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Bounty Killer received a Lifetime Achievement Award Honor and Busta Rhymes received an Elite Icon Award at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards, which were presented on Aug. 28 at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, N.Y. The third annual ceremony, hosted by comedian Majah Hype, aired on BET on Sept. 12. A giant in the dancehall space, Bounty Killer has earned three entries on the Billboard Hot 100: 1997’s “Hip-Hopera” (No. 81, with The Fugees), 1998’s “Deadly Zone” (No. 79, with Mobb Deep and Rappin’ Noyd) and 2001’s “Hey Baby” (No. 5, with No Doubt). The Kingston-bred artist’s lifetime achievement honor arrived nearly two months after he headlined Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for his first U.S. performance in 15 years. Busta Rhymes, who recently received the inaugural Rock the Bells Visionary Award at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, has spent his career supporting Caribbean talent as one of hip-hop’s most visible Jamaican-Americans. The Billboard 200 chart-topper has collaborated with the likes of Vybz Kartel, Spice, Sean Paul, Skillibeng, YG Marley, Ding Dong and Popeye Caution. Shenseea and Masicka entered the night as the most nominated artists (seven apiece), and both took home several trophies. Shenseea nearly swept the ceremony with five wins, including dancehall album of the year for Never Gets Late Here, which also earned the pop-dancehall princess her first solo Grammy nomination earlier this year. Masicka, who took home three awards with Shenseea thanks to their smash “Hit & Run” single, won a fourth trophy for reggae song of the year thanks to his featured turn on Romain Virgo’s “Been There Before.” Several other artists scored multiple victories, including Kartel (three), Virgo (three), Di Genius (three), Patrice Roberts (two) and Kes (two). Other winners in competitive categories included Lila Iké, Lady Lava, Buju Banton, and Armanii, who recently performed at Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Live (Sept. 6). Lady Lava took home the inaugural zess-steam artist of the year award, and Dexta Daps took home the first-ever Caribbean R&B artist of the year honor. The Caribbean Music Awards recognize artists, producers, and industry professionals who have significantly contributed to the Caribbean music landscape. This year’s nominations list included more than 40 categories spanning a diverse range of genres, including reggae, soca and dancehall. The awards are presented by the Caribbean Elite Group, which also produces Caribbean Elite Magazine – a print and digital publication which highlights Caribbean entertainers, artists, producers, promoters, cuisine, travel, fashion and entrepreneurs. Here’s a complete list of winners in both competitive (fan-voted) and honorary categories. Competitive Categories 2025 Impact Award (Dancehall): Armanii 2025 Impact Award (Reggae): YG Marley 2025 Impact Award (Soca): Yung Bredda Album of the Year (Reggae): Romain Virgo, The Gentle Man Album of the Year (Dancehall): Shenseea, Never Gets Late Here Artist of the Year (Bouyon): Mr. Ridge Artist of the Year (French Caribbean): Joé Dwèt Filé Artist of the Year (Latin Caribbean): Bad Bunny Artist/Band of the Year (Konpa): Rutshelle Guillaume Caribbean R&B Artist of the Year: Dexta Daps Caribbean Fusion Artist of the Year: Naïka Zess-Steam Artist of the Year: Lady Lava Artist of the Year — Female (Dancehall): Shenseea Artist of the Year — Female (Reggae): Lila Iké Artist of the Year — Female (Soca): Patrice Roberts Artist of the Year — Male (Dancehall): Vybz Kartel Artist of the Year — Male (Reggae): Romain Virgo Artist of the Year — Male (Soca): Kes Best New Artist (Dancehall): Malie Donn Best New Artist (Reggae): Sevana Best New Artist (Soca): Blaka Dan Collaboration of the Year (Soca): Trilla G, Lil Boy & Quan, “Someone Else” Collaboration of the Year (Reggae): Bugle, Buju Banton & Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, “Thank You Lord” Collaboration of the Year (Dancehall): Shenseea, Masicka & Di Genius, “Hit & Run” Cruise Event of the Year: UberSoca Music Event of the Year: Vybz Kartel’s Freedom Street Male International DJ of the Year: DJ Private Ryan Female International DJ of the Year: DJ Ana People’s Choice: Vybz Kartel Performer of the Year (Dancehall): Spice Performer of the Year (Soca): Kes Song of the Year (Dancehall): Shenseea, Masicka & Di Genius, “Hit & Run” Song of the Year (Soca): Mical Teja, “DNA” Song of the Year (Reggae): Romain Virgo feat. Masicka, “Been There Before” Video of the Year (Reggae/Dancehall): Shenseea, Masicka & Di Genius, “Hit & Run” Video of the Year (Soca): Patrice Roberts, “Anxiety” Honorary Awards Lifetime Achievement Award: Bounty Killer Elite Icon Award: Busta Rhymes Legacy Award: Carimi Humanitarian Award: Sizzla Producer Award Honor: Kerwin Du Bois Gospel Award Honor: Shirley Ann Cyril-Mayers Calypso Award Honor: Austin “Super Blue” Lyons Source link

