... into the future. Calypso strong ties to the traditional carnival celebration also provide a strong source of continuity for the musical genre along with folk song and African and Indian based classical forms, cross –cultural has so much closeness with calypso music calypso drew upon African and French influences and ... include an up tempo version of calypso music called soca and a hip hop influenced style called rap so both became popular in Trinidad and other island. Soca became the most international sales since rap so was not that much sales. Soca has grown since the music incorpo...

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