Soca Artist Profiles

Lil Rick

Lil Rick

Before entering the soca arena, Rick was the reigning dub king in Barbados. All he needed was a catchy beat with a dominant bass line and he would chant a rhyme over it, much to the delight of his audience.

At the age of 16, he had honed and fine-tuned his chanting act to the point where he was opening for enormously successful reggae acts like Beenie Man. After a particularly impressive performance opening for reggae superstars Buju Banton and Mad Cobra it was his collaboration with well known producer Peter Coppin which produced a string of hits and propelled him into the soca arena and established him as a lyrical force in the music industry.

Ricks three songs released for Crop Over 2007; “Conch”; “Girls Gone Wild” and “Caan Wait”, are still receiving heavy rotation on the soca airwaves.