KE

Bouyon artist · first wave Yellow Gaza

Keytzone

May 1, 2012. Keytzone rides "Bouwe'y", a Yellow Gaza single where she shares the feature with Tasmo. les plateformes streaming keeps the date. This presence on a 2012 release places her among the guest voices of hardcore Bouyon Gwada at 160 BPM, at a precise moment when the sound is settling in Guadeloupe. The organising core stays Vador, DJ Joe and Asa Banton — Keytzone isn't part of it, but she's in their repertoire.

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Role
Bouyon artist · first wave Yellow Gaza
Origin
Guadeloupe
Period
2012→2026
Territories
Guadeloupe

Why this profile matters

The 2012 Yellow Gaza release is documented by les plateformes streaming: "Bouwe'y" feat. Tasmo & Keytzone, May 1, 2012. This presence places Keytzone among the earliest Bouyon Gwada artists present in platform catalogs, with Tasmo. The Tasmo / Keytzone duo is tied to the Yellow Gaza repertoire without being part of the organising core (Vador, DJ Joe, Asa Banton). The Keytzone spelling is kept as it appears on the les plateformes streaming release — no normalisation towards a creole or French form. Her real name, precise commune and post-2012 path aren't publicly documented, but her presence on "Bouwe'y" is enough to inscribe her in the memory of the first Bouyon Gwada wave.

Verified timeline

  1. `Bouwe'y` Yellow Gaza feat. Tasmo & Keytzone — Apple Music keeps the 1 May 2012 date. Earliest documented Keytzone Bouyon Gwada marker.

  2. Continued Yellow Gaza catalogue chain: `Vole Nonm a Moun` 2013. Keytzone remains in the perimeter of this discography.

  3. Lull period for the first Bouyon Gwada wave after Suppa's death.

  4. Keytzone remains referenced in the 2026 Bouyon editorial map as a credit to consolidate. Chapter IV `la-traversee` keeps the profile as historical marker.

Tracks / markers

2012

Bouwe`y

feat. on Yellow Gaza, with Tasmo

2012-2013

Yellow Gaza catalogue (repertoire associe)

featured artist

2020s

Gwada Bouyon registry

credit to consolidate

Related chapters

Sources

  1. Audit Bouyon — credits premiere vague Gwada

    https://pepseeactus.com/
  2. Bouyon active-era discographies - internal crawl notes

    Mapping table for discographies, active eras and 2011-2026 credits.

    https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ch-07-new-bouyon-wave/
  3. Apple Music — `Bouwe'y` (Yellow Gaza feat. Tasmo & Keytzone)

    1 May 2012 single — earliest Yellow Gaza catalogue marker.

    https://music.apple.com/us/album/bouwe-y-feat-tasmo-keytzone-single/1690260256
  4. Apple Music — `Vole Nonm a Moun` (Yellow Gaza)

    2013 Yellow Gaza single — continued catalogue chain.

    https://music.apple.com/us/album/vole-nonm-a-moun-single/1652500460
  5. Booska-P — Bouyon to di world

    Places Yellow Gaza in 2010 within the Dominica-Gwada circulation.

    https://www.booska-p.com/musique/bouyon-to-di-world-comment-le-genre-a-conquis-le-monde/
  6. Histoire datee Bouyon — eres 2026

    Editorial chronology — locates the first Gwada wave 2009-2015.

    https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/

Profiles linked by musical collaboration

YE

Bouyon Gwada collective

Yellow Gaza

Yellow Gaza is one of the pillar projects of Act II of Bouyon in Guadeloupe (2007-2013). Driven by Vador, DJ Joe and Asa Banton, the collective was the first stage bridge between Dominica and Guadeloupe: it opened the road for Gaza Girls, Suppa and the whole Guadeloupean generation that followed. Distinct from Gaza Crew (founded by Suppa), Yellow Gaza remains a founding trace in the Bouyon Gwada memory long before the platform era.

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TA

Bouyon artist · first wave Yellow Gaza

Tasmo

On 1 May 2012, the "Bouwe'y" single drops on Yellow Gaza. On the cover, two featured artists: Tasmo and Keytzone. les plateformes streaming still keeps the date today. This presence on a Yellow Gaza single places Tasmo in the circle of guest voices of Bouyon Gwada's hardcore Acte II — at 160 BPM, in the Vador / DJ Joe / Asa Banton chain. Not a pillar figure, rather a featured voice who marked a specific moment. The trace is rare, but it is there.

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JO

DJ · producer · Bouyon Gwada connector

DJ Joe

2007. Bouyon has just landed in Guadeloupe, and DJ Joe sets his decks on the first Yellow Gaza sets. With Vador and Asa Banton, he's one of the three who carry the 160 BPM hardcore sound from Dominica to Pointe-à-Pitre. In December 2012, he hits a Paris stage with Suppa and the Gaza Girls — one of the first times Bouyon Gwada steps outside the Caribbean. Ten years later, he drops "Bwé rhum" with Asa Bantan in 2023 and proves he never left the table.

DJproducerfirst wave GwadaYellow Gaza connector
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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.

Bouyon Bossfirst solo modern Bouyon figureDominica ↔ Guadeloupe bridgePeople's Choice CMA 2024
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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.

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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.

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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.

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