Pumpa, Mr. Ridge, Skinny Fabulous and Others Shine at 2024 Caribbean Music Awards

“Big up the whole VI massive!” said Dennis Liburd, as he collected his 2023 Impact Award for Soca during Thursday’s Caribbean Music Awards Ceremony, the organization's second annually celebrated recognition of Caribbean musical talent and achievements. Mr. Liburd, better known by his stage name “Pumpa”, also thanked “all of the A-List gyal dem”, a reference to last year’s massive hit song. The small islands of the OECS received an honorable mention, as did Trinidad & Tobago, the island Pumpa credited with “bussing me to the world.”‌ The 2024 Caribbean Music Awards took place at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. Apart from Pumpa, a slew of Caribbean musical royalty was nominated for, and received awards during the glitzy event. Skinny Fabulous, given name Gamal Doyle, picked up the award for Male Soca Artist of the Year, while Patrice Roberts won the award for Female Soca Artist of the Year. The best soca collaboration for the year was “Come Home”, by Nailah Blackman and Ski...