Act III — Article X · 2010-2026
Article written by TIITII NBA, artist of the New Bouyon Wave collective.
Sources: public interviews of the artists themselves, platform catalogue records (Apple Music, Spotify, Shazam, Qobuz), specialized press (RCI, Soca News, PepseeActus, Dominica News Online), all cited at the end of the article.
My apologies for any names or places misspelled — many of the actors are anglophones, translation and transcription can introduce slight discrepancies.
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Position 0 — Women are not a Bouyon footnote: Gaza Girls Crew (Sa Zot Vlé, 2011, Guadeloupe), Carlyn XP (Bouyon Monarch 2016 and 2017, Dominica), Holly G (BET Awards 2024), Totally Spice's, MiiMii KDS (Les Flammes 2026), Faithii / Bouyon Barbie (DMA 2025) and Ebony Empress (Bouyon Road March 2025) draw a continuous line from 2010 to 2026. Theodora is a pop amplification, not a Bouyon scene artist.
You saw Theodora go viral with Holly G on Coller la petite, heard Sé Miimii in a TikTok story, and you are thinking there is a real women's story in Bouyon nobody really tells you. You are right. This chapter gives you the names, dates and roles: who opened the way in Guadeloupe (Gaza Girls Crew, 2011), who wears the crown in Dominica (Carlyn XP), who pushes toward international institutions (Holly G, MiiMii KDS, Faithii), and who must be filed as pop amplification without erasing the scene-based Bouyon artists.
I — The line told too late
In Bouyon history, women are often pushed into a footnote: a stage presence, a hook, a video, a crowd energy. But when the traces are followed, they are not at the edge of the story. They open doors, change the genre's image and bring Bouyon into spaces where men alone would not always have been enough.
The previous chapter told the global crossover. This chapter looks at one of its hidden forces: when Bouyon becomes visible outside its local circle, women's voices become proof. Proof that the genre can be hard without being one-dimensional. Proof that it can be raw, glamorous, competitive, pop, underground, institutional, viral or festival-ready. Above all, proof that Bouyon is not written only through male crews, producers and sound systems.
The right reading is not to build a decorative pantheon. Roles matter. Gaza Girls Crew gives Guadeloupe an early documented female line. Carlyn XP gives Dominica stage and competition authority. Holly G and Totally Spice's change Bouyon Gwada's public image. MiiMii KDS accelerates the platform phase. Faithii / Bouyon Barbie shows Dominica still producing new female voices. Theodora opens another zone: French pop borrowing a Bouyon color and widening the audience.
When women enter the center of the story, Bouyon stops being told only as a battle of power. It also becomes a story of image, circulation and transformation.
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II — Gaza Girls: the first Gwada rupture
The first documented female line in Guadeloupe appears with Gaza Girls Crew. Apple Music dates Sa Zot Vlé to 1 May 2011, on the Bouyon Concept label [S-67]. Le Courrier de Guadeloupe names the creation of Gaza Girls as a turning point in the first Bouyon Gwada wave [S-68]. And behind that trace, Kassidjé / Jessica Petro has to be named: PepseeActus ties her to Gaza Girls and presents her as a female Bouyon pioneer in Guadeloupe [S-83]. That triple trace matters: it shows that female presence does not arrive after virality, but at the very moment when Guadeloupe starts making its own Bouyon.
In the 2000s, the most visible Dominican story remains largely male: WCK, Triple Kay, Asa Banton, bands, rivalries, the road. In Guadeloupe, Gaza Girls adds another shape. The collective does not simply perform over a male structure. It gives a female voice to the Gwada graft, in a context where the genre is already criticized, watched and sometimes rejected.
That role is too often underrated. Gaza Girls does not only mean "women in Bouyon." The group represents something more precise: the first Gwada wave is not a copy-paste of Dominica. It receives Bouyon, then recomposes it with its own codes, bodies, Creole language and relationship to dancehall and the local underground.
III — Carlyn XP: the Dominican crown
If Gaza Girls gives a Guadeloupean rupture, Carlyn XP gives Dominican authority. In 2016, Dominica News Online documents the first Bouyon Monarch competition, won by Carlyn Xavier-Phillip [S-69]. In 2017, Soca News confirms her second consecutive win at Bouyon Soca Monarch [S-70]. Her own press kit positions her as Bouyon Queen, a stage artist, writer and performer able to move through several genres while clearly standing inside Bouyon [S-71].
That position matters because it is not built only on a viral song. Carlyn XP wins in the space of competition, carnival and stage. She asserts herself where Bouyon is judged live, in front of an audience, in a culture that values power, attack, control and the ability to hold a moment.
