2019 Calypso Queen 'Blackness' Repeats Victory Against 14 Competitors to Win 2022-2023 Monarch

The 2019 calypso queen whose stage name is Blackness repeated her victory Wednesday night during the 2022-2023 Calypso Monarch on St. Croix, beating fourteen other competitors for the crown. Her two closest competitors were former five-time winner, Caribbean Queen, who won second runner-up this year, and Richie Buntin, who won first runner-up and also the Best Social Commentary segment. But Blackness's two songs, "We Don't Like We" and "Music is Music", which highlighted identity and cultural matters, landed her the victory with a total of 1,822 points, 53 points ahead of Richie Buntin, who ended the night with a score of 1,769. Caribbean Queen finished with 1,676 points. Blackness received a $10,000 reward, while the first runner-up and second runner-up received $6,000 and $4,000 respectively. There was also a participant prize of $1,000 for each of the other contestants. Participation this year was one of the highest as fifteen calypsonians vied for the crown, according to organi...