2010s
The Story of J2MO (Bandcamp)
catalogue archive / riddims
J2
Producer · riddim maker · DJ
J2MO
J2MO has been producing Bouyon Gwada since 2009. A duo: J2mothebeatcooker who builds the beats, J2modj who spins them in clubs. When hardcore Bouyon settles at 160 BPM in Guadeloupe, his instrumentals are the ones Suppa, Gaza Girls, Asa Bantan and Miky Ding La use to ride. Bandcamp archives "The Story of J2MO" as the memory of that era. Ten years later, he's still dropping: "Gold Color Riddim" in 2021 reopens the post-COVID cycle, alongside D0 Production's "Hot Bouyon Riddim". Today, Aknose and 1T1 cite him in interviews as one of the technical foundations of the scene.
- Role
- Producer · riddim maker · DJ
- Origin
- Guadeloupe
- Period
- 2009→2026
- Territories
- Guadeloupe · France · Dominica
Why this profile matters
J2MO is one of the oldest Bouyon Gwada beatmakers still active, present since the 2007-2013 hardcore first wave. One thing to grasp: J2MO is a duo, not one man. The Booska-P 2026 interview distinguishes the two: J2mothebeatcooker (production, riddims, instrumentals) and J2modj (DJ, sets, animation). This double identity explains the "J2MO DJ Guyguy" entry — a trace of collaborations between two selectors, not a fusion. Bandcamp "The Story of J2MO" (Drive Duru label) archives his catalogue and ties him to the four names that structure the Guadeloupean first wave: Suppa, Gaza Girls, Asa Bantan, Miky Ding La. The riddims "High Lights" and "Gold Color" (2021) mark fifteen years of active production. Without his groundwork, the New Bouyon Wave wouldn't have had the base of instrumentals for new artists to ride on.
Verified timeline
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Documented start of J2MO as beatmaker in the first Bouyon Gwada wave (around 2009 per the active eras discographies).
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Bandcamp `The Story of J2MO` (Drive Duru label) archives his riddims and credits with Suppa, Gaza Girls, Asa Bantan, Miky Ding La.
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`High Lights Riddim` documents the riddim maker function within the Acte II Gwada chain. First instrumentals for Suppa and Yellow Gaza / Gaza Girls figures.
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Death of Suppa. J2MO continues his technical work after this turning point and remains referenced in editorial memory.
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`Gold Color Riddim` refreshes his technical catalogue and inscribes him in the post-COVID Bouyon relaunch (the same cycle when D0 Production releases `Hot Bouyon Riddim`).
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The Warm Up crawl and the Booska-P 2026 interview place him as cross-generational technical reference. Aknose and 1T1 mention the J2MO / Vador / Dada environment in oral history.
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Globalisation audit classes J2MO among the Bouyon Gwada technical pioneers. Chapter XI `producteurs-passeurs` retains him as a reference Gwada connector (with Vador, Dada, DJ Taffy, Mr Ridge, 1T1, DJ Softee).
Tracks / markers
2010s
High Lights Riddim
riddim maker
2010-2013
Credits Suppa / Gaza Girls / Asa Bantan / Miky Ding La
producer / beatmaker
2021
Gold Color Riddim
riddim maker
2024
Distinction J2mothebeatcooker / J2modj
identity in the Booska-P crawl
2026
Reference Chapitre XI producteurs-passeurs
Bouyon Gwada connector ranking
Related chapters
Sources
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PepseeActus — base beatmakers / Bouyon https://pepseeactus.com/
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Booska-P — Bouyon to di world (entretien J2MO / Aknose)
Distinguishes J2mothebeatcooker and J2modj inside the J2MO duo. Connects to recent oral memory.
https://www.booska-p.com/musique/bouyon-to-di-world-comment-le-genre-a-conquis-le-monde/ -
Bandcamp Drive Duru — `The Story of J2MO`
Catalogue archive; ties J2MO to Suppa, Gaza Girls, Asa Bantan, Miky Ding La.
https://driveduru.bandcamp.com/album/the-story-of-j2mo -
Apple Music — artist 319469692 (J2MO)
Apple Music artist page — catalogue entry.
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/j2mo/319469692 -
iHeart Radio — `J2MO DJ Guyguy`
Shared iHeart entry — clarifies J2MO / DJ Guyguy collaborative credits.
https://www.iheart.com/artist/j2mo-dj-guyguy-30781148/ -
Fouille Warm Up — candidats discographies
Warm Up crawl repositioning J2MO in the 2024-2026 map.
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ch-08-warm-up/ -
Bouyon active-era discographies - internal crawl notes
Mapping table for discographies, active eras and 2010-2026 credits.
