Ebony Empress

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Everlyn Walters, aka Ebony Empress, was born August 16, 1986 in Portsmouth, Dominica, and started singing at age ten. After Portsmouth Government Primary School and Portsmouth Secondary School, she moved to St. Maarten in 2000, joining the University of St. Maarten, where she earned an Associate's Degree in General Liberal Arts. Her stage name is claimed as a tribute to "black beauty and African royalty", a reflection of her complexion's rich dark hues and a self-love stance aimed at all women. Musically, she moves across Bouyon, Soca, Afro Soca and Calypso. In October 2021, her Bouyon single `Best I Ever Have` came out on Erns Entertainment / SW Recordz and rolled out the Best I Ever Have challenge on social media. Her SoundCloud / Facebook discography documents more titles: `Big Foot` featuring Temptress (on MIA Riddim, a Grenadian scene), `Spice It Up`, `Attitude` and `Somebody Son` — proof of a cross-island positioning between the anglophone Caribbean and the Dominican Bouyon circuit. In March 2025, she was among the 56 entrants in the inaugural Dominica Bouyon Road March during Mas Domnik — the contest was won by `RAGS` (Trilla G, Shelly, Skinny Fabulous) with 108 votes, but her listed presence in ' published shortlist places her in the very first promotion of this new award. In August 2025, she performs at the World Creole Music Festival in Dominica, bringing her catalog back to her home island. Her dual Dominica / St. Maarten base gives her a rare circulation in the women-of-Bouyon network — a path that speaks as much to the SXM diaspora as to the Dominican carnival scene.