From Vybz Kartel’s culture-quaking comeback to the global domination of Moliy, Silent Addy and Disco Neil’s “Shake It to the Max,” Caribbean music and culture have been running 2025. To commemorate an incredible year, the region’s biggest and buzziest stars descended upon Kings Theater in Brooklyn, N.Y. for the third annual Caribbean Music Awards (Aug. 28). Hosted by Majah Hype, the “King of Caribbean Comedy,” the night featured special performances from Machel Montano, Elephant Man, Ding Dong, Lady Lava, Full Blown, Maureen, and more. With reggae, dancehall, calypso, konpa and soca all given spotlights, the breadth of West Indian music was on full display. Additional celebrity appearances included Shenseea, Spice, Dexta Daps, Serani, Buju Banton, Patrice Roberts, Alison Hinds, Lyrikal, and Armanii, who recently performed at Billboard‘s annual R&B/Hip-Hop Live concert on Sept. 6. Inside the theater, attendees were treated to a litany of West Indian iconoclasts, including live steelpan bands, blinged-out Carnival costumes, and Jamaican and Haitian beef patties. In addition to over 40 competitive awards, several pillars of Caribbean music were honored for their contributions to the culture. Bounty Killer took home the lifetime achievement award, Sizzla earned the humanitarian award, and Busta Rhymes was honored with the elite icon award. Additional special honorees included Austin “Super Blue” Lyons (calypso honors), Kerwin Du Bois (producer honor), Carimi (legacy award) and Shirley Ann Cyril-Mayers (gospel honors). This year’s Caribbean Music Awards aired Sept. 12 on BET, marking the very first time the ceremony has been televised. On the red carpet, Billboard hosted a live stream co-hosted by staff writer Kyle Denis and Love Island USA’s Chelley Bissainthe. Here are the six best moments from the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards. Third Time’s the Charm for DJ Puffy Since the Aug. 28 ceremony was taped to air on BET on Sept. 12, if there was an error in the program, we had to run it back in real time in Kings Theatre. During one particularly funny moment, DJ Puffy — who won International DJ of the Year at the 2024 ceremony — had to run back his lines three different times. He missed his cue the first time, the audience applause was a bit lackluster the second, and the third time just felt like Majah Hype was in a silly, goofy mood. All in all, it was an admirably human moment that kept the night a bit more grounded than your average awards spectacle. Alison Hinds Salutes Rihanna This year marks 20 years of Rihanna’s debut single, the iconic dancehall-inflected “Pon de Replay.” Although the Bajan Bad Gyal was not in attendance — after all, she’s nearing the end of her third pregnancy! — soca icon Alison Hinds gave a sweet shoutout to the pop icon for her towering legacy, drawing cheers and applause from those in the room. Elephant Man’s Explosive Opener To kick off the show, Elephant Man — fresh off of serenading Love Island USA’s Chelley Bissainthe with his viral remix of the late Connie Francis’ “Pretty Little Baby” — delivered a rousing medley of hits, including “Pon de River, Pon de Bank” and “Nuh Linga.” Decked out in a glitzy navy blue sweatsuit and flanked by endlessly energetic dancers to evoke the relentless fervor of the dancehall, Elephant Man instantly brought Kings Theatre to his feet — and that was before his special guests took the stage. Ding Dong, who recently spoke with Billboard about releasing his debut album two decades after his initial musical breakthrough, joined Elephant Man onstage with his classic hit “Badman Forward, Badman Pull Up.” For a night that began with a lovably hectic extended family reunion on the red carpet, Elephant Man and Ding Dong maintained that energy as the ceremony commenced. DJ Khaled & Swizz Beatz Honor Bounty Killer Bounty Killer brought out all the stars for his lifetime achievement honor, including Grammy-winning producers DJ Khaled and Swizz Beatz. To honor the dancehall icon, the two producers shared anecdotes they’ve accumulated over the years, including one cricket match in Spanishtown where Bounty pulled out “the biggest ratchet” Swizz had ever seen at the time. The mutual love and respect were apparent throughout their speech, but when they finished and a career montage began to play, Khaled and Swizz wasted no time brushing the dirt