Daddy Chinee

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Written and edited by Smokiller

Daddy Chinee is the stage name of Ricardo Melville, the 2023 Chutney Soca Monarch. The Trinidad Guardian, reporting on the 2024 final, described him as the previous year's winner and recorded that he finished second that night with Tassa and Pan on 358 points, behind Rick Ram. He returned for the 2025 final at Skinner Park, performing second in the running order. His own YouTube channel carries Salena, released as a 2019 chutney soca, and Mera Naam from 2021, while Meh Chutney came out in 2020. In 2023 he joined Hurricane Hemlatha Dindial on We Are One, and in 2026 he released Together with RG the Band. He appears as a featured voice on Neeshan Prabhoo's 2011 song My Heart Belongs To You. His Deezer page lists the Mahaba Riddim release from 2023 and a burst of 2026 singles including Real Talk, She Gone, Parrandero, Like A Warrior and Love You Like Carnival.