Fireman

 

Delroy‘Fireman’ Hooper

 

 

 

Delroy ‘Fireman’  Hooper the seven times  Soca Monarch of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is now moving well and truly beyond the limitations of the local shows in which he first made his name. His deep-seated love of Soca and Ragga Soca shines strongly through a well as his passion for songwriting.

Not that his career to date hasn’t been illustrious, he has truly established himself as a true ambassador for SVG in the Soca arena. Just look at the number of years he has been in the winner’s circle in the SVG Soca Monarch competition, his is the only artiste to win that title seven (7) times. Fireman first won the soca Monarch competition in 1999 with ‘Firewood’ and again in 2000 with ‘Anaconda’ and in 2001 with ‘Spiritual’. He again took the crown in 2005 with ‘Madder than You’, 2006 with ‘Wukie Wukie’ and 2007 with ‘Charge’ and Finally 2011 with Animal.

 In 2010 he made his debut in the Raga Soca competition and won with the song “Holy Fire”. He has performed throughout the Caribbean, USA, Germany and UK.

Fireman started his Soca career with a group name the Rosses Crew when he won  his first crown, he went solo after a couple of years under the management of Island network  and is now a member of the LIME Soca Dans  a group of  some of SVG’s top artistes.

 Fireman Hooper the reigning Soca Monarch will be representing SVG with the song “Turning Animal” at the international Soca Monarch in Trinidad and Tobago 2012