Port of Spain, Trinidad will no longer experience a ‘Soca Storm’ which was due to hit the Queens Park Savannah when ‘Mr. Killa’ literally descended from the sky onto the Soca Monarch stage at the ISM finals.  Speaking to Instagram Live on February 9th, Mr. Killa (Hollice Mapp) painted the picture of what his ‘Soca Storm’ presentation would have looked like. It would have included a mock village with a scene of him falling from the sky. To create the effects of a storm, he had plans of using hydraulics to create swaying and shaking of the village. The performance would have been his way of taking soca internationally.

In his much talked about decision not to defend his International Soca Monarch (ISM) title in Trinidad, Mr. Killa disclosed that his withdrawal was due to the lack of respect/protocol shown to him by the organizers of the competition. Also, he wasn’t given the proper platform needed to execute plans to defend his crown the way he wanted to. He stated his genetic makeup is of a warrior and gives no less than 100% of himself in everything he does.

“I made a decision to defend my brand. I made a decision to stand up strong in the soca industry which I am a part of.” Mr. Killa said. “My music is my everything.”

He went on to say he could have just gone and performed for the money, but that this is not about money; it’s about standards.

“I want to fly. I can’t keep bouncing against the galvanize; I want to fly. I want to come outside and fly.”

This isn’t the first time that Mr. Killa has had issues with the competition.  In 2019, he and his team unavoidably ran into issues. However, they were able to get through it due to Fay-Ann Lyons and her team’s persistence in ironing out the hiccups.  He also disclosed that on competition day, after preparing props for ‘Run Wid It’, he was told that the planned use of the boat with the crowd wasn’t going to be permitted. To top it off, on top of the Presentation fee ($4,000) he had to pay for fireworks ($95,0000 ) before the start of the competition.

“This isn’t about Grenada and Trinidad, it’s about the whole Caribbean”

“The culture is bigger than me, I’m just playing my part”

 

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Mr Killa Withdraws From 2020 International Soca Monarch

“It is with great regret that I, Hollice Mapp professionally known as Mr Killa announce my decision to withdraw from the 2020 International Soca Monarch (ISM) Competition. As the reigning Power Soca Monarch King, I was eager to defend my crown but my declaration was not acknowledged by the officials staging the competition

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