Why are artists like Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj still using the E-word today?
Dr. Jay De Soca Prince, culture critic Sharine Taylor and Inuk writer Jamesie Fournier discuss how the term’s normalization continues to harm many Inuit.
Trinidad Express Newspapers5d
Killa stays in the cold: Out of Ultimate Soca Champion competition
THE Ultimate Soca Champion competition had a replacement semi-finalist added to the list after Trinidad Killa (Kern Joseph) ...
Trinidad Express Newspapers14d
Benjai complains of 'soca black list'
SOCA artiste Rodney 'Benjai' Le Blanc has expressed outrage over what he labelled the 'rationing', 'suppressing', and holding back of certain artistes' music by disc jockeys (DJs).
Dominica News Online6d
‘Trilla G’ withdraws from regional Soca competition
Dominican artiste Gael ‘Trilla G’ Jno. Baptiste has withdrawn from the regional Ultimate Soca Champion. According to an ...
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TT$1M prize for Trinidad’s Ultimate Soca Champion
(Trinidad Guardian) The first prize for the Ultimate Soca Competition is $1 million ... a crowd of at least 1,000 people and the third an artiste brief. The youth competition will be for ...
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No Carnival Friday Vybz Kartel Show as One Caribbean Music Festival Postponed
Dancehall icon Vybz Kartel will not be performing in Trinidad on Carnival Friday as originally planned. Organizers of the One ...
Soca King Machel Montano Announces Album ‘One Degree Hotter’
Machel Montano is ready to make us dance with new music. On Wednesday, the Tobagonian, soca musician announced his album One ...
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Machel Montano Brings the Islands to NPR ‘Tiny Desk' With Series' First Soca Set
Born out of '70s calypso in Trinidad and Tobago, soca music is characterized by its ... Indian percussion and rhythms that recording artist Lord Shorty (later Ras Shorty I) added to calypso.