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Soca Star Trinidad Killa Talks Nicki Minaj ‘Eskimo’ Remix, Machel Montano Controversy & Caribbean Music Awards Nominations
Soca star Trinidad Killa opens up about Nicki Minaj's "Eskimo" remix, Machel Montano's jabs, zess, the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards and more.
In those clashes, Killa’s near-perfect victory streak earned him his nickname, and he continued honing those skills on Basilon Street, the area of the island that would give way to a popular subgenre of Trinbagonian dancehall called “zess.” As one of the self-proclaimed pioneers of zess, Killa scored one of the style’s earliest hits with 2019’s “Gun Man in Yuh Hole,” which he’s since parlayed into his first three nominations at the Caribbean Music Awards. In a sprawling conversation with Billboard, Trinidad Killa breaks down how Nicki Minaj got on the “Eskimo” remix, his rocky relationship with the Trinbagonian music industry and the true origins of zess.
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