Why vybz kartel bleached his skin

In this photo taken Feb. I feel comfortable with black people lightening their skin. They want a different look. Sales of skin lightening products in the U. Even the great Usain Bolt who happens to be a big fan of Kartel, is too dark for much of uptown Jamaica.

Jamaican men love their cars, their bike, their money and thing but most of all, they love their browning. The same is true for Jamaican women. The saddest thing about Vybz Kartel bleaching his skin was the fact that so many young people looked up to him and ended up emulating him and bleaching their skin also. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address. The Department of Correctional Services says top deejay and convicted murderer, Vybz Kartel, will be placed in solitary confinement for 30 days following the seizure […]. U not suppose to change what is u.. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Dr Shirley Ann Tate, senior lecturer in social policy and sociology at the University of Leeds, is not surprised by Kartel's new image, nor the business venture that goes with it.

The thing about dancehall is that the masculinity on show is very much about posing and style — you could call it metrosexual.

Keysha Davis, editor of Blackhair magazine , raises a good point when she highlights how disturbing it is that skin lightening is now being openly endorsed by an established figure such as Kartel. The issue of skin lightening is hardly confined to Jamaica , but the move does highlight the growing trend for young Jamaican men to use lighteners on their skins. The country's health workers are dealing with increasing numbers of patients coming to them with burnt skin after using black-market products — many of which are imported from west Africa — and Kartel's move is hardly likely to go down well with the Jamaican government, which ran a campaign called Don't Kill the Skin in to raise awareness of the dangers of using skin-lightening products.

Kartel's skin lightening has also drawn derision from other dancehall artists , such as Mavado, who released the diss track Nuh Bleach Wid Cream in the midst of their feud in Davis believes that "the majority of Jamaicans don't buy into [skin lightening]".

Even those who do may not welcome another commercial enterprise by Vybz Kartel.