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.

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Role
Bouyon artist · 2025 DMA Bouyon Artist of the Year
Origin
Dominica
Period
2020s-present
Territories
Dominica · Saint Martin · United States · Caribbean

Why this profile matters

Drawing the line between the two matters: Mr Ridge creates Nasty Business with his eponymous single in August 2022, and he's the one who takes both 2024 and 2025 CMA Bouyon Artist of the Year wins. Pudaz, on his side, is the voice carrying the subgenre on the most important Caribbean Bouyon stages. His Viberate Dirty Dawg Pudaz profile lists "B.D.Y.M.M.", "Cover Up", "D Coo Coo" and "Urpen That" in his top songs. In 2024, his WCMF programming (sourced by Nate Media) places him on the most prestigious Dominican Bouyon stage. In 2025, the DMA + Strictly the Best SXM double installs him in the Nasty Business central quartet: Mr Ridge creator, Pudaz DMA champion, Asa Banton People's Choice CMA 2024, Faithii 2025+ female wave.

Verified timeline

  1. "Push Ur Hand In Your" with Dova, Kenny G and Mr Ridge — documented entry into the Nasty Business network before the Mr Ridge explosion.

  2. "B.D.Y.M.M." with Mr Ridge becomes a Shazam streaming marker. 2024 WCMF programming with Ridge.

  3. Crowned Bouyon Artist of the Year at the 2025 Dominica Music Awards. Headlines the first Strictly the Best Festival — Bouyon Edition SXM (April 26, 2025, 5,000+ fans). Listed among the 2025 CMA Dominican nominees.

  4. "Have What They Have" with Faithii consolidates the Nasty Business ↔ Bouyon Barbie new female wave link.

Tracks / markers

2024

B.D.Y.M.M.

with Mr Ridge — Nasty Business catalogue marker

2020s

Urpen That

feat Kenny G — Nasty circuit

2026

Have What They Have

feat Faithii — Bouyon Barbie bridge

2022

Push Ur Hand In Your

with Dova, Kenny G, Mr Ridge — first Nasty network

2025

DMA 2025 Bouyon Artist of the Year

Dominican institutional crowning

Sourced musical collaborations

Related chapters

Chapter XII — Consecration and LimitsChapter IX — Global CrossoverChapter XI — Producers and Connectors

Sources

  1. Nate Media — WCMF 2024 lineup mentions Ridge and Pudz

    2024 WCMF programming — Pudaz headlines alongside Mr Ridge.

    https://nate-media-ec.com/2024/08/14/dominica-prepares-for-a-stellar-world-creole-music-festival-2024/
  2. Shazam — B.D.Y.M.M.

    Ridge and Dirty Dawg Pudaz credits — streaming marker.

    https://www.shazam.com/fr-fr/song/1742917061/bdymm
  3. Viberate — Dirty Dawg Pudaz top songs

    Streaming markers — B.D.Y.M.M., Cover Up, D Coo Coo, Urpen That.

    https://www.viberate.com/artist/songs/pudaz-top-songs/
  4. Dominica News Online — Dominica Music Awards 2025

    Pudaz Bouyon Artist of the Year at 2025 DMAs.

    https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/homepage-carousel/dominica-music-awards-2025-a-night-of-pride-legacy-and-global-vision/
  5. WIC News — Mr Ridge CMA 2025 / Love Bouyon

    2025 CMA context — Pudaz among Dominican nominees.

    https://wicnews.com/dominica/dominicas-mr-ridge-crowned-bouyon-artist-of-the-year-at-2025-caribbean-music-awards

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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FA

Bouyon artist

Faithii

Faithii — better known by her stage name Bouyon Barbie — is one of the major female voices of Dominican Bouyon's 2024+ generation. From Dominica, she breaks through in 2024 with "I Know Y" alongside Kenny G and Reo, then "SUPERSTAR" pushes her into the mainstream the same year. In 2025, she wins "Female Artist of the Year" at the Dominica Music Awards and joins the official lineup of the World Creole Music Festival.

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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.

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