Soca Artist Profiles

Destra

Destra

Destra Garcia was born on November of 1977 in Trinidad and Tobago, she hails from a musical family.

She started singing calypso at the early age of 10 years old, at her then Primary school St Crispin Anglican. She participated in many interschool calypso competitions in her first competitive year, and actually won her first competition.

Her talents propelled her into the Junior Calypso Monarch competitions nationwide, where she emerged victorious at the Burrokeets Junior and Senior Monarchs at the age of 14 and 15 years old, and was a finalist at the NJAC Junior Calypso Competitions and NCC Junior Calypso Monarch. She was also no stranger to new audiences being a member of the NCC Junior Roving Tent. She attended St James Secondary School and The Polytechnic Sixth form government secondary.

Destra performed with Third Base on the Link Up Productions hit, 'Ah Have A Man' Already. The track, which was spawned from the Pigtail Rhythm produced by Ken Holder, is a runaway hit, audiences clamor for more from Destra. Destra became the First lead Female vocalist of Roy Cape All Stars. Still holding down her job at Mc Enearney Business Machines. In 2001, Destra shook the airwaves with her third single, Tremble It. She placed fourth in the Soca Monarch competition, and third in the Road March race.

In 2007 she released tracks such as socaor die, sign, I dare you, we love carnival and last lap.