2022
Bouyon Warm Up
first official Warm Up catalogue track — December 2022
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Collective / Bouyon artist · Warm Up
KEKS MAFIA
On December 15, 2022, KEKS MAFIA — real name Kev Leonard — releases a single that sets the tone: "Bouyon Warm Up". It's the first solid official release of the Warm Up subgenre, the slower-tempo branch of Bouyon between 125 and 134 BPM. Two earlier releases exist — "1T1-bouyon warm up akiyo" from November 15, 2021 and "Kay'J × Ckay - Emiliana (Warm Up Bouyon)" from December 30, 2021 — but KEKS MAFIA is the one laying down the first official discographic inscription. In 2024, he drops "Krikéy" with Totally Spice's in Guadeloupe. In 2025, "Say My Name" with Sukie extends the Burn Brain / Nasty Business network.
- Role
- Collective / Bouyon artist · Warm Up
- Origin
- Dominica
- Period
- 2017-present
- Territories
- Dominica · Guadeloupe · Caribbean
Why this profile matters
Warm Up is defined by its function: it's the Bouyon DJs play to prep the dancefloor before moving up to hardcore. That temporal zone sets it apart from Mr Ridge's Nasty Business (defined by rawer attitude / lyrics) and from Fallon's RnBouyon (stylistic fusion with R&B vocals). Three subgenres, three distinct logics. KEKS MAFIA thus plays a key role in the official locking-in of Warm Up across 13 months between November 2021 and December 2022. On the Strictly the Best Festival — Bouyon Edition SXM lineup on April 26, 2025 (5,000 fans, II Brothers Entertainment). His network stretches toward Sukie, Totally Spice's, TIITII NBA, DJ Softee, 1T1 and Mr Ridge — nearly the entire core of today's Bouyon.
Verified timeline
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First public trace of the collective / artist on the Dominican scene — humor / nasty network.
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"KEKS MAFIA - Bouyon Warm Up" released December 15, 2022 — first solid official catalogue track of the Warm Up subgenre.
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"Krikéy" collaboration with Totally Spice's (Guadeloupe) — bridge between Dominican Bouyon and Gwada female duo.
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"Say My Name" with Sukie extends the Burn Brain / Nasty Business network. Programming at Strictly the Best Festival — Bouyon Edition SXM (April 26, 2025).
Tracks / markers
2024
Krikéy
with Totally Spice's (Guadeloupe) — inter-island bridge
2025
Say My Name
feat Sukie — Burn Brain / Nasty network
Sourced musical collaborations
2025
Say My Name
2024
Krikéy
Related chapters
Sources
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Audit Bouyon — check-up Warm Up
KEKS MAFIA cited as first official Warm Up catalogue track (December 15, 2022).
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ch-08-warm-up/ -
Audit Bouyon — interview prioritaire numéro 7
KEKS MAFIA ranked
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ -
Bouyon active-era discographies — internal crawl notes
KEKS MAFIA Warm Up network — DJ Taffy, TIITII NBA, Khallion.
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ch-07-new-bouyon-wave/
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
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Bouyon artist · Nasty Business
Sukie
Sukie — real name Shane Edwards — is a male artist from Roseau, Dominica. He breaks out with "Work That Pussy Muscle", a direct unfiltered track that places him straight into the Nasty Business carried by Mr Ridge. His nickname Sukie Burn Brain recalls the underground root of Dominican Bouyon. In 2023, he drops the iCandy project with Mr Ridge / Cross D Bridge and keeps stacking releases around Nasty Business.
TO
Female Bouyon duo
Totally Spice's
Totally Spice's is a Guadeloupean duo: Naima Dimina and Carcheline Cereme. In 2023, their single "Chien" plants them in Gwada Bouyon. The next year, "Bouè'y Bay" with TIITII NBA takes off at 1.76 million streams, and "Bouyonstyle № 1" with Bismok widens the network. In 2025, they step onto the Eurockéennes de Belfort stage with the "Bad Gyal Bouyon Le Bon" project. Two female voices building the bridge between contemporary Gwada Bouyon and mainland festivals.
SO
DJ · composer · singer · connector
DJ Softee
DJ Softee — real name Julian White — is one of the eight voices who officially name the New Bouyon Wave in September 2023 with "New Bouyon Wave #1". Alongside him: 1T1, TIITII NBA, Aknose, Nils, Luky Lukee, Le Juh and Theomaa. But he doesn't just sing. DJ, composer, singer — he builds "KPT" with TIITII NBA in 2024, signs the collective EP "Chodong Route Empire C.R.E" in 2025, and co-builds the platform Warm Up core with TIITII NBA and DJ Dirtee. One of the few to juggle the three roles without favoring one.
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Artist · writer · New Bouyon Wave
TIITII NBA
TIITII NBA was singing Bouyon in Guadeloupe before the term "New Bouyon Wave" even existed. With Aknose and Softee, he forms the founding trio that the next generation plugs into from 2022 onward — Theomaa, Nils, Le Juh, 1T1 and Luky Lukee. In 2023, the single "New Bouyon Wave #1" drops with his name on it alongside Aknose, Softee, Nils and Theomaa. Since then, he's been stacking the Warm Up sessions that define the movement: "KPT", "LESE NOU PASE" and "Warm Up" with Ma6mo and Diixly.