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In fact, he credits Machel for being the turning point in his fight against alcoholism.
“How you know yourself is who you associate with. He was five, and I grow up all my life with him.
"He saw me crashing himself. You all have to mend this.”
So Nappy and De Red Boyz met and talked it over. The riddim features Farmer Nappy’s Hookin Meh and fellow soca artiste Nadia Batson’s So Long.
As the hook line, says, 'You done hook me already, could it be your cute pretty face. And he sat underneath the tree by Neil Bernard and said, ‘You crashing yourself, and in order for you to continue working with me, you have to go and fix yourself.'
“A lot of people said I got fired from the band, but I went.”
He also thanked an ex-girlfriend and her family for helping him fight alcoholism.
“I went AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings and stuff.
He does not have an answer for that.
“To me Chippin’ (With Meh Own Woman) was the song that broke me out as a solo artiste. Bajan soca artiste Edwin Yearwood was also invited to sing on the riddim, but Nappy and his team did not get a reply.
Like some of his mentors, among them Chris “Tambu” Herbert and Burning Flames’ Clarence "Oungku" Edwards, he opens Hookin Meh with the cry, “Tune,” something he often heard them say when they were doing a “slow groove.”
Since its release Farmer Nappy has been asked if he feels this is his best song.
Farmer Nappy
About Farmer Nappy
The breakout success of Darryl "Farmer Nappy" Henry's 2014 groovy hit "Big People Party" earned him the Calypso of the Year award and catapulted the Trinidadian soca star to international recognition.
Career
Following the tremendous success of his 2012 debut album “You Make Me...
Transitioning
to a solo artist, he achieved success with albums like You Make Me...Surrender (2012), Big
People Party (2014), and House of Soca (2016), released under his label Country Life Music.
Farmer Nappy gained international attention in 2012 when he was voted MTV Iggy’s “Artist of
the Week” and praised by The New Yorker.
He’s known for hit songs such as Chippin’,
Surrender, Stranger, Family, My House, and Hookin’ Meh—the latter becoming a #1 hit
during the 2019 Carnival season.
His long-standing collaboration with producers De Red Boyz has led to many memorable
tracks and live performances globally. Batson wrote both.
Over the years, Batson and Farmer Nappy have built not only a strong working relationship but a friendship.
He has already placed his 2019 Hookin Meh among his musical hall of famers along with Big People Party, My House and Technically.
The song sits on the producing duo De Red Boyz’s Purple Heart riddim. Gabrielle De La Rosa, she is very important – that is my ex-girlfriend, whose parents were high in the church.
The also popular 2019 hit Day One, featuring Machel Montano, was done on both recording labels Monk Music and Country Life Music.
While he credits De Red Boyz (Mikey Hulsmeier and Scott Galt) for teaching him about the business, it was not always smooth sailing. Farmer Nappy continues to represent and innovate
within the soca genre, earning recognition as a pioneer and ambassador of groovy soca
music.
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A lot of people did not have respect for me because I am a 17-year recovering alcoholic,” he said.During his battle with alcoholism, he believes he was “creating some of the sweetest music like Footsteps, Hard Working Dog.
I was a big instrument in Xtatik’s writing.”
When he stopped drinking, Farmer Nappy did not think he could ever write a song again. I started singing Flirt to them...”
He was first recording it by another producer but Red Boyz loved it and instead he took it to them, though he paid to own his master.
“I am saying this for young artistes to understand.
Farmer Nappy calls them the "Colonel recipe."
Nappy also credits the Montanos (Liz, Winston and Machel) for playing a major role in his life. Now Hookin Meh come and I can’t answer that question. The musician has more than 1 million subscribers on YouTube.