off Bounty’s shoulders and making sure he looked as sharp as possible for his big moment. It’s that kind of camaraderie and brotherhood that makes both dancehall and hip-hop so special. Notably, the afternoon of the ceremony, Khaled dropped a new single featuring Bounty, Vybz Kartel, Buju Banton, Mavado, Rorystonelove and Kaylan Arnold called “You Remind Me.” Busta Rhymes Illuminates Brooklyn’s Afro-Caribbean History A few weeks before he accepted the Rock the Bells Visionary Award from LL Cool J at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (Sept. 7), Busta Rhymes received the Elite Icon Award from the Caribbean Music Awards. Presented by Buju Banton, who took home reggae collaboration of the year for “Thank You Lord” (with Bugle and Damian “Jr Gong” Marley), the honor allowed Busta to wax poetic about the impact of his Jamaican parents and heritage on his approach to hip-hop and cross-genre collaboration. “I’m super honored and super blessed and super grateful to Jamaican culture for raising me and gifting me with the Jamaican parents that I have,” he said. “I want to thank Brooklyn for making me experience this beautiful Caribbean community…. I take Jamaica everywhere I go. It don’t matter what song, what video, what stage, the reason why a lot of artists can’t see me in hip-hop is because of that Caribbean cheat code that I be using all the time. It’s my weapon when I want to respectfully compete… or disrespectfully compete!” Machel Montano & Ayetian Make Surprise Appearance During Full Blown’s Performance Between performing NPR Tiny Desk’s first-ever soca set to headlining the inaugural Planet Brooklyn music festival and winning his 11th Road March title, it’s been quite a year for Machel Montano. While the Trini legend

From reggae legends like Sizzla and Buju Banton to innovative breakout stars like Lady Lava and dancehall upstarts such as Armanii, the third annual Caribbean Music Awards certainly weren’t lacking in star power and memorable performances. The Aug. 28 ceremony, which unfolded at Brooklyn’s Kings Theater ahead of a BET telecast on Sept. 12, celebrated the biggest artists and buzziest records across Caribbean music over the past year, with over 40 categories honoring genres like reggae, dancehall, soca, zess-steam, konpa, calypso, gospel and R&B. Shenseea, who tied Masicka as this year’s most-nominated artist (seven apiece), was the night’s biggest winner, with five victories, including dancehall album, song and collaboration of the year. King of Dancehall Vybz Kartel, who kicked off 2025 with a revelatory Billboard cover story, took home three awards, including male dancehall artist of the year and music event of the year for his seismic Kingston-conquering Freedom Street concert last December. Lady Lava, whose “Ring Finger” earned an effusive co-sign from Cardi B, won the inaugural zess-steam artist of the year award, and Yung Bredda and Armanii took home this year’s impact awards for soca and dancehall, respectively. Outside of the hardware, this year’s ceremony also featured a slew of roof-raising performances from acts such as Elephant Man, Full Blown, Lady Lava, Lila Iké, Romain Virgo and more. Although Spice and Kes were named performers of the year for dancehall and soca, respectively, neither act graced the stage. Additionally, none of the night’s special honorees (Busta Rhymes, Bounty Killer, Sizzla, Kerwin Du Bois, Shirley Ann Cyril-Mayers, Austin “Super Blue” Lyons and Carimi) performed, save for an impromptu freestyle from Bounty near the end of his lifetime achievement award acceptance speech. All of their on-stage absences were certainly felt, but this year’s Caribbean Music Awards featured a lineup that pleased music lovers across generations and genres. Here’s Billboard’s ranking of every performance at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards. Romain Virgo, “Soul Provider” & “Fade Away” For the “Voices of the Caribbean” segment, Jamaican singer-songwriter and reggae fusion artist Romain Virgo graced the stage with solid renditions of “Soul Provider” and “Fade Away,” two cuts from his 2015 Lifted LP. While his performance certainly flaunted his vocal chops, Virgo made an interesting, if not confusing, choice to ignore his most recent album, 2024’s The Gentle Man. That record earned Virgo three awards at this year’s ceremony, including reggae album of the year, male reggae artist of the year, and reggae song of the year for the Masicka-assisted “Been There Before.” It’s always nice to honor an album anniversary, but it would have been even sweeter to see The Gentle Man get its moment in the spotlight. Maureen, “Tic” Maureen scored a major global hit alongside Blaiz Faiyah