Didi Santana

Ernst Ménélas, the fifth of a family of six, was born in Port de Paix, Haiti, on December 24, 1944. He did his primary and secondary studies in Port-au-Prince where he grew up. Ernst had four brothers and a sister. They are: Roger, Georges, Henry Robert (Bob), Claude and Bleuette. It’s been almost a decade […]

In 1994, four young singers linked by an indestructible friendship decided to form a rap group to escape the cleavage between the two main musical trends in Haiti: the konpa, urban dance music, ancestor of the zouk, and the rasin music that fuses rhythms traditional voodoo, rock and reggae. At first, the lyrics are in […]

King Wawa’s music is skillfully flavored with a distinctive sound destined to transport the listener to a different world. With Haiti as your first destination, enjoy the ride as you are piloted onward for an uplifting and spirited musical journey through Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and South America. Encompassing world music through afro-funk, afro-pop, […]

The Ragga-Konpa-style group, “Black Parents” took the Haitian music business to new heights in the year 2000 when the group released its debut album “Sensualite” with the hit “Vini-m Pale-w Cheri”. The album quickly rose to the top of the Konpa charts in Haiti, Montreal, New York, Paris and the Antilles. Black Parents wasn’t an […]

Krezi Mizik is the creation of two well-known musicians in the Haitian Music Industry, David Dupoux, former maestro and co-founder of Konpa Kreyol, and Michael Benjamin better known by his nickname, Mika, and for his solo career made popular with the hit, Ou Pati. To complete the formation, they enlisted the services of four other […]

Joseph Omicil Jr. “Jowee O” was born in Montreal, Canada. He began playing the Alto Saxophone at the age of 15 when as part of the music ministry in his father’s church but it was an instant love affair between him and the Alto sax. Just three short years following his introduction to the Alto, […]

Born in the underground konpa scene of Miami Florida, kontwol is rising to the top of the modern konpa world in 2008 with their debut project. The self titled album, kontwol weaves max Toussaint as lead vocals whose lyrics and voice generates a sensuality and passion unlike any other. The other members include Ray on […]

Oswald began to sing at a very young age. He used to sing everywhere and affirmed, « it is an automatism ». At the age of 13 he became an orphan and was forced to go live with a foster family. Since then he started writing songs to reveal his feelings. These writings were for […]

Since she was a young child, PATRICIA always dreamed of being a performer whether it was in modeling, acting or singing. Born on June 28 th PATRICIA was raised in Tampa Florida to Haitian parents. She started singing at the young age of 9 while attending Wharton Senior High School in Tampa. Later she learned […]