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.

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Role
Soca artist · Bouyon collaborator
Origin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Period
2010-2026
Territories
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Dominica · Caribbean

Why this profile matters

Problem Child is a Saint Vincent Soca voice active since the 2010s, and in 2025-2026 his trajectory regularly swings Dominican Bouyon. "Fym" with Mr Ridge in 2025 — Dominican figure crowned 2x Bouyon Artist of the Year + Bouyon Producer 2025 at the Caribbean Music Awards — places Problem Child in the Mr Ridge crowning year. "Shut Up" with Khallion and Reo in 2026, covered by, confirms him in Dominican releases as a regular collaborator and not just occasional. It's a wider trend: as Bouyon gains visibility, Saint Vincent, Trinidad and Saint Lucia Soca voices enter the Dominican circuit as a regular collaboration space. Problem Child stays a SVG Soca artist. But his double presence in twelve months marks the moment Soca / Bouyon borders go porous at the feature level.

Verified timeline

  1. Problem Child rises on the SVG soca scene as a voice of the new Vincentian wave.

  2. "Fym" with Mr Ridge documents the first major Problem Child × Dominica collaboration.

  3. "Shut Up" with Khallion and Reo consolidates the regularity of his releases on the Dominican Bouyon circuit.

Tracks / markers

2025

Fym

with Mr Ridge (Dominica) — SVG soca / Bouyon cross-genre collaboration

2026

Shut Up

with Khallion and Reo — Dominican Bouyon circuit release

Sourced musical collaborations

Related chapters

Chapter IX — Global CrossoverChapter XI — Producers and ConnectorsChapter XII — Consecration and Limits

Sources

  1. Audiomack — Dominica Carnival Starter Pack

    Dominica Carnival playlist including Problem Child features.

    https://audiomack.com/carnival/playlist/dominica-carnival-starter-pack

Profiles linked by musical collaboration

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.

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KH

Bouyon artist · Nasty Business · US diaspora

Khallion

In December 2024, Khallion takes the stage in Atlanta for "Bram vs Bouyon". A few months later, in July 2025, he drops his album "777 Di Bouyon Rockstar" — a long format that consolidates his solo identity in a circuit where features dominate. On April 26, 2025, he joins the Strictly the Best Festival — Bouyon Edition lineup in Saint Martin in front of 5,000 fans. A Dominican artist from the Nasty Business and Warm Up circuit, he counts around 21,000 Spotify monthly listeners and keeps weaving his network with Problem Child, Reo, Dirty Dawg Pudaz and Kenny G.

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