DJ Taffy

Funny Riddim and the birth of Riddim Beast Studios

DJ Taffy, also known as The Riddim Beast, is a Dominican producer and DJ whose public breakthrough comes with "Funny Riddim", a riddim he produces himself and which becomes his passport. The word "riddim" here means a bouyon instrumental built to host several voices one after another, a practice inherited from Jamaican dancehall that shapes a central part of Dominican Nasty Business. On the back of Funny Riddim, his Riddim Beast Studios set up a production chain that becomes one of the structural poles of contemporary Nasty Business. The first public marker is "LLSR" in 2021, the riddim that stamps Taffy's production identity in the catalogue. The studio line settles quickly, with one foot in Notting Hill on the UK side and the other in Dominica, a geography that sets Taffy apart from most producers on the island. Before Riddim Beast, he cuts his teeth in a band: as a teenager he founds Legacy Band in high school, a Bouyon group dissolved after a member's death, and learns by osmosis, living next to Triple Kay's rehearsal spot. Among his productions, "Situationship" with Nice767 is one of the tracks in rotation.

The Quan tandem and the Late Night / I Don't Care series

In 2023, "Bouyon Stars" and "Bamboo" with Quan place DJ Taffy in the bouyon-soca crossover generation. The tandem carries on through the 2024-2026 cycle: "Late Night" in 2025 with Edday, Little Boy and Quan, "I Don't Care" in 2025 with Little Boy and Quan, releases that seal a stable partnership with the Dominican trio who won Soca Collaboration of the Year at the Caribbean Music Awards 2025 for "Someone Else". Quan's regular presence in the Riddim Beast Studios credits makes DJ Taffy one of the major producers of the Quan/Little Boy ecosystem. "2 Girls 1 Bed" in 2026 with Gwada G extends the series and widens the mesh towards the viral Nasty Business carried by Gwada G's "Up To" trend. That three-year continuity between production and voices confirms how steady the Riddim Beast signature is.

The Nasty Business ecosystem and the wider network

DJ Taffy is not the sole creator of Nasty Business, the fatherhood stays with Mr Ridge, crowned three times at the CMA, in 2024, 2025 and 2026 and founder of Cross D Bridge. But between 2021 and 2026, DJ Taffy becomes one of the major producers of the Nasty Business riddim ecosystem, with one foot in Notting Hill on the UK side and the other in Dominica. His mesh of features confirms it: "Sa ka bay" with Shanika in 2024, "Plottin" with Reo in 2025, "Leave your man" with Reo in 2024, "Bad Bitch" with Miky Ding La in 2023, "Home" with Shelly in 2025. Those releases weave a network running across Bouyon Gwada voices (Shanika), active Dominican voices (Reo, Shelly) and the bridges of the Gwada transition (Miky Ding La).