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Artists

Gerniker :: Fish in the Ocean
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Gerniker :: Over With You
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Gerniker :: This is Gerniker
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LIKES: MUSIC, PLAYING LAWN TENNIS AND EATING VEGATABLES . LOVES: GOD, TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE, [ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH'S] A POSITIVE WAY IN LIFE.
GOALS: TO TOUCH THE HEART’S OF THE OLDER PEOPLE AND THE YOUTH’S OF THIS GENERATION.THIS IS GERNIKER’
BIOGRAPHY
GERNIKER WAS BORN ON THE SIXTEEN OF DECEMBER AT THE SAN FERNANDO GENERAL HOSPITAL.
HER MOTHER HAILS FROM NEWTON GUYANA AND HER DAD WHO WAS BORN AND GREW UP ON BERTRAND STREET,SANFERNANDO, TRINIDAD.
HER PARENTS WERE PENPALS, AND HER DAD MARRIED HER MOTHER IN GUYANA AND BROUGHT HER TO TRINIDAD. GERNIKER CAME FROM AN INTERRACIAL BACKGROUND, HER MOTHER OF CHINESE , PORTUGUSE AND AFRICIAN DECENT. HER DAD AN EAST INDIAN. SHE GREW UP IN LA-ROMAIN AND CAME FROM A BIG FAMILY OF TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST CHILD IN HER FAMILY. IT WAS NOT EASY FOR HER AT TIMES IN THE HOUSEHOLD. YES, SHE LIVED IN A NICE HOUSE, BUT A LOT OF FAMILY ISSUES, AND WITH HER DAD GETTING LAID OFF FROM HIS JOB AS AN OFF SHORE WORKER, JUST ADDED TO THE PRESSURE. SHE FOUND HER JOY IN MUSIC. IT WAS A WAY FOR HER TO ESCAPE HER FRUSTRATIONS.
SHE ATTENDED THE SEVEN DAY ADVENTIST HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN FERNANDO, AND SANG IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CHURCH CHOIR.
GERNIKER LOOKS UP TO ARTISTE IN THE RAPSO ARTFORM LIKE BROTHER RISISTANCE, WHOM YEAR’S LATER WOULD BECOME HER TEACHER. IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND SIX SHE GRADUATED FROM BROTHER RISISTANCE’S RAPSO WORKSHOP SCHOOL OF MUSIC. ‘CONSCIOUS’ THAT’S THE WORD TO DESCRIBE GERNIKER. SHE IS A CONSCIOUS POET AND SONGWRITER.
HER FAMILY DID NOT TAKE HER MUSIC AS A RAPSO ARTISTE SERIOUSLY AT FIRST, UNTIL THEY STARTED TO SEE HER APPEARING IN NEWSPAPER’S AND ON TELEVISION. GOD PRAISE BROTHER RISISTANCE. HE SPOKED TO GERNIKER AND THAT’S WHERE THE ENCOURAGEMENT REALLY CAME FROM.
SHE WAS NOT ALWAY’S A SOLO ACT. SHE SPENT FOUR MONTH’S AS THE LEAD SINGER IN A GROUP CALLED ‘ROSETTA STONE’. GERNIKER FELT THE NEED TO FIND HER OWN MUSIC AT THAT TIME.
SHE ALSO DID A LOT OF BACK UP FOR MANY OTHER SINGER’S AS WELL. SOME NAME’S INCLUDE OZY MAJIC OF HOME FRONT, ONIKA BOSTIC AND ISSAC BLACKMAN TO NAME A FEW.
SHE IS POPULAR WITH HER FRIENDS. [WHAT MAKE'S HER SO?] HER UNIQUE STYLE AND HER GOOD LOOK’S. [WHAT HER FRIEND'S SAY OF HER?] SHE IS UNSELFISH, LEVEL HEADED, INTELLIGENT AND EAGER TO LEARN. SHE IS A VERY SIMPLE PERSON. “I AM NOT INTO THE FLASHY CLOTHES ON STAGE OR ANY WHERE ELSE AS A MATTER OF FACT!” GERNIKER ONCE SAID IN A TELIVISION INTERVIEW.
