The kings of soca and hip hop have spoken: Machel Montano says this weekend will be a hard celebration; DJ Khaled says they will light the whole place up as the fete continues.

It’s a fusion of two different worlds — soca and hip hop for the fete that will be the Bahamas carnival that kicks off tonight with Destra Garcia, Farmer Nappy, D-Mac, Ultimate Rejects, Sketch and more taking to the Insomnia stage at Clifford Park.

Then it’s Machel, who has returned for his third Bahamas carnival showing, with Mr. Vegas, Dyson Knight, Ricardo Drue, Wendi, Rick Carey and more on the Amnesia stage on Saturday at Clifford Park, hosted by DJ Khaled. Skinny Fabulous and more will take to the Unleash stage on Sunday, May 6 at Arawak Cay.

“Last year rain stopped my band from having to perform, and my band had to leave. I stayed and I did it with the deejay. [This year] we gone make it rain in a way that will reverberate around the whole world,” promised Machel. “We’re going to celebrate hard.”

DJ Khaled promises a lot of surprises.

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