Recording artiste and 'Flossing King,' Byllgatez has revealed that despite the rich lifestyle that he portrays, there were times when he could barely put food on the table. The artiste, whose given name is Carl Bartley, said the name Byllgatez, which is a play on that of tech billionaire Bill Gates, was bestowed upon him due to a lifestyle that included "flossing, shell out the bar, tipping waitress". This led to persons naming him 'the richest Jamaican - Byllgatez'.
After contemplating the name's connotation, he said he used it as a motivation. "So mi just hold on to the name. Remember, word is powerful, suh yuh affi a talk things into existence.
So everywhere, every party mi go inna, me hold di microphone and seh, 'Nuh man nuh gwaan like dem rich dan mi tonight enuh.' Yuh see dem time deh when mi a seh dat, when mi go home not even dinner mi nuh have, a guinep a mi dinner," he shared with a laugh. "So it happened that I just become the 'black Byllgatez'.
I talk things into existence; now, I'm going to transfer the money from my mind to my account and mi see it a work, because look at me, I look like Bill Gates; I am the black one." He said that he started receiving international bookings just to stand in events and "rich up di parties", despite his actual meagre finances. He said he had to seize every moment and fake it until he made it, because he does not believe in the notion of 'good things come to those who wait'.
Due to his hustling mentality, he decided his main goal.