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KERWIN DU BOIS
KERWIN KEEPS IT REAL WITH LHCSS
HAVING THAT WINNER MENTALITY
Success is often something we strive for in life. Many people claim to have a formula for it while
others fight to find a formula that works for them. However, following the example of well-known
artist Kerwin Du Bois, we can see that to achieve success requires as much mental effort as physical.
Kerwin has what I’d describe as a winner mentality. He has said that he “was born a winner”. How
many of us can say something like that and have the life that reflects it? It takes confidence to
make such a powerful statement but it is not enough just to state it.
Trinidad-born as many of you know, Kerwin Du Bois took part in his first singing competition back
in primary school. Back then he focused his singing on Calypso, taking part in the very first Junior
Calypso Monarch competition and taking home the crown in the second year. From there he continued striving towards success refusing to accept failure.
Still young but with success on his mind, he obtained the Young Kings title, reached the Big Yard for
National Calypso Monarch and represented Trinidad at the Calypso Youth Exchange Programme.
He later won the title of UK Calypso Monarch and now as a singer, songwriter, producer and wellknown performer, he has truly earned the right to be considered an Artist in all respects.
Clearly it is not enough to simply wish to achieve greatness, you must truly know you can and then
put in the hard work in order to do it. Kerwin Du Bois has also been very dynamic in striving for
success. He has not limited himself to only singing Calypso, as you would know. He has branched
off into the field of Soca as well. From this leap, he has created songs that label him as more than
just an Artist. Kerwin, through his music, has represented himself as a “Bachanalist” and as “Soca”
itself, displaying his own identity in the music he sings. It takes a lot of confidence to identify
yourself by the thing you love but that just goes back to the mentality one needs in order to succeed. The passion it takes to consider yourself a winner in life is not as little as saying you like to
do something.
Quoted many times for his line “If I fail to succeed then success is my failure, I was born a
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