Vybz Kartels latest corporate venture, Daggering Condoms, are set to hit the market next week as the initial shipment of the prophylactics arrived this week. The condoms which are marketed under the tagline 'Playsafe, Ramp Ruff Till Game Ova!!' will be packaged in a cool black cube which bears the abovementioned tagline and Vybz Kartels signature. The condoms will be distributed to the market next week, we already have an agreement with the Total gas stations, and Super Plus to take the product. We have been getting a lot of requests for the product through our myspace page, and we have had an overwhelming response from the young dancehall market, we got over 1000 emails with name suggestions for the condom before we settled on Daggering, Corey Todd, one of the principals in Daggering Unlimited, the company distributing the product, said.
Daggering Unlimited will be hosting a series of launch parties all over the island to raise awareness about the product, and there will be a campaign to choose a Daggering Lady who will be a spokesperson for the brand. Vybz Kartel will be attending a number of safe sex health fairs, starting with one in St. Andrew tomorrow that will attempt to raise the level of awareness among young teens and adults about the importance of practising safe sex. According to the USAID Health website, Jamaica appears to have stabilized its HIV/AIDS epidemic with 1.5 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV-positive and no significant change over the last five years. However, there is still cause for concern because recent data from high-risk groups suggest that at least 9 percent of commercial sex workers and 20 to 30 percent of men who have sex with men are estimated to be HIV-positive. Men and women aged 20 to 39 account for 54 percent of reported AIDS cases in Jamaica