Artists

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‘Twiggy’ cops Calypso Queen title
Ann Marie Parks Kojo, better known as Twiggy, has won this year’s National Calypso Queen Competition hosted by the National Women’s Action Committee (NWAC). The show, now in its 25th year, took place at the Cascadia Hotel in St Ann’s over the weekend.
Results
- 1st place: Ann Marie Parks Kojo (Twiggy) — One for Obama
- 2nd place: Karene Asche — In the Abundance of Water
- 3rd place: Kizzy Ruiz — Class Language
- 4th place: Tammico Moore — De Whip
- 5th place: Karen Eccles — I’m Woman
- 6th place: Cindy Alleyne — We Must Reach Out
- 7th place: Lady Adanna — A Devil’s Holiday
- 8th place: Eunice Peters — Why Lord
- 9th place: Giselle Fraser Washington — We Going Fast
- 10th place: Terri Lyons — What the Hell
- 10th place: Marva Mc Kenzie — In the Garden of Innocence
Artists
ONE FOR OBAMA BY TWIGGY CALYPSO QUEEN
HOT NEW ARTIST
JAMICA
Produced by Revolutioneyz, dir Colin de Freitas
Jhaytea :: Closer Baby
Artists
BROTHER MUDDADA :: OBAMAMANIA

Charts
- GET ON :: FAYE ANN LYONS
- WINE UP ON IT :: PHILLY DILLY
- GIVE ME SOME WATER :: PELF
- BLAZIN D TRAIL :: MACHEL MONTANO HD
- BACK IT UP :: GARTH DAVID
- KEEP THE FAITH :: ZIGGY RANKIN
- BREATHLESS :: ROY CAPE ALL STARS FEATURING BLAXX
- DO IT :: CHOKLET
- GYAL FARM :: KERWIN DUBOIS AND SHALL MARSHALL
- PUSH IT BACK :: SUPER P
- WHOLE DAY REMIX :: SHURWAYNE WINCHESTER AND JOHNNY KING
- ROLLIN :: MACHEL AND PATRICE NEW
- XTACY :: FROSTY BROOK
- GOING CRAZY :: MESHACH
- FEEL LIKE WORKING :: LADY SHAW & KING TUT
- (BRING IT) WANT MEH RUM :: HUNTER FEATURING BUNJI GARLIN
- GOSSIPERS :: COUNT ROBIN
- CHIPPIN REMIX :: FARMER NAPPY FEATURING ANTHONY B
- MY POSSE :: NADIA BATSON
- CONGO MAN :: MACHEL MONTANO FEATURING SPARROW (NEW)
- PARTY RIDDIM :: LAVUEY
- PRESSURE ROOM :: RICKY T FEAUTING MR. VEGAS
- TOTAL RETRO MEDLEY :: LOVEY FEAT. GARTH DAVID AND ROOTSY PIERRE
- THUNDER WAIT :: PATRICE ROBERTS
- THE PEOPLE SAY :: KING TUT
- FIREY :: BUNJI GARLIN
- TOUCH MEH DEH :: JASON BENN
- FREE IT UP :: DESTRA FEATURING SEAN PAUL
- HIT ON IT :: LOVEY
- JAMISHNESS (LEGHO MI RIDDIM) :: MACHEL MONTANO
- SEXY CHOCOLATE GIRLS :: FARM P
- LONG TIME DANCE :: ALGEE
- SWEET MUSIC :: BOB THOMPSON
- PUMPIN :: PETER RAM
- BONITA :: ROOTSY PIERRE
- DE TAIL GONE :: PATCH FEATURING D MASTAMIND
- WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK :: FROSTY BROOKS
- BUMPER (HEADLIGHTS) :: PELF
- MY CRYSTAL :: BUNNY B
- OIL AND MUSIC :: MACHEL MONTANO FEAT. DAVID RUDDER
- UP UNDER ME REMIX :: CHICO DE BAGE
- RIGHT DEY :: K BAND
- BON VOAYGE :: PELF
- ROBOMAN :: ECLECTIK
- SOMEBODY NEW :: TERRY B / TOCOS
- ON AND ON :: LOVEY AND DESIGNER
- PHONE CARD :: CRAZY
- THE ANTHEM (AH WANT 2 B) :: THIRD BASS
- ON D ROAD :: ZAN
- PARTY ANIMAL :: PROBLEM CHILD
Charts
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GIVE ME SOME WATER :: PELF
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BACK IT UP :: GARTH DAVID
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DO IT :: CHOKLET
