Sunday, June 7, 2026

20 questions with Aziza

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How long have you been on the music/entertainment scene? For 12 years.

When did you figure out soca/calypso was the path you were going to take? I realised when I entered a calypso competition at my alma mater, Vauxhall Primary School.

When would you say people started to take notice of you? That would have been when I was 10 years old and sang in the Junior Monarch Competition performing a song that my mum wrote for me called Where Is The Child. 

My biggest break was when I made history in 2013 for being the youngest female to make the Pic-O-De-Crop Finals and placing fifth in that competition singing The Guardians Of Calypso and Barbados I Pray For You, songs written by Ewatt Viper Green.

Track record? I won in the Junior Monarch Competition in 2007 and 2010.

What is the lowest you have ever been in your career? When I placed 9th in a Junior Monarch competition.

Hardest lesson you have learnt as a female in the music industry? Learn to expect the unexpected.’

What is your most memorable? That was at a Junior Monarch Finals, when my sister Rabiah (Small One) placed second and I placed first. We both cried tears of joy.

As a female artiste how important is image to you? Image is important because it’s the showcase of what people can expect from you. 

How do you stay grounded? By staying focused and keeping calm under the most stressful conditions.

How do you turn off and get away from it all? By mediating and praying.

What is your focus now in terms of your career? To improve my skills as a calypsonian, and to follow my dream.

You have been competing for a while. What are your thoughts on competitions? I like competing because it brings out the best in me. It keeps me on my toes, so to speak. And I also have an excellent writer in Ewatt Viper Green.

Favourite song in your catalogue that you have performed? Easy. That is The Guardians Of Calypso.

If it wasn’t music what would it be? If not music I would have been a model or a nurse.

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