2023
Bouyon Stars
with DJ Taffy
QU
Bouyon artist
Quan
Quan — real name Quan Kyren Denis — comes out of Dominica and dropped "Someone Else" with Little Boy and Trilla-G in July 2024, a track that won Soca Collaboration of the Year at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards. He followed up with "Forever", "Late Night", "I Don't Care", "Your Friend" and "Shake Your" alongside Little Boy, DJ Taffy and Freddy between 2024 and 2026, plus the "Smooth & Easy Party Mix" album with Little Boy in January 2025.
- Role
- Bouyon artist
- Origin
- Martinique / Grand Bay, Dominica
- Period
- 2020s
- Territories
- Dominica · Caribbean
Why this profile matters
Quan Kyren Denis — aka Quan, sometimes credited as Quan Dan or The Quan — is part of the Dominican trio that takes Soca Collaboration of the Year at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards with "Someone Else", released in July 2024 alongside Little Boy and Trilla-G. Beating Kes, Patrice Roberts and Skinny Fabulous means writing Dominican Bouyon into the regional Soca scoreboard. Before that, "Bouyon Stars" and "Bamboo" in 2023 had already plugged him into DJ Taffy's productions. Across 2025 and 2026, he stacks them up: "Forever" with Freddy, Gwada G, Little Boy and Trixx; "Late Night" and "I Don't Care" with DJ Taffy; "Your Friend" with Freddy and Little Boy; "Shake Your" with Little Boy and Real Reel. January 2025 marks the release of the collaborative "Smooth & Easy Party Mix" album with Little Boy.
Verified timeline
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Bouyon Stars and Bamboo link him to DJ Taffy work.
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Someone Else wins Soca Collaboration of the Year with Little Boy and Trilla G.
Tracks / markers
2023
Bamboo
prod. DJ Taffy
2024
Someone Else
with Little Boy, Trilla-G
2025
Forever
with Freddy, Gwada G, Little Boy, Trixx
2025
Late Night
with DJ Taffy, Edday, Little Boy
2025
I Don't Care
with DJ Taffy, Little Boy
2025
Your Friend
with Freddy, Little Boy
2024
Leaving
with Little Boy
2026
Shake Your
with Little Boy
2025
Smooth & Easy Party Mix
with Little Boy
2024
Trilla G - Someone Else
with Little Boy, Trilla-G
Sourced musical collaborations
2023
Bouyon Stars
2023
Bamboo
2024
Someone Else
2025
Forever
2025
Late Night
2025
I Don't Care
2025
Your Friend
2024
Leaving
2026
Shake Your
2025
Smooth & Easy Party Mix
2024
Trilla G - Someone Else
Related chapters
Sources
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WIC News — Little Boy, Quan & Trilla G win CMA 2025 https://wicnews.com/dominica/dominican-trio-little-boy-quan-trilla-g-win-soca-collaboration-of-the-year-at-cma-2025
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WIC News - Little Boy, Quan & Trilla G
Victoire CMA 2025 pour Someone Else.
https://wicnews.com/dominica/dominican-trio-little-boy-quan-trilla-g-win-soca-collaboration-of-the-year-at-cma-2025
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
TA
Producer · DJ · studio
DJ Taffy
DJ Taffy, aka The Riddim Beast, is a Dominican producer and DJ whose Riddim Beast Studios build a central piece of today's Nasty Business. One foot at Notting Hill on the UK side, the other on Dominica, and a release chain stacking features with Quan, Reo, Shelly, Shanika and Edday between 2021 and 2026.
LI
Producer · Bouyon artist
Little Boy
Little Boy — also spelled Litleboy or Lil Boy depending on platforms — is one of the central voices of late-2020s Dominican Bouyon-Soca. In 2021, he features on Reo's "Dou dou", his first platform link. Then everything speeds up: between 2024 and 2026, his name appears on roughly twenty releases, most often with Quan, Trilla G, Freddy, Trixx, Gwada G or DJ Taffy. The peak: "Someone Else" with Quan and Trilla G wins Soca Collaboration of the Year at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards.
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.
FR
Bouyon artist
Freddy
Freddy is a Dominican Bouyon artist (@ready4freddy_official) settling into the 2024-2026 credits of the Dominica circuit. "In D Bedroom" with Reo in July 2024, then "Your Friend" with Little Boy and Quan, "Forever" with Little Boy, Trixx, Quan and Gwada G, and "Nasty Freestyle Medley" with Little Boy, Gwada G, Trix and Nice in 2025. On the St-Maarten Bouyon Festival "Strictly the Best" 2025 lineup.
GW
Dominican Bouyon artist
Gwada G
Gwada G, real name Kernel Stevens, is a Dominican artist from Layou. He really breaks out with "Wake Me Up", landed alongside NICE. His current hit "Up To" goes viral on TikTok thanks to a left-to-right head movement that takes over feeds. His Saint Martin circulation then comes through BRG Hollywood — not from an SXM origin.
TR
Dominican Bouyon artist · Nasty Business
Trixx
In 2023, Trixx drops his voice on "What To Do" with Reo — his documented entry into Nasty Business. Two years later, in 2025, he joins "Forever" with Litleboy, Freddy, Quan and Gwada G — five voices on the same freestyle circulating across the Caribbean. The same year, he takes the Strictly the Best Festival — Bouyon Edition stage in Saint Martin on April 26, 2025. In 2026, "Gangsta Love Bouyon Freestyle" and "Hustle" with Kenny G and Litleboy confirm his spot. Correct spelling: Trixx, not to be confused with Trixz Migos.
ED
Bouyon artist
Edday
Edday — real name Eddy Vanerot — is one of the solo voices of the Gwada Bouyon transition. As early as 2019, he dropped "Ouu La La" with Reo and "Ti KoKa" with Bilix, LaRose and VJ Ben — two singles that anchored the transition. Six years later, "You Mad" 2025 with Reo, DJ Luchshiy and Jixels confirms he's still part of the chain linking the pre and post New Bouyon Wave eras.