On the heels of recent posts on social media, alluding to some artistes being blackballed for yet another carnival season, one very popular DJ rubbished claims of a present day Soca Mafia.
Promoter and well known DJ, Private Ryan took to the X platform where he casually highlighted several of what he coined “Carnival Facts.” In one post, he wrote, “More carnival facts. There is no soca mafia. In the era of streaming, YT, Tik Tok, X, IG and the ability to network there are avenues to get your music out there. The issue is the seasonal nature and glut that happens at the same time.”
Today, amid the debate, President of the Promoter’s Association, Jerome Precilla, best known as Rome, who is one of our very own on air personalities, and an artiste, sought to solidify Ryan’s argument, saying, “To my soca lovers out there. There is no soca mafia. Yuh see this soca mafia talk I hear people talking about for years. I myself believed it when I just entered the industry,” he said, debunking views that a group of people have been manipulating the industry for many years.
The discussion or debate has been a thriving one for many, many years and this season, it has been exacerbated by claims made by well known entertainer, Trinidad Killa. His voice has been a consistent one over the past few weeks. In one social media post, Trinidad Killa argued that the same artistes were being rotated with little opportunity being given to new, emerging entertainers.