and DJ Glad with the shatta-inflected “Money Pull Up.” Considering we didn’t get “Hit & Run” (Shenseea, Masicka & Di Genius) or “Shake It to the Max” (Moliy, Shenseea, Skillibeng, Disco Neil and Silent Addy) performances — after all, those are probably the two biggest global Caribbean hits of the past year, alongside “The Greatest Bend Over” — it would have been nice to see “Money Pull Up” get a shining moment. Regardless, Maureen absolutely rocked Kings Theater with a fiery rendition of 2020’s “Tic.” Complete with high-octane choreography (including the splits!) and electric stage presence sourced from music’s greatest divas, the France-based Martinican artist pulled off one of the strongest solo performances of the night. Maureen may have lost French-Caribbean artist of the year to Joé Dwèt Filé, but she still left the ceremony a winner. Lila Iké, “Where I’m Coming From” Similar to Virgo’s performance, Lila Iké’s part of the “Voices of the Caribbean” segment was an impressive display of her singing and performance prowess. As soon as she stepped on stage, Iké instantly enchanted every ear in Kings Theater with hef smoky, earthy timbre. It’s always a treat to hear “Where I’m Coming From,” one of the most resonant hits from her 2020 ExPerience EP, but Iké had a slew of new music she could have performed. That night, she took home her third consecutive trophy for best female reggae artist, which coincided with her additional nominations for reggae song of the year (“Fry Plantain,” with Joey Bada$$) and reggae collaboration of the year (“Bruises,” with Mortimer & Kabaka Pyramid). Moreover, the Manchester Parish-bred star dropped her debut full-length album, Treasure Self Love, just six days before the ceremony (Aug. 22). Virgo and Iké are two of contemporary reggae’s brightest stars and strongest voices. Hearing them amplify their newest releases would have brought the night to another level. Lady Lava, “Ring Finger” Between “Ring Finger” and “Bob the Builder,” most of 2025 has belonged to fast-rising Trinbagonian zess star Lady Lava. With that in mind, it’s no surprise the Cardi B-approved artist was tapped to close out the ceremony. Donning a bright pink ball gown-esque number, Lava strutted out onstage to the tune of the humming “Ring Finger” intro, waving a wand as she turned Kings Theatre into her personal zess-steam royal court. Although her background dancers were giving their all, they were simply no match for Lava’s presence and charisma — or the infectious nature of her irresistible smash hit. Elephant Man & Ding Dong, Opening Medley Elephant Man and Ding Dong have ruled dancefloors around the world for two decades with “Pon de River, Pon de Bank” and “Badman Forward, Badman Pull Up,” respectively, so it only makes sense that the two dancehall icons joined forces to open the third annual Caribbean Music Awards. Beginning his performance in the Kings Theater lobby, Elephant Man, decked out in a glitzy navy blue sweatsuit, paraded into the main theater to the tune of “Pon de River,” trailed by a procession of dancers that included Tanisha Scott, a three-time nominee for the MTV Video Music Award for best choreography. As Elephant Man made his way to the main stage, Ding Dong pulled up to perform “Badman Forward,” the song that

Although Shenseea dominated the night with five wins, including dancehall album, collaboration and song of the year, the third annual Caribbean Music Awards certainly spread the wealth. Hosted by Majah Hype at Brooklyn’s King Theatre (Aug. 28), this year’s Caribbean Music Awards honored performers and works across reggae, dancehall, soca, R&B, gospel, bouyon, zess-steam, konpa and more, highlighting the myriad styles that have helped Caribbean music and culture remain a global force. Thanks to his collaborations with Shenseea (“Hit & Run”) and Romain Virgo (“Been There Before”), Masicka was the second most-awarded artist of the night with four trophies. Nearly every artist who earned at least three nominations took home something, except for Nailah Blackman, Chronic Law, Kranium, Bunji Garlin, Problem Child, Trinidad Killa and Jada Kingdom — all of whom were completely shut out. Notably, all three of last year’s female artist of the year winners repeated in their respective categories, with Shenseea taking home the dancehall honor, Lila Iké snagging the reggae award and Patrice Roberts winning the soca trophy for a third consecutive year. In addition to over 40 competitive awards, several Caribbean music legends were honored for their towering contributions to the culture. DJ Khaled and Swizz Beatz honored Bounty Killer with the lifetime achievement award, Mýa presented Sizzla with the humanitarian