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ch-07-new-bouyon-wave/ -
Bouyon — audit mondialisation 2026
Classes J2MO among the Bouyon Gwada pioneer beatmakers (2009+).
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ -
Histoire datee Bouyon — eres 2026
Editorial chronology of Bouyon eras; locates Suppa and his death in 2013.
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
SU
Bouyon artist · Gaza Crew founder
Suppa
On November 16, 2011, Suppa uploads "I Don't Kow" to the Vadore Concept SoundCloud. Nobody knows it yet, but it's one of the very first public audio traces of Bouyon Gwada that survives today. Lincoln Robin by his real name, Suppa is Dominican-born, Guadeloupe-based, and he carries the lead voice of the first wave (Act II). He founds Gaza Crew, crosses the Atlantic to Paris in December 2012, and keeps circulating across the European scene through 2013. That same year, he is killed in Guadeloupe. The scene loses its central singer barely 25 years old.
AS
Bouyon artist · Bouyon Boss · Goodwill Ambassador
Asa Banton
In 2011, Asa Banton releases "One Man". The next year, "Bouyon Boss". In April 2013, "Wet Fete". Three singles, three years, and the modern Bouyon solo artist role is invented. Before him, the genre lived mostly through bands — WCK, Triple Kay. After him, it becomes possible to have a nominal career, a stage nickname, an identifiable catalogue and an audience that follows the artist rather than the formation. In 2020, the Dominican State names him Goodwill Ambassador. Four years later, in 2024, he wins the People's Choice Award at the Caribbean Music Awards — against Kes, Patrice Roberts, Skinny Fabulous, Shenseea and Yung Bredda. First time a 100% Bouyon artist wins a pan-Caribbean mainstream category.
GA
Bouyon Gwada collective · founded by Suppa
Gaza Crew
In the early 2010s, when Suppa (Lincoln Robin) lands in Guadeloupe from Dominica, he does not just join Yellow Gaza. He founds his own collective: Gaza Crew. Not a clone, not a branch — a neighbouring entity, centred on him. For three years, this collective carries 160 BPM hardcore Bouyon with releases that stay in people's memory: the Vadore Concept SoundCloud trace in 2011, the Gaza Girls' "Sa Zot Vle" single the same year, the December 2012 Paris set in the diaspora. In 2013, Suppa dies. The collective stops, but its memory still feeds the entire contemporary Bouyon Gwada.
GA
Female Bouyon Gwada collective
Gaza Girls Crew
2010, Bouyon Gwada starts circulating between Dominica and Guadeloupe. Five women form Gaza Girls Crew: Kassidje (Jessica Petro), Gaza Izzy, La Barbie, DJ'Angel and Ghetto Princess. They ride at 160 BPM hardcore in a scene institutions are already trying to slow down — la presse dominicaine documents the tension in 2012. Distinct from Gaza Crew (Suppa's collective) and Yellow Gaza (Vador, DJ Joe, Asa Banton), they drop "Sa Zot Vle" on the Bouyon Concept label in 2011, then "A PA TAW" the same year. The December 2012 Paris set takes them into the diaspora. Bouyon's women are there more than ten years before the New Bouyon Wave.
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.
DA
Producer · Bouyon-Soca architect · crossover connector
Dada
In 2007, Dada — civilly Krishna Lawrence, Dominican — drops his Bouyon rhythmic grammar on the Soca production of Ricky T's "Pressure boom" in Saint Lucia. Without knowing it, he has just co-created a new subgenre: Bouyon-Soca, a fusion that will circulate across pan- Caribbean Carnival scenes for years. In 2019, he co-produces "Famalay" — Skinny Fabulous x Machel Montano x Bunji Garlin — which wins the Trinidad Road March. It's the first Bouyon → Soca crossover to reach a massive pan-Caribbean audience. In 2021, Dada Music launches "Smoke Riddim" with several Caribbean artists.
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.
MR
Artist · producer · entrepreneur
Mr Ridge
Mr Ridge — real name Coleridge Bell, Dominican from Newtown — puts his hands on a keyboard at 11. His training: Dominican classical music, schooled by First Serenade, WCK, Belles Combo and Midnight Groovers. In 2018, he drops "Riddim Tonight", his first solo single. Six years later, he wins the very first Bouyon Artist of the Year at the 2024 Caribbean Music Awards. The next year, he keeps the crown and also takes Bouyon Producer 2025. Around him, through Cross D Bridge, run Money Shaun, J-Lion, NICE, Sukie, Pudaz, Dirty Dawg Pudaz, 1T1. With 207,000 monthly Spotify listeners, he's among the most-streamed Bouyon artists worldwide. His stated goal, told to la presse dominicaine: take Bouyon to the world stage.