Meaning
The 'other woman' — a man's mistress or side-partner, and the rival of his main woman or wife ('wifey'). The bitter tension between the wifey and the matey — who has his heart, his money, his loyalty — is one of the great, endlessly worked themes of Jamaican life, song, and dancehall, full of jealousy, confrontation, and hard words. To be a matey, or to have one, is a familiar drama of romance and infidelity, and the word names the outside woman plainly and often scornfully.
Examples
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She find out seh him have a matey.
She found out that he has another woman.
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Di wifey an di matey clash.
The main woman and the other woman clashed.
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Nobody waan be di matey.
Nobody wants to be the side-woman.
Origin
From English 'matey' (a companion), narrowed in Jamaican to mean specifically the outside woman in a love triangle.
How it’s used
A charged word in relationship talk. The 'matey vs wifey' rivalry is sung about constantly in dancehall.