Inside the women's story, Carlyn XP prevents a shortcut: women are not only Bouyon's soft aesthetic. They can be authority, competition, leadership and endurance. They can wear a crown without the genre turning into pop. They can remain inside Bouyon's Dominican core while imposing another face.
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IV — Holly G: Gwada's image scales up
The modern shift is visible with Holly G. RCI Guadeloupe presents Holly G as a group of Bouyon singers from Guadeloupe, known since 2021 through Bandit, then noticed internationally with Je l'ai vu alongside Arendi and VJ Ben [S-72]. In 2024, their BET Awards nomination in the Best New International Act category gives female Guadeloupean Bouyon a rare international signal [S-72].
That nomination is not only symbolic. It changes the public image of the genre. Where Bouyon is often reduced to vulgarity, noise or raw party energy, Holly G shows another force: a female trio able to turn local energy into something exportable, identifiable and media-ready. PepseeActus ties the group to Basse-Terre, Trois-Rivières and Vieux-Habitants, keeping the geography visible [S-73].
The logical continuation arrives with Coller la petite, the Holly G x Theodora collaboration documented as a digital release on 26 December 2025 [S-82]. The record is not just a featuring. It links a female Bouyon line rooted in Guadeloupe to a pop artist with wider access to French audiences. That is exactly what crossover can do best when it remains readable: open a larger door without making the original house disappear.
V — Totally Spice's and MiiMii: platform, festival, new image
With Totally Spice's, the Gwada female scene becomes more collective, more frontal and more self-assured in image. PepseeActus presents the trio as a rising Bouyon act, with Bouè'y Bay, Bouyonstyle No.1 and Chien in the trajectory [S-74]. Bouè'y Bay feat TIITII NBA, released in March 2024, also creates a direct link with the New Bouyon Wave and D0 Production [S-75].
That link matters. Totally Spice's does not only "add women" to the background. The trio enters the circuit of collaborations, videos, beatmakers, platform releases and stages. Their presence at Eurockéennes within Bad Gyal Bouyon Lé Bon then gives this energy a French festival frame [S-76]. Female Bouyon is no longer just local proof: it becomes an exported experience for a mainstream festival audience.
MiiMii KDS represents another acceleration. GeeN ties her to Les Flammes 2026, Sé Miimii, platforms and French urban music [S-77]. Qobuz presents her as Emilie Afoy, born in Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, with Sé Miimii as a viral hit and a Top 60 Outre-Mer marker [S-78]. Again, the lesson is clear: female Bouyon does not only exist inside the Antillean scene. It enters measurement tools, ceremonies, charts and digital media.
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VI — Faithii, Theodora: two different roles
Dominica also continues its recent female line with Faithii / Bouyon Barbie. Dominica News Online names her Female Artist of the Year at the Dominica Music Awards 2025 [S-79]. Shazam documents Clock Dat Tea, with Bouyon Barbie on vocals and credits around Faith Matthew, Gael JnoBaptiste and Cecil ThaWizZard Joseph [S-80]. In the same vein, Ebony Empress is listed among the 56 entries of the first Bouyon Road March staged in Dominica in 2025 (Mas Domnik), alongside Asa Banton, Khallion and Gwada G, in an edition won by RAGS [S-83]. This line matters because it shows the Dominican scene does not live only through Carlyn XP's legacy: it still produces new female figures.
Then comes Theodora. Her impact cannot be ignored: Billboard France places her inside major francophone streaming trajectories [S-81], and her collaboration with Holly G on Coller la petite creates a direct point of contact with a female Bouyon line [S-82]. But precision remains necessary. Theodora is not a Bouyon artist in the same sense as Carlyn XP, Holly G, Totally Spice's, MiiMii KDS or Faithii. She is a pop/crossover artist using a Bouyon color, making it visible at scale and triggering debate.
This chapter does not have to choose between roots and visibility. It has to order them. Gaza Girls and Carlyn XP set the history. Holly G, Totally Spice's, MiiMii KDS and Faithii make it contemporary. Theodora expands it, but does not replace it.
VII — Anonymous Gyal's, Thesmsgirls: choosing the mask
Next to the named artists, two female Guadeloupean duos pick a different relationship with the audience: Anonymous Gyal's and Thesmsgirls. Both are 2-voice acts, masked or hooded on stage, with undisclosed civil identities. The format shifts how we read the genre — you don't listen to a face you can recognize, you hear a sound and two voices without a face to judge.
Anonymous Gyal's shows up in 2021 with "Y.A.G." alongside Yellow Gaza on Street Vybz Prod, then drops "PA FÈ CHICHI" in 2022. The catalog peak arrives on July 12, 2024 with "A.N.A.C.O.N.D.A." — produced by Street Vybz Prod under Vadore Concept Groupe, composed by kenzii bwa. The single crosses 1.04 million Spotify streams. The official Instagram bio (`@anonymous_kdsa`) sums it up in two words: "Two hooded chicks". No first names, no faces, just a sound that travels.
