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Ricky Reid, known professionally as Lil Rick, is a calypsonian, soca musician and DJ from Barbados.

Reid began as a club DJ in the early 1990s, focused on Jamaican dancehall reggae music rather than the local calypso. Reid started singing calypso & soca in 1996 after meeting producer Peter Coppin,(1) coming into prominence with hits --- in 199x. He has been credited with innovating the genre of "bashment soca", similar to "power soca" Trinidad & Tobago and dancehall reggae of Jamaica.(1)(2)

His titles won during Barbados' annual Crop Over festival, as of 2023, include being a four-time Tune of the Crop ("Pic-O-De-Crop") winner, six-time Party Monarch winner, and Sweet Soca Monarch in 2018.

Personal Life Reid married long-time girlfriend Caragh Smith in 2015. They have sons Renee and Rinicko and daughter Rickara, all of whom have entered the music business.(1)

1. https://nationnews.com/2016/08/07/three-mendous-season-for-lil-rick/

2. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20190809/lil-rick-bridges-gap-between-soca-and-dancehall

https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/crop-over-recap-dis-rick-delivers

https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/news/party-monarch-king-%E2%80%98lil-rick%E2%80%99-retains-title

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/1159022654/long-live-soca-celebrating-50-years-of-trinidads-soundtrack-to-carnival

https://ncf.bb/tune-of-the-crop-winners/

https://ncf.bb/soca-monarchs/