Youry Fleming

Why this profile matters

Youry is the Y in YMW — the Tolly Boyz trio's acronym. In 2015, at 18, he does what no one had done before in Saint Martin: he decides he's tired of only hearing Bouyon from other islands, and he hums his own line. la presse SXM tells the moment: a bus ride at Sandy Ground, his neighbor Mathieu beside him, Wizito sitting close. Three words — Tolly she want. Wizito performs it at a party that same night in front of the crowd, the room reacts hard, and the next day they're already at Madtwoz studios on his older brother D-mitri's beats. Two years later, On Plonge feat Bilix drops January 29, 2017 with a G-Islands video: la presse SXM counts 511,000+ YouTube views in two months, likely 2017 SXM carnival anthem. On February 17, the track lands on SoundCloud as YMW (Tolly Boys) Ft Bilix — On Plonge. In April, la presse SXM announces Tolly Boys on the main Carnival Village stage at the Youth Extravaganza. After 2017, his name disappears from platforms, but the gesture stands: an 18-year-old kid opening a whole scene with a hum on a bus.