Shyne, Patra, Calypso Rose & Alan Cavé Among Special Honorees at 2026 Caribbean Music Awards
This year's ceremony is set to honor Caribbean music giants across hip-hop, dancehall, reggae, calypso and konpa.
Shyne, Patra, Calypso Rose, and Alan Cavé have been named the recipients of special honors at the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards. Shyne, once a Billboard chart-topping rapper who achieved No. 1 status with his 2004 album Godfather Buried Alive, will receive the Global Ambassador Honor. Calypso Rose, a legendary Tobagonian calypso artist, will be honored with the Elite Calypso Award.
Meanwhile, Alan Cavé, a renowned Haitian-American singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of konpa band Zin, will receive the Elite Konpa Honor. Jamaican reggae star Patra, who had multiple Billboard Hot 100 hits in the mid-90s and recently starred in the British TV series Get Millie Back, will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Honor.
The 2026 Caribbean Music Awards, themed "Sounds of the Caribbean," will be held in Trinidad & Tobago from September 18-20.
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