Lil Rick
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Ricky Reid, known professionally as Lil Rick, is a calypsonian, soca musician and DJ from Barbados. He is one of the most popular and successful musicians in the history of Barbados.{{cite web |title=Crop Over Recap: Dis Is Rick delivers yet again |url=https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/crop-over-recap-dis-rick-delivers |website=Loop News |access-date=16 January 2025 |date=12 August 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Lyew |first1=Stephanie |title=Lil Rick bridges the gap between soca and dancehall |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20190809/lil-rick-bridges-gap-between-soca-and-dancehall |website=Jamaica Gleaner |access-date=16 January 2025 |date=9 August 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Serwer |first1=Jesse |title=LargeUp TV: The Music of Barbados with Lil Rick |url=https://www.largeup.com/2016/07/27/lil-rick-music-of-barbados/ |website=Large Up |access-date=16 January 2025 |date=27 July 2016}}
Biography
Reid began as a club DJ in the early 1990s, focused on Jamaican dancehall reggae music rather than the local calypso. Reid transitioned to singing calypso & soca in 1996 after meeting producer Peter Coppin, coming into prominence with hits such as Hard Wine and Bumper Inspector.{{cite web |title=Three-mendous season for Lil Rick |url=https://nationnews.com/2016/08/07/three-mendous-season-for-lil-rick |website=Nation News |access-date=16 January 2025 |date=7 August 2016}} He has been credited with innovating the genre of "bashment soca", similar to "power soca" in Trinidad & Tobago and dancehall reggae of Jamaica.
His profile increased in 1998 after winning the Party Monarch honour during Barbados' annual Crop Over festival with Down Behind the Truck. He later won the title with tunes such as Mash Up And Buy Back, Caan Wait and Hypa Dawg, the latter which became an adopted nickname. His overall Crop Over title count, as of 2024, includes being a four-time Tune of the Crop ("Pic-O-De-Crop") winner, six-time Party Monarch winner, and Sweet Soca Monarch in 2018.{{cite web |title=Tune of The Crop Winners |url=https://ncf.bb/tune-of-the-crop-winners |website=National Cultural Foundation - Barbados |access-date=16 January 2025}}{{cite web |title=Soca Monarchs |url=https://ncf.bb/soca-monarchs/ |website=National Cultural Foundation - Barbados |access-date=16 January 2025}}{{cite web |title=Party Monarch King 'Lil Rick' retains title |url=https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/news/party-monarch-king-‘lil-rick’-retains-title |website=The Barbados Advocate |access-date=16 January 2025 |date=1 August 2017}}
Personal life
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External links
- [https://www.instagram.com/lilrickhd Lil Rick] on Instagram
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Category:21st-century male musicians