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Singer, songwriter and composer Paul ‘Chris P’ Clarke is confident that he will be crowned Junior Calypso Monarch with his latest single “2017 Budget” when the competition gets on its way tonight.

“The monarchy is mine this year,” ‘Chris P’ said in an interview with The Scene.

The 18-year-old dancehall/R&B artiste has been singing for three years now and recorded his first single “Chilling” at the GUYZ BOYZ Studios in City Mall when he was 15. However, his passion for singing started a long time before.

“My friends and I, during lunch time, would put tables together and be beating on it while I sing. My friends have always been supportive. My mother though was skeptical at first and didn’t believe that I would make it here. She gives me full support now and will be there [tonight],” he said in the interview.

The competition tonight is ‘Chris P’ second time on stage. He first got onstage last year at the Emancipation Concert at Bagotville on the West Bank Demerara, which started off as nerve-wracking for him but soon turned out to be better than he expected.

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