Thesmsgirls enters the catalog more recently, in May 2025, with "TU TE FROTTES" on Dbs Music Records. The duo moves through four different labels in less than a year — Jixels Studio'z for "SMS - LOKAL" (October 2025), Upfull Music for "WET WET" with Blasian Gyal (February 2026), DT5 Galaxy Records for "DESANN" with Dj Thiems and Favxlas (April 2026). This multi-prod rotation is unusual in Gwada Bouyon: a signal of a young project in identification phase, testing several frames before settling. The mask, on the other hand, stays constant.
These two duos widen the female line of Bouyon: next to the named artists carrying the story (Carlyn XP, Holly G, Totally Spice's, MiiMii KDS, Faithii), there are also female collectives choosing to be heard only on the sound.
The next chapter has to look at the people who make these movements possible from the background: producers, connectors, studios, organizers, the ones building bridges before the audience sees the road.
FAQ — common questions about the women of Bouyon
Who is the first documented female Bouyon artist in Guadeloupe? Gaza Girls Crew, with Sa Zot Vlé dated 1 May 2011 on the Bouyon Concept label (Apple Music). Behind the collective, Kassidjé / Jessica Petro is named by PepseeActus as a female Bouyon pioneer in Guadeloupe. That line predates all modern virality.
Who is the Dominican Bouyon Queen? Carlyn XP (Carlyn Xavier-Phillip). She wins the first edition of the Bouyon Monarch in Dominica in 2016 (Dominica News Online), then her second consecutive Bouyon Soca Monarch title in 2017 (Soca News). Her press kit positions her as Bouyon Queen, stage and competition authority.
Why is Holly G cited for the BET Awards? In 2024, the Holly G trio (Basse-Terre, Trois-Rivières, Vieux-Habitants) is nominated at the BET Awards in the Best New International Act category — a rare international signal for female Guadeloupean Bouyon (RCI Guadeloupe). Known since 2021 with Bandit, then Je l'ai vu alongside Arendi and VJ Ben.
Who is MiiMii KDS? Emilie Afoy, born in Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe (Qobuz). Known for Sé Miimii, a viral hit and Top 60 Outre-Mer entry. Cited by GeeN among the artists confirming their rise at Les Flammes 2026 in the Bouyon / French urban music zone.
Who is Faithii / Bouyon Barbie? A Dominican artist named Female Artist of the Year at the Dominica Music Awards 2025 (Dominica News Online). Shazam documents Clock Dat Tea, with Bouyon Barbie on vocals and credits around Faith Matthew, Gael JnoBaptiste and Cecil ThaWizZard Joseph.
Is Theodora a Bouyon artist? No. Theodora is a francophone pop/crossover artist using a Bouyon color and amplifying the audience. Her collaboration with Holly G on Coller la petite (26 December 2025) creates a direct point of contact with the female Bouyon line, but she should not be filed at the same level as Carlyn XP, Holly G, Totally Spice's, MiiMii KDS or Faithii.
Which other female voices to count today? Totally Spice's (Gwada trio, Bouè'y Bay feat TIITII NBA March 2024, Eurockéennes through Bad Gyal Bouyon Lé Bon) and Ebony Empress (among the 56 entries of the first Bouyon Road March in Dominica, Mas Domnik 2025). The female scene keeps producing figures across both islands.
Where to start listening in 2026? Sa Zot Vlé (Gaza Girls Crew, historical marker), Bouyon Calling (Carlyn XP), Bandit (Holly G), Bouè'y Bay (Totally Spice's feat TIITII NBA), Sé Miimii (MiiMii KDS), Clock Dat Tea (Faithii/Bouyon Barbie), Coller la petite (Holly G feat Theodora).
Further reading
- Chapter V — Gwada Transition — The context where Gaza Girls Crew emerges in 2010-2011. - Chapter VII — The New Bouyon Wave — The network that crosses collaborations with Totally Spice's and MiiMii KDS. - Chapter IX — The Global Crossover — The frame where Theodora amplifies Bouyon and where Holly G receives the BET Awards nomination. - Chapter XI — Producers and Connectors — The producers who make those releases possible from the background. - Back to the Bouyon hub — The interactive 3D map of the 12 chapters + documented artists.
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Chapter XI — Producers and Connectors → "Dada, DJ Taffy, J2MO, Vador, DJ Softee, A Plus Musik: behind the voices, Bouyon also travels through the people who build, organize and move the sound."