2025
Fym
with Problem Child
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.
- Role
- Artist · producer · entrepreneur
- Origin
- Newtown, Dominica
- Period
- 2020s
- Territories
- Dominica · Caribbean diaspora
Why this profile matters
Mr Ridge shifts Dominican Bouyon into an industry logic: production, awards, collaborations and export work. On the CMA side, he is the only Bouyon artist doubly crowned — 2024 (inaugural Bouyon Artist of the Year category), 2025 (back-to-back), plus Bouyon Producer 2025. His solo discography rolls out since 2018: "Riddim Tonight" 2018, "Come & Cocay" 2019, "Doh Call My Phone" 2020, "Chiney Wine" 2022 with Zaga and Elim Yen, "OG Wet Fest" 2023 with Matieu White, "Summertime" 2023 with Admiral T which opens the export door, "B.D.Y.M.M." 2024 with Pudaz / Dirty Dawg Pudaz, then the "Do Baby" + "She Stupid" 2025 double with 1T1 — two singles that build a direct bridge between Dominica and Guadeloupe. Through Cross D Bridge, he gathers the Nasty Business voices of the island: Pudaz (crowned DMA 2025), Money Shaun, J-Lion, NICE, Sukie. He produces, he sings, he carries the export project. In October 2025, his Big Bad Bouyon Festival programming in Miami confirms the international status. He's not the only creator of Nasty Business — the eponymous August 2022 single is the reference — but he stays the only CMA double winner and the voice holding the scene together.
Verified timeline
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Wins Bouyon Artist of the Year at the Caribbean Music Awards.
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“Fym” with Problem Child credits Ridge as vocalist, writer and producer.
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Nasty Business becomes his modern creative frame.
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Wins the first Bouyon Artist of the Year award at the Caribbean Music Awards.
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Retains the Bouyon Artist of the Year title at the Caribbean Music Awards.
Tracks / markers
2022
Chiney Wine
feat. Zaga and Elim Yen
2024
B.D.Y.M.M.
with Dirty Dawg Pudaz
2025
Do Baby
with 1T1
2021
Je T’aime Dayleeway
with DJ Luchshiy
2023
OG Wet Fest
with Matieu White
2025
She Stupid
with 1T1
2022
Push Ur Hand In Your
with Dova, Kenny G, Pudaz
Sourced musical collaborations
2025
Fym
2024
B.D.Y.M.M.
2025
Do Baby
2021
Je T’aime Dayleeway
2023
OG Wet Fest
2025
She Stupid
2022
Push Ur Hand In Your
Related chapters
Sources
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Cross D Bridge — Mr Ridge
Official profile.
https://crossdbridge.com/ -
Dominica News Online — Mr Ridge wants Bouyon music on the world stage
Global expansion vision.
https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/mr-ridge-wants-bouyon-music-on-the-world-stage/ -
WIC News — Mr Ridge crowned Bouyon Artist of the Year 2025
Institutional recognition.
https://wicnews.com/dominica/dominicas-mr-ridge-crowned-bouyon-artist-of-the-year-at-2025-caribbean-music-awards -
Shazam — Ridge & Problem Child, Fym
Platform credits.
https://www.shazam.com/song/1790285833/fym -
WIC News - Mr Ridge wins Dominica first Bouyon Artist of the Year
Victoire 2024 et contexte de categorie Bouyon aux Caribbean Music Awards.
https://wicnews.com/index.php/dominica/mr-ridge-wins-dominicas-1st-ever-bouyon-artist-of-the-year-at-caribbean-music-awards -
WIC News - Mr Ridge crowned Bouyon Artist of the Year 2025
Victoire 2025, nomination pool dominicain et mention Someone Else.
https://wicnews.com/dominica/dominicas-mr-ridge-crowned-bouyon-artist-of-the-year-at-2025-caribbean-music-awards -
Shazam - B.D.Y.M.M., Ridge & Dirty Dawg Pudaz
Credits du titre B.D.Y.M.M. avec Dirty Dawg Pudaz.
https://www.shazam.com/fr-fr/song/1742917061/bdymm
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
PR
Soca artist · Bouyon collaborator
Problem Child
Problem Child is a Saint Vincent Soca voice active since the 2010s. Between 2025 and 2026, his career swings into Dominican Bouyon. In 2025, he signs "Fym" with Mr Ridge — the Dominican artist crowned 2x Bouyon Artist of the Year at the 2024 and 2025 Caribbean Music Awards — and that feature becomes one of the most visible cross-genre tracks of the Mr Ridge crowning year. In 2026, he follows up with "Shut Up" alongside Khallion and Reo. Problem Child stays a Saint Vincent Soca artist, but his profile shows how Dominica absorbs Vincentian Soca voices into its circuit.
PU
Bouyon artist · 2025 DMA Bouyon Artist of the Year
Pudaz
In 2022, Pudaz — also credited Dirty Dawg Pudaz — drops his voice on "Push Ur Hand In Your" alongside Dova, Kenny G and Mr Ridge. He steps into the Nasty Business circle just before the Mr Ridge explosion in August of the same year. Two years later, "B.D.Y.M.M." with Ridge (2024) starts spinning on Shazam. The 2024 World Creole Music Festival programs him headlining alongside Ridge. In 2025, he wins Bouyon Artist of the Year at the Dominica Music Awards. On April 26, 2025, he hits the Strictly the Best Festival SXM stage in front of 5,000 fans. In 2026, he drops "Have What They Have" with Faithii — the single bridging him to the new Bouyon Barbie female wave.
PU
Bouyon artist · 2025 DMA Bouyon Artist of the Year
Pudaz
In 2022, Pudaz — also credited Dirty Dawg Pudaz — drops his voice on "Push Ur Hand In Your" alongside Dova, Kenny G and Mr Ridge. He steps into the Nasty Business circle just before the Mr Ridge explosion in August of the same year. Two years later, "B.D.Y.M.M." with Ridge (2024) starts spinning on Shazam. The 2024 World Creole Music Festival programs him headlining alongside Ridge. In 2025, he wins Bouyon Artist of the Year at the Dominica Music Awards. On April 26, 2025, he hits the Strictly the Best Festival SXM stage in front of 5,000 fans. In 2026, he drops "Have What They Have" with Faithii — the single bridging him to the new Bouyon Barbie female wave.
1T
Artist · producer · beatmaker
1T1
1T1 — real name Terry Baptiste — is the voice-producer behind much of the Guadeloupean New Bouyon Wave. Guadeloupean father, Guyanese mother. At age 3, his uncle Thierry Cham introduces him to gwoka. Ten years on percussion, a production school in France, then keyboard self-taught on YouTube. His single "Bouwéy" feat. Theomaa is certified gold, crosses 18 million views on YouTube and is nominated at the 2026 Flammes Awards in the Caribbean song category. The CHORD album drops in December 2024, and he follows up in 2026 with the single "In Di Corner" feat. MiiMii KDS.
LU
Producer · beatmaker · DJ
DJ Luchshiy
DJ Luchshiy, born in 1996 in Guadeloupe, builds the beats that connect both islands. In 2021, his feature with Mr Ridge on "Je T'aime Dayleeway" plugs him into Dominica early. Two years later, "KKM" with Aknose locks him in as a recurring New Bouyon Wave Gwada producer. Today his catalog runs through Aknose, TIITII NBA, Edday, Lestef KJF Boyz, Lucky Lukee, MiiMii KDS, Reo, Jixels and Mr Ridge — one of the few directly linking Guadeloupean production to Dominican voices.
MA
Artist · cross-genre New Bouyon Wave feature
Matieu White
In 2023, Matieu White (also spelled Mathieu White) lands on two singles that matter: "Nouvo mood" with YSN and "OG Wet Fest" featuring Mr Ridge — one of the most-streamed Bouyon artists worldwide. Two years later, in 2025, he follows up with "Baddest" (Matieu White x 1T1 x Theomaa, ). Three pieces, three networks. But his profile leans dancehall / urban rather than central Bouyon — hence his place on the New Bouyon Wave periphery.
DO
Bouyon artist · Nasty Business network (collaborator)
Dova
In 2022, Dova drops his voice on "Push Ur Hand In Your" alongside Kenny G, Mr Ridge and Pudaz. It's a four-voice feature that lands on les playlists Bouyon via the Bouyon Nation page. Without knowing it, Dova has just joined one of the founding moments of the Nasty Business circuit: Mr Ridge won't release his eponymous single — the one that gives the subgenre its official name — until a few months later, in August 2022. Dova works as a featuring voice in the network, not as an identified solo artist. His catalogue circulates today via the les playlists Bouyon Dominica Carnival Starter Pack playlist.
KE
Bouyon artist
Kenny G
Kenny G, real name Kenny Jno Baptist, is a Dominican Bouyon and Nasty Business voice, based in Roseau. Regular features with Faithii, Reo, Pudaz, Mr Ridge and Litleboy, presence in the scene's flagship riddims (Nasty Business, Trina Riddim), with one million YouTube views in under a year on one of his singles, and a Roseau City Council election in March 2026.