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Dinho: a name that appears in the credits that matter

Published October 20, 2026

Dinho is an artist from the Guadeloupe bouyon circuit whose public name rests, in large part, on precise and verifiable credits. The strongest is “Leave Me Alone”, the 1T1 record released on September 6, 2024 by 1T1 and AB BOYZ MUSIC, where Dinho is credited as a featured artist alongside Lejuh, Theomaa and Binksdrick. This profile starts from that credit confirmed in our record, places it inside the 1T1 scene, follows the two other documented traces of the name, on “Bouwey” and on “SKILLI”, then states clearly what the public record does not yet allow anyone to claim.

Who Dinho is: what the credits say, and what they do not say

Dinho has, as of today, no established public biography this site can reuse. No verified official page, no press portrait and no complete artist sheet were confirmed during the research for this profile. What does exist, and what is solid, is credits on identified commercial releases, with dates, labels and collaborator names any reader can check on the platforms.

The central credit is a vocal feature. On “Leave Me Alone”, Dinho is not credited as producer or composer in the sources opened for this profile: he is one of the four guest artists named in the record title itself, alongside Lejuh, Theomaa and Binksdrick, behind the lead artist 1T1. In current bouyon, that kind of collective record is a standard form: a central artist gathers several voices from his circle on one riddim, and each guest name gains visibility its own catalogue does not yet give it.

The name also has to be disambiguated, because Dinho is a very common nickname. Dinho is a frequent diminutive in Brazilian football, and several artists with no link to the Caribbean carry this name or a close one, in amapiano, funk and other scenes. This profile borrows nothing from them: no origin, no age, no catalogue, no figures. The Dinho on this page is only the one the bouyon credits name, in the 1T1 and DJ SOFTEE circuit, between 2024 and 2025.

A further difficulty is spelling. The platforms do not always write it the same way: Dinho in the title of “Leave Me Alone” and in the “SKILLI” feature, but Dinhno, with an extra n, in the composer credits for “Bouwey” recorded on Deezer. This profile flags the gap instead of smoothing it over. It may be the same person credited with a typo, or two neighbouring credits may cover two distinct roles. On the current sources, caution requires presenting “Bouwey” as a composer credit under a close spelling, not as a biographical certainty.

Leave Me Alone: the founding credit of the record

“Leave Me Alone” was released on September 6, 2024, published by 1T1 and AB BOYZ MUSIC, according to the 1T1 discography on Qobuz, which lists the record and gives its exact date. The 1T1 concert page on Shazam, for his Baie-Mahault show in Guadeloupe, lists it among the artist highlighted records in its full form: “Leave Me Alone (feat. Dinho, Lejuh, Theomaa and Binksdrick)”. Two independent platform sources therefore converge on the same credit, with the same Dinho spelling.

The record life did not stop at release. The Dominican Bouyon and Soca Top Trending Songs chart published by Island Vybe and Sokah2Soca for the week ending April 26, 2025 still lists it among the trending bouyon and bouyon soca records, in the form “1T1 x LeJuh x Theomaa x Dinho”. Seven months after release, the record was therefore still circulating in the selections that matter for the Dominican and Guadeloupe scenes, and Dinho name was circulating with it.

To understand the weight of that credit, 1T1 has to be placed. Qobuz, carrying the Music Story biography, presents 1T1 as a French speaking singer from the French West Indies, a native of Guadeloupe specialising in bouyon, soca and dancehall, and as a prominent artist on the bouyon scene. The AB BOYZ label site describes him in turn as a Guadeloupe composer and producer who came to attention notably with “Wa wa waaw” with Theomaa. To be invited onto a 1T1 record in 2024, as his “CHORD” EP was preparing the end of the year, therefore places Dinho inside the active Guadeloupe bouyon circle, even if his own path remains to be documented.

The record also gathers part of that circle: