2020s
Gwada Bouyon registry
artist/credit profile
YU
Bouyon artist
Yu Mei
Yu Meï — real name Emmanuelle Titine — started piano at 7 in Guadeloupe, then turned to writing during the 2020 lockdown. "Dife Kako" passed 2 million streams and locked her voice into the contemporary Bouyon map. She turned pro in 2021 with "Pine Up", released "Leakey" in 2022, and in 2024 teamed up with Yellow Gaza on "Plan à 3 (Femmes Fatales Edition Bouyon)".
- Role
- Bouyon artist
- Origin
- Guadeloupe / FWI
- Period
- 2020s
- Territories
- Guadeloupe
Why this profile matters
Emmanuelle Titine, aka Yu Meï, is one of the essential female voices in the Gwada Bouyon map — a name actually missing from early registries that cross-checking eventually confirmed. Piano from age 7, writing during the 2020 lockdown, first track "Eat Up" circulating across the Caribbean. Then "Dife Kako" exploded: over 2 million streams, a rare milestone for a Gwada Bouyon artist outside the mainstream. She turned pro in 2021 with "Pine Up", followed by "Leakey" in 2022, plus "Laisse moi passer" with Team Bwé Tou Sa in 2021. In 2024, her collab with Yellow Gaza on "Plan à 3 (Femmes Fatales Edition Bouyon)" placed her back in the lineage of connectors between historic Gwada Bouyon and the new generation.
Verified timeline
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Artist/credit cited in the Gwada map.
Tracks / markers
2021
Laisse moi passer
with T-BTS
2024
PLAN À 3 (Femmes Fatales Edition Bouyon)
with Yellow Gaza
2021
Yu Meï - Laisse moi passer
with T-BTS
2024
Yu Meï - PLAN À 3 (Femmes Fatales Edition Bouyon)
with Yellow Gaza
Sourced musical collaborations
2021
Laisse moi passer
2024
PLAN À 3 (Femmes Fatales Edition Bouyon)
2021
Yu Meï - Laisse moi passer
2024
Yu Meï - PLAN À 3 (Femmes Fatales Edition Bouyon)
Related chapters
Sources
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PepseeActus — base artistes Bouyon https://pepseeactus.com/
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Bouyon active-era discographies - internal crawl notes
Mapping table for discographies, active eras and 2011-2026 credits.
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ch-07-new-bouyon-wave/
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
TE
Bouyon Gwada collective · transition
Team Bwe Tou Sa
In 2020, the "50/50" single drops produced by DJ Skaylone. That is the birth certificate of Team Bwe Tou Sa (also spelled Team Bwè Tou Sa, T-BTS) — a Guadeloupean trio composed of FLW, Lunik and MA6MO. Starting point of the platform Gwada transition. Six years later, the collective still stands: "A PA TI ZAFÈ" 2021 (with Lunik and Deejay Guyguy), "Travailons" 2024 with Billy BYBF, "FREESTYLE CARNAVAL" 2026 reunites the three core names. Watch the confusions: Edday and Lestef KJF are not members, and T-BTS is not J2MO.
TE
Bouyon Gwada collective · transition
Team Bwe Tou Sa
In 2020, the "50/50" single drops produced by DJ Skaylone. That is the birth certificate of Team Bwe Tou Sa (also spelled Team Bwè Tou Sa, T-BTS) — a Guadeloupean trio composed of FLW, Lunik and MA6MO. Starting point of the platform Gwada transition. Six years later, the collective still stands: "A PA TI ZAFÈ" 2021 (with Lunik and Deejay Guyguy), "Travailons" 2024 with Billy BYBF, "FREESTYLE CARNAVAL" 2026 reunites the three core names. Watch the confusions: Edday and Lestef KJF are not members, and T-BTS is not J2MO.
YE
Bouyon Gwada collective
Yellow Gaza
Yellow Gaza is one of the pillar projects of Act II of Bouyon in Guadeloupe (2007-2013). Driven by Vador, DJ Joe and Asa Banton, the collective was the first stage bridge between Dominica and Guadeloupe: it opened the road for Gaza Girls, Suppa and the whole Guadeloupean generation that followed. Distinct from Gaza Crew (founded by Suppa), Yellow Gaza remains a founding trace in the Bouyon Gwada memory long before the platform era.