Can Soca, Ragga Soca Monarch winners retain their crowns?

Will Shane “Hypa 4000” Husbands retain the Soca Monarch crown he won in 2016, or is he just a one-hit wonder?

Will Chewalee Johnson once again amass the most points to reclaim the Ragga Soca crown he won in fine style in 2016?

Those two questions are what will be answered tomorrow Saturday, July 8, when the Carnival Development Corporation’s (CDC) annual Soca Monarch competition takes place at Carnival City, Victoria Park.

The Soca Monarch show, second to none, will see Keith ‘Grabba Finnesse’ Charles, Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper, Ryan ‘Royal’ Abraham, Lornette ‘Fya Empress’ Nedd, Hance John, Shanel Nanton, Travis ‘Wyzskid’ Lynch, Kenroy ‘Rus-T’ Baptiste, Jamarie ‘L Pank’ Stapleton, Alhaji ‘Alla-G’ James, Leslie ‘Flanka’ Chapman and Naphtali Duncan, trying to dethrone ‘Hypa 4000’.

Coming for Chewalee’s Ragga Soca crown are 11 artistes in the form of Cleopatra Hendrickson, Allaji ‘Alla-G’ James, Devonte Peters and Utamu Rose (Prime Time), Jamarlie ‘L Pank’ Stapleton, Keronna ‘Keke’ Samuel, Nickeisha ‘Nikky D Diva’ Pierre, Kalid ‘Kaviedes’ Walters featuring Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper, Shernelle ‘Skarpyon’ Williams, Shaunelle Mc Kenzie, Lornette ‘Fya Empress’ Nedd and Hance John.