2021
LLSR
riddim
TA
Producer · DJ · studio
DJ Taffy
DJ Taffy, aka The Riddim Beast, is a Dominican producer and DJ whose Riddim Beast Studios build a central piece of today's Nasty Business. One foot at Notting Hill on the UK side, the other on Dominica, and a release chain stacking features with Quan, Reo, Shelly, Shanika and Edday between 2021 and 2026.
- Role
- Producer · DJ · studio
- Origin
- Dominica
- Period
- 2020s
- Territories
- Dominica · United Kingdom · Caribbean
Why this profile matters
DJ Taffy really breaks through with "Funny Riddim" — a riddim he produces himself and which becomes his passport. Built on that base, his Riddim Beast Studios stack a release chain that becomes a central piece of today's Nasty Business: "LLSR" in 2021, then "Bouyon Stars" and "Bamboo" with Quan in 2023, and the Late Night / I Don't Care / 2 Girls 1 Bed series across 2025-2026. He's not the sole creator of Nasty Business — that stays Mr Ridge — but he becomes one of the major producers of its 2021-2026 riddim ecosystem, one foot at Notting Hill on the UK side and the other on Dominica. His "Sa ka bay" single with Shanika in 2024 and "Plottin" with Reo in 2025 confirm Riddim Beast's place in the network.
Verified timeline
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LLSR marks an early identifiable riddim in his catalogue.
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Bouyon Stars and Bamboo with Quan place him in the crossover generation.
Tracks / markers
2023
Bouyon Stars
with Quan
2023
Bamboo
Quan production
2025
Late Night
with Edday, Little Boy, Quan
2025
I Don't Care
with Little Boy, Quan
2026
2 Girls 1 Bed
with Gwada G
2023
Bad Bitch
with Miky Ding La
2025
Home
with Shelly
2024
Leave your man
with Reo
2025
Plottin
with Reo
2024
Sa ka bay
with Shanika
Sourced musical collaborations
2023
Bouyon Stars
2023
Bamboo
2025
Late Night
2025
I Don't Care
2026
2 Girls 1 Bed
2023
Bad Bitch
2025
Home
2024
Leave your man
2025
Plottin
2024
Sa ka bay
Related chapters
Sources
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The Guardian — Bouyon and Dennery Segment at Notting Hill https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/23/bouyon-dennery-segment-notting-hill-carnival
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Audiomack — Dominica Carnival Starter Pack https://audiomack.com/carnival/playlist/dominica-carnival-starter-pack
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
QU
Bouyon artist
Quan
Quan — real name Quan Kyren Denis — comes out of Dominica and dropped "Someone Else" with Little Boy and Trilla-G in July 2024, a track that won Soca Collaboration of the Year at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards. He followed up with "Forever", "Late Night", "I Don't Care", "Your Friend" and "Shake Your" alongside Little Boy, DJ Taffy and Freddy between 2024 and 2026, plus the "Smooth & Easy Party Mix" album with Little Boy in January 2025.
ED
Bouyon artist
Edday
Edday — real name Eddy Vanerot — is one of the solo voices of the Gwada Bouyon transition. As early as 2019, he dropped "Ouu La La" with Reo and "Ti KoKa" with Bilix, LaRose and VJ Ben — two singles that anchored the transition. Six years later, "You Mad" 2025 with Reo, DJ Luchshiy and Jixels confirms he's still part of the chain linking the pre and post New Bouyon Wave eras.
LI
Producer · Bouyon artist
Little Boy
Little Boy — also spelled Litleboy or Lil Boy depending on platforms — is one of the central voices of late-2020s Dominican Bouyon-Soca. In 2021, he features on Reo's "Dou dou", his first platform link. Then everything speeds up: between 2024 and 2026, his name appears on roughly twenty releases, most often with Quan, Trilla G, Freddy, Trixx, Gwada G or DJ Taffy. The peak: "Someone Else" with Quan and Trilla G wins Soca Collaboration of the Year at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards.
GW
Dominican Bouyon artist
Gwada G
Gwada G, real name Kernel Stevens, is a Dominican artist from Layou. He really breaks out with "Wake Me Up", landed alongside NICE. His current hit "Up To" goes viral on TikTok thanks to a left-to-right head movement that takes over feeds. His Saint Martin circulation then comes through BRG Hollywood — not from an SXM origin.
MI
Bouyon artist
Miky Ding La
Miky Ding La is one of the voices of the first hardcore Bouyon Gwada wave — the one that followed the Gwada Act II carried by Vador, DJ Joe and Asa Banton. As early as 2013, he dropped "Bitin woz" on les plateformes streaming — a single that placed him in the same lane as Kassidje, Ghetto Princess, Sted Kila and Haterz B. Ten years later, he came back with "Sa dou" alongside 1T1 and Shanika in 2023, proving he bridges the Gwada pioneers and the New Bouyon Wave platform era.
SH
Bouyon artist · Signal Band lead · Bouyon Road March
Shelly
Between 2009 and 2011, Shelly — real name Sheldon Alfred, from Goodwill, Dominica — wins three Junior Calypso crowns in a row. His voice builds inside competition. In August 2010, he co-founds Signal Band and becomes the band's lead vocalist. Fifteen years later, his discography: "Baby Come Back" in 2015, "Ani Ba Yo Love" in 2017 (the anthem after Maria, the hurricane that devastates the island in September). In 2021, he becomes president of the Association of Music Professionals — a rare status for an active Bouyon artist. In March 2025, on "RAGS" with Trilla-G and Skinny Fabulous, he wins the first-ever Bouyon Road March in Mas Domnik history.
RE
Bouyon artist
Reo
Reo, real name Dario Sebastien Yankey, is a Dominican artist from Colihaut. With his album "The Fresh Prince of Bouyon" released in 2022, he proves Bouyon can do it all — from rough for the street to love side for the girls. Central voice between Faithii, Kenny G, Edday and DJ Luchshiy, he bridges the Dominican scene and Guadeloupean productions.
SH
Bouyon artist
Shanika
In July 2023, Shanika — real name Maeva Ingrid Alphonse — drops "Kay vé yo", a single that became the summer hit on the back of the viral catchphrase "Je m'appelle Shanika et j'adore le Nutella". From Guadeloupe, she then toured France, Germany, Réunion, Martinique and French Guiana. A remix with Mr Vegas followed, then the "Replay" EP in April 2025, plus key features with 1T1, Miky Ding La, MiiMii KDS and Little Boy.