Farmer Nap­py has won the 2021 In­ter­na­tion­al So­ca Monarch with his song “Back­yard Jam”.

The con­cert took place vir­tu­al­ly Fri­day night, which was the date to be Fan­tas­tic Fri­day, when the com­pe­ti­tion is nor­mal­ly held.

Car­ni­val 2021 has been can­celled be­cause of the COVID pan­dem­ic but some com­pe­ti­tions are go­ing on vir­tu­al­ly.

Olatun­ji placed sec­ond with “Drunk His­to­ry” and Mi­cal Te­ja and Viking Ding Dong placed third with “Hornin First”.

On­ly artistes who are in Trinidad and To­ba­go were el­i­gi­ble to par­tic­i­pate.

The 11 com­peti­tors this year were Farmer Nap­py, Preedy, Viking Ding Dong and Mi­cal Te­ja, Trinidad Ghost, Trinidad Kil­la, Olatun­ji, Rome, Blaxx, Turn­er, Aaron Dun­can and the lone fe­male Mel­ly Rose.