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You people are killing SOCA and continuously making excuses."</p> <p> "CARNIVAL SUPPOSED TO BE ONLY SOCA, CALYPSO, CHUTNEY, STEEL PAN & TASSA," he continued.</p> <p> This is not the first time the soca entertainer has voiced is disdain for dancehall being in soca spaces.</p> <p> On September 2, he shared on his social media pages a video expressing his frustrations over masqueraders playing mas to dancehall and hip-hop music. </p> <p> And on October 2, he released a song titled Only Soca saying only genres native to Trinidad and Tobago should be played at carnivals in the diaspora. This sparked a debate among many stakeholders in the industry.</p> <p> <strong>We want to hear from you! 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