness as Social Defiance in African-Caribbean Youth: Evidence from the Dancehall'.

'Women want their dark side to be revealed,' he said. Kartel claimed, 'I would say 90 per cent of Kartel's fans are female. Macka Diamond noted the impact of her 'Money O!' philosophy, saying that she will get people who claim that they do not love money to admit that they do, as they do work for money.īeenie Man emphasised how important female fans are, as 'woman is the one that keep the younger fans going! The most important part is to deejay for the females'. 'Is the dark side of people that they want to bring out and dancehall bring it out.' We get experience from life itself'.Īnd Kartel observed that 'is just the realness. Professor Claudette Williams hosted the event.īeenie Man and Macka Diamond also gave their reactions to 'Music, Media and Adolescent Sexuality', the 'Girls Them Sugar' saying, 'we are only talking about what is already there! We do not speak of things that do not happen in a go-go club or a movie. Dr Donna Hope Marquis, Professor Fredrick Hickling and Cordel Green also presented papers, with Robin 'Bongo Jerry' Small and Clyde McKenzie leading the post-presentation session. Kartel went on to say that when people react 'little do they know they are just puppets on a string in my game', sticking out his hands and moving his fingers in the puppeteer's actions for emphasis.įorbes, who spoke to 'Influence of Music - It All Depends!' was one of four presenters at the symposium, which suffered a woefully low turnout.

Everything Kartel do is well planned and concise and precise, from bleaching, everything,' he said. 'Mek me tell yu suppen whe nuff people no understand. The clip was shown on Saturday at the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, during the symposium, 'The Social Impact of Jamaican Popular Music', presented by the Institute of Caribbean Studies.īefore stating that what he does is well thought-out, Kartel confidently prophesied, 'me ago say it now pon this camera and even when people hear it them still going to be like sheep to the shepherd'.

In a videotaped interview giving his reaction to Marcia Forbes' book 'Music, Media and Adolescent Sexuality in Jamaica', deejay Vybz Kartel has spoken frankly to his manipulation of public attention.

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