Vybz Kartel and Likkle Addi’s exes serve tea on ‘Basic’

When the two former lovers of a father and a son link up to serve tea, it has to be hot.

In a not-so-basic move, social media star Shelly 'Shelly Teatime' Curran, an ex-lover of Vybz Kartel, and Kayla 'Chy Chy' Gardiner, an up-and-coming singjay who had a relationship with Likkle Addi, Vybz Kartel's son, have collaborated on a saucy single titled Basic.

The single embraces the all-too-familiar theme of 'throw wud pon a gal', while celebrating female independence. In this single, both women name-drop their former lovers.

"In dancehall, you shoot who you have to shoot, but this is really a vibe song, it is not directed primarily at Shawty (Vybz Kartel's long-time lady love), it's just a song for the girls dem, she just happened to fall in the line of fire," blogger Curran said, in reference to the line " rich before mi 40, mi nuh short a nutten, mi nuh name Shawty".

Gardiner chimes in: " Nobody nuh waan dem, dem crawny/mi body good, just ask Likkle Addi/mek mi tell yu this straight up parrie/mi a shot past dem like Ferrari."

Curran, who is known for her popular Shelly Teatime YouTube channel, said she decided to team up with Gardiner to "accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative".

"I invited Chy Chy on the song because I have been guiding her to get her life on track, counselling her after the DNA drama with Likkle Addi. She is an amazing singer, she is super talented and this track shows that doors can open for her and create new opportunities for her in the music space. Instead of focusing on things going wrong, she can focus on what's going right and one of the best ways to do that is through music," she said.

Curran first met Gardiner on her show when the latter claimed that Likkle Addi had abandoned their son. The artiste publicly stated that he was not the father of the child and that DNA tests proved that. Curran and Vybz Kartel have confirmed that they had a sexual relationship over a four-year period before Curran was married.

Gardiner is excited about the prospects for the song, which is also the first production which will be released for her.

"I love music with a passion. I can sing but have always been shy, but I have always been around people in music. Music allows me to write how I feel, it gives me joy and it is also a money-making thing because I have to try to provide for myself, my son Akheel Amiri Palmer, I am a single mother, raising my son on my own," she said.

"Major producers are voicing her and who knows? I might just manage her in the future," Curran said.