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PUSH IT BACK :: SUPER P
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KEEP THE FAITH :: ZIGGY RANKIN
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XTACY :: FROSTY BROOKS
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GOING CRAZY :: MESHACH
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WINE UP ON IT :: PHILLY DILLY
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FEEL LIKE WORKING :: LADYSAW AND KING TUT
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GOSSIPERS :: COUNT ROBIN
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PARTY RIDDIM :: LAVUEY
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MEDLEY :: LOVEY FEAT. GARTH DAVID AND ROOTSY PIERRE
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THE PEOPLE SAY :: KING TUT
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TOUCH MEH DEH :: JASON BENN
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HIT ON IT :: LOVEY
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SEXY CHOCOLATE GIRLS :: FARM P
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LONG TIME DANCE :: ALGEE
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SWEET MUSIC :: BOB THOMPSON
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BONITA :: ROOTSY PIERRE
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WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK :: FROSTY BROOKS
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MY CRYSTAL :: BUNNY B
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SOMEBODY NEW :: TERRY B / TOCOS
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UP UNDER ME REMIX :: CHICO DE BAGE
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BON VOAYGE :: PELF
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ON AND ON :: LOVEY AND DESIGNER
GIVE ME SOME WATER :: PELF
BACK IT UP :: GARTH DAVID
DO IT :: CHOKLET
PUSH IT BACK :: SUPER P
KEEP THE FAITH :: ZIGGY RANKIN
XTACY :: FROSTY BROOKS
GOING CRAZY :: MESHACH
WINE UP ON IT :: PHILLY DILLY
FEEL LIKE WORKING :: LADYSAW AND KING TUT
GOSSIPERS :: COUNT ROBIN
PARTY RIDDIM :: LAVUEY
MEDLEY :: LOVEY FEAT. GARTH DAVID AND ROOTSY PIERRE
THE PEOPLE SAY :: KING TUT
TOUCH MEH DEH :: JASON BENN
HIT ON IT :: LOVEY
SEXY CHOCOLATE GIRLS :: FARM P
LONG TIME DANCE :: ALGEE
SWEET MUSIC :: BOB THOMPSON
BONITA :: ROOTSY PIERRE
WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK :: FROSTY BROOKS
MY CRYSTAL :: BUNNY B
SOMEBODY NEW :: TERRY B / TOCOS
UP UNDER ME REMIX :: CHICO DE BAGE
BON VOAYGE :: PELF
ON AND ON :: LOVEY AND DESIGNER
Charts

- VARIOUS ARTISTS :: CARIBBEAN FLAVORS
- VARIOUS ARTISTS :: SOCA CROSSOVER VOL 7
- VARIOUS ARTISTS :: REAL KASIO VOL 7
- FROSTY BROOKS :: IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE
- CROCRO :: NOBODY AIN’T GO KNOW
- BOB THOMPSON :: NEXT LEVEL
- VARIOUS ARTISTS :: PLATINUM SOCA VOL 13
- VARIOUS ARTISTS :: HTOWN TOTAL RETRO
- BRO MUDADA :: THROUGH THE YEARS
- BUNNY B :: ROSES FOR LAVENTILE