award, and Buju Banton celebrated Busta Rhymes with the elite icon award. Additional special honorees included Austin “Super Blue” Lyons (calypso honors), Kerwin Du Bois (producer honor), Carimi (legacy award) and Shirley Ann Cyril-Mayers (gospel honors). Here are six of the biggest snubs and surprises from the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards. SNUB: Chronic Law From spinning out hits like “NY Girls” to his ongoing clash with Malie Donn, Chronic Law has been one of the buzziest names in dancehall over the past year. His slick lyricism and slinky melodies have garnered him a faithful fanbase, and, according to Jamaica Observer, he was the most-streamed artist of 2024 in JA on YouTube with over 163 million views. All that is to say, it was quite shocking to see Chronic lose all five of his nominations. The St. Thomas-bred star earned nods for dancehall collaboration of the year (“Higher Life,” with Kranium and “St. Thomas Native,” with Popcaan), dancehall song of the year (“Higher Life”), reggae/dancehall video of the year (“Higher Life”), and male dancehall artist of the year. Considering Shenseea, Masicka and Di Genius’ “Hit & Run” swept every category that “Higher Life” was nominated in, Chronic’s best shot at a win was in male dancehall artist of the year, where he was unfortunately up against the legendary Vybz Kartel in his comeback year. Nonetheless, Chronic Law deserved to go home with something. SURPRISE: Rutshelle Guillaume Beats Out Joé Dwèt Filé for Konpa Honor Joé Dwèt Filé earned a global konpa smash — and a Burna Boy remix! — with “4 Kampé,” and that should have been enough to push him over the finish line in the race for konpa artist/band of the year. Nonetheless, Rutshelle Guillaume, who earned a top 10 hit on World Digital Song Sales last year alongside Michaël Brun and John Legend (“Safe,” No. 6), emerged victorious. All was not lost for Filé, however, considering he took home French-Caribbean artist of the year, beating out stiff competitors like Maureen and Blaiz Faiyah. SNUB: Bunji Garlin Let’s be real: “Carnival Contract” alone should have secured Trinbagonian soca superstar Bunji Garlin at least one win. And that’s not to mention “Carry It” and “Thousand,” which placed second and third at Trinidad’s 2025 Road March competition, respectively. Even Nicki Minaj hopped on a remix of “Carry It!” Despite four nominations — soca song of the year (“Carnival Contract”), male soca artist of the year, soca video of the year (“Carnival Contract”) and soca performer of the year – Bunji came up short in every single race. If we had to choose one category for him to win, male soca artist of the year would have been well-deserved — and Kes would still have taken home soca performer of the year! SURPRISE: Trinidad Killa Shut Out Despite Major Chart Success A select few soca stars made a resounding international impact this year, and Trinidad Killa was unquestionably a part of that crop. At the top of the year, he teamed up with fellow Trinbagonian Nicki Minaj for a remix to his hit “Eskimo,” which reached No. 2 on World Digital Song Sales this spring (chart dated March 15). He later appeared on Billboard’s monthly Reggae/Dancehall Fresh Picks column with the DJ Big Skipp and Moyann-assisted “Enjoy Yourself.” This year, Killa earned nominations for zess-steam artist of the year, the 2025 soca impact award, and best new soca artist. Realistically, no one was going to beat out Yung Bredda for the impact award, nor was anyone going to best Lady Lava for zess-steam artist of the year. Nonetheless, one would think the Barbz would rally around Killa for best new soca artist. SNUB: Jada Kingdom After heating up the dancehall space at the top of 2024 with her clash against Stefflon Don, Jada Kingdom unleashed one of the year’s most popular dancehall hits in “What’s Up (Big Buddy),” which earned a nod for dancehall song of the year. Also nominated alongside Govana for “Pull Over” (dancehall collaboration of the year), Twinkle was unfortunately shut out at this year’s ceremony. Truthfully, this was Shenseea’s year, and Jada was up against her in all three of her races. It’s hard to say which category she had the strongest odds in, but it would have been nice to see Jada get some kind of award recognition this year. SURPRISE: Buju Banton, Bugle & Damian Marley Win Reggae Collaboration of the Year On paper, this win wasn’t too much of a surprise; Buju, Bugle and Marley are three of the most lauded voices in contemporary reggae music. But this was a very stacked category. Romain Virgo and Masicka’s “Been There Before” was a formidable competitor (and probably a more

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