Mr Ridge

The story so far.

Written and edited by Smokiller

Mr Ridge, also billed simply as Ridge, is a bouyon artist from Dominica. A Richès Karayib profile gives his name as Coleridge Bell, lists the alias Cross D Bridge, and says he started making music at 13 on a keyboard his father gave him. He is tied to Nasty Business, a style the profile describes as live drums, fast tempos and bold, explicit lyrics, and a track called Nasty Business sits among his best known videos. He has also built a softer strand he calls Love Bouyon, focused on love and heartbreak. Other releases include B.D.Y.M.M., Ridgy Up Friday's Toxic Love, and Blue, a song billed as Bouyon 2026 that he produced and shared with Trilla-G. He often works with Dirty Dawg Pudaz, who shares the credit on B.D.Y.M.M., and the two played a Creole Festival set in 2024. At the 2024 Caribbean Music Awards, held on 29 August at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, he won Bouyon Artist of the Year.