Nigel Teles­ford

Na­tion­al Freestyle Cham­pi­on Preedy (Akeem Chance) de­liv­ered an un­for­get­table sur­prise dur­ing his Acoustic Ex­pe­ri­ence last Sun­day when mul­ti­ple Road March win­ner and so­ca queen Patrice Roberts joined him on stage to de­but their new duet, Bac­cha­nal Mode. For Preedy, the mo­ment was sur­re­al—a vivid re­minder of his jour­ney and bur­geon­ing lega­cy.

“That was def­i­nite­ly one of the high­lights of the night,” he said, af­ter tak­ing pho­tos and thank­ing fans, friends, and pa­trons for an ex­tra 40 min­utes fol­low­ing the show.

“We didn’t even have all the lyrics and har­monies down yet, but singing with my sis­ter on stage took me back to when I wrote my first song and re­mind­ed me how far I’ve come.”

The event drew pa­trons to a lush St Clair back­yard, a venue care­ful­ly cho­sen to cre­ate an in­ti­mate at­mos­phere cel­e­brat­ing Preedy’s artistry and vo­cal prowess.

Roberts praised her long­time col­lab­o­ra­tor, not­ing, “I ap­plaud and cel­e­brate my broth­er Preedy for his de­ter­mi­na­tion and dri­ve. He has al­ways sup­port­ed me and con­tributed to my suc­cess, so it’s amaz­ing to see him achiev­ing his goals and grow­ing as a man and as a brand. Bac­cha­nal Mode is of­fi­cial­ly switched on, and we’re gear­ing up for a fan­tas­tic Trinidad Car­ni­val sea­son and an ex­cit­ing 2026.”

Guests en­joyed a cu­rat­ed ex­pe­ri­ence: Hy­bridTT served re­fresh­ing cock­tails in­fused with in­dige­nous flavours, while Cup of Joe Cafe of­fered de­lec­table bites. Hosts Jyn­nyn and Akeem 5.0 kept the en­ter­tain­ment flow­ing from sun­set to show­time, as open­ing acts Aaron Dun­can, Kim­ba Sorzano, and Tevin Hart­man set the stage for Preedy’s grand en­trance at 8 pm.

With con­fi­dence and charis­ma, Preedy com­mand­ed the stage for over two hours, weav­ing mu­si­cal sto­ries, singing back­ground for oth­er per­form­ers, and pour­ing his pas­sion in­to every note. The night fea­tured soul-stir­ring per­for­mances from singer-song­writer Ki­mi, reg­gae icon Isas­ha, Patrice Roberts, and the Free­town Col­lec­tive, with live mu­sic by Tem­per­a­ture The Band and choral ac­com­pa­ni­ment by Ar­mo­nias Mag­nifi­cas.

In­ter­na­tion­al cul­ture jour­nal­ist Jeanette “JLo­va” Mitchell, cov­er­ing the event for TEM­PO and Over­time Me­dia, high­light­ed Preedy’s cul­tur­al im­pact:

“In the on­go­ing con­ver­sa­tion about so­ca and cul­tur­al preser­va­tion, it’s in­spir­ing to see an artiste like Preedy rep­re­sent­ing the cul­ture with in­ten­tion. His ‘Acoustic Ex­pe­ri­ence’ se­ries show­cas­es sto­ry­telling, live mu­si­cian­ship, and au­then­tic­i­ty, prov­ing that his artistry con­tin­ues to grow while ho­n­our­ing so­ca’s roots.”

Self-pro­claimed “Sauce Boss”, Preedy con­tin­ues to ride the wave of suc­cess with the re­lease of the Bac­cha­nal Mode song and mu­sic video this week, while his de­but track Jam­min con­tin­ues to gain trac­tion with DJs, playlists, and so­ca lovers alike.