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DJ-producer collective · wrecketeng founders

Nursery Krew Inc.

In the early 2000s, in Dominica, a crew of young DJ-producers drop heavy samples on Bouyon rhythms and stack rap, hip-hop and dancehall on top. That crew is Nursery Krew Inc. — NKI to the fans. The subgenre that comes out of it is wrecketeng (sometimes spelled reketeng). Their estimated first track "Peanuts" lands somewhere between 2002 and 2005. The lineage runs through Jolly Burn Brain, Charlie Black, Watty and DJ Cut. Twenty years later, Smokiller picks up the torch and claims NKI as direct root on his 2025 project.

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Role
DJ-producer collective · wrecketeng founders
Origin
Dominica
Period
2000s
Genres
Bouyon · Wrecketeng · Reketeng
Territories
Dominica
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Why this profile matters

Without NKI, Mr Ridge's 2022 Nasty Business looks like a rupture out of nowhere. With them, you understand the hip-hop / dancehall line over a Bouyon base has existed for twenty years in Dominica. The collective runs with Bushtown Clan and Klockerz Krew across the same decade — three crews that form the underground root of Dominican Bouyon, distinct from the WCK / Triple Kay / Signal Band carnival bands. In 2025, Smokiller releases a project that explicitly claims the NKI / Burn Brain Jolly lineage. The Dominican press headlines: "Smokiller's new offering seeks to showcase Bouyon's true identity". The loop closes.

Verified timeline

  1. Main period of collective activity — structuring the Dominican wrecketeng line.

  2. First estimated track: Nursery Krew Inc. "Peanuts" (date to confirm by Smokiller interview).

  3. Smokiller releases a project that explicitly claims the NKI / Burn Brain Jolly lineage — public reactivation of the collective.

Tracks / markers

2002-2005

Peanuts

estimated founding track — first documented wrecketeng marker

2000s-2020s

Wrecketeng lineage

underground matrix — Bushtown Clan, Klockerz Krew, DJ Cut, Smokiller lineage

Same movement

TIITII NBA rides the same wave. His current single is out.

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Related chapters

Chapter III — The ArenaChapter XI — Producers and Connectors

Frequently asked questions

Where is Nursery Krew Inc. from?

Nursery Krew Inc. is a group from Dominica.

Sources

  1. Dominica News Online — Smokiller and Bouyon true identity

    2025 article on Smokiller claiming the NKI / Burn Brain Jolly lineage.

    https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/homepage-carousel/artist-and-producer-smokillers-new-offering-seeks-to-showcase-bouyons-true-identity/
  2. Audit Bouyon — sous-genres canon Ère 10

    Wrecketeng ranked SEMI-DOC — exact date to confirm by Smokiller interview.

    https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/
  3. Histoire datée Bouyon par ères — section 5

    NKI in the wrecketeng/Nasty Business line with Bushtown Clan and Klockerz Krew.

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

Profiles linked by musical collaboration

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