2024
Situashion Ship
breakout single, on DJ Taffy's Funny Riddim
NI
Dominican Bouyon artist · Nasty Business
Nice
NICE breaks out with "Situashion Ship" on DJ Taffy's Funny Riddim — the single that opens the door to Dominican Nasty Business. Right after, "Wake Me Up" with Gwada G consolidates the tandem. In 2024, "Without You" alongside Reo, Trilla-G, Unstoppable Shax and Quan Dawg — five voices on the same feature — installs him at the heart of the scene. The same year, la presse caribéenne cites him among Dominican nominees for Bouyon Artist of the Year at the Caribbean Music Awards. In 2025, he joins the main lineup of Strictly the Best Festival — Bouyon Edition in Saint Martin.
- Role
- Dominican Bouyon artist · Nasty Business
- Origin
- Dominica
- Period
- 2020s-present
- Territories
- Dominica · Saint Martin · Caribbean
Why this profile matters
On "Situashion Ship" landed on DJ Taffy's Funny Riddim, NICE walks straight into Nasty Business. The next track, "Wake Me Up" with Gwada G, confirms it. From there, he runs with Mr Ridge, Pudaz (crowned DMA 2025), Kenny G, Sukie, Asa Banton, Reo, DJ Taffy on production, Smokiller on wrecketeng and Faithii. On April 26, 2025, he steps on the Strictly the Best Festival SXM stage (Jocelyn Arndell Festival Village, 5,000 fans, organized by II Brothers Entertainment) alongside Pudaz, Litleboy, Quandan, Freddy, Reo, Kenny G, Trilla G, Trixx, Unstoppable Shax, Khallion, Edday, T.G. Band, Turrxxdem Band and Mr Ridge in the final. It's the first major Bouyon institution dedicated to Saint Martin and he's part of it. His "Nasty Freestyle Medley" feature in 2025 with Freddy, Gwada G and Litleboy stretches the zone toward the pan-regional. Correct spelling: NICE in capitals.
Verified timeline
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Builds his trajectory in the Dominican Nasty Business / Reo / Kenny G circuit.
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"Without You" with Reo, Trilla-G, Unstoppable Shax and Quan Dawg — central network marker. Appears among Dominican names cited around Bouyon Artist of the Year at the 2024 Caribbean Music Awards.
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Programming at Strictly the Best Festival — Bouyon Edition SXM (April 26, 2025). "Nasty Freestyle Medley" with Freddy, Gwada G and Litleboy extends the pan-regional circuit.
Tracks / markers
2024
Wake Me Up
tandem with Gwada G — top-tier consolidation
2024
Without You
with Reo, Trilla-G, Unstoppable Shax, Quan Dawg — central Nasty network
2025
Nasty Freestyle Medley
with Freddy, Gwada G, Litleboy — pan-regional Nasty extension
Sourced musical collaborations
2024
Without you
2025
Nasty Freestyle Medley
Related chapters
Sources
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WIC News — Mr Ridge wins 2024
2024 CMA context — Nice among Dominican nominees.
https://wicnews.com/index.php/dominica/mr-ridge-wins-dominicas-1st-ever-bouyon-artist-of-the-year-at-caribbean-music-awards -
Audit Bouyon — line-up Strictly the Best SXM 2025
NICE programmed at SXM festival April 26, 2025.
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ -
Audiomack — Dominica Carnival Starter Pack
Carnival playlist with NICE catalogue in circulation.
https://audiomack.com/carnival/playlist/dominica-carnival-starter-pack
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
RE
Bouyon artist
Reo
Reo, real name Dario Sebastien Yankey, is a Dominican artist from Colihaut. With his album "The Fresh Prince of Bouyon" released in 2022, he proves Bouyon can do it all — from rough for the street to love side for the girls. Central voice between Faithii, Kenny G, Edday and DJ Luchshiy, he bridges the Dominican scene and Guadeloupean productions.
TR
Dominican Bouyon-Soca artist
Trilla-G
Trilla-G — real name Gael Jno. Baptiste, from Goodwill near Roseau (Dominica) — has been making music since 2017 and was crowned Dominican Calypso King in 2023. In July 2024, "Someone Else" with Little Boy and Quan became one of the biggest Bouyon singles of the year and won Soca Collaboration of the Year at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards. On October 22, 2025, he released his debut album "Take Me as I Am" (13 tracks, Th3rdHouse Studios USVI), with V'ghn, Stalk Ashley, Mr Ridge and Shelly.
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.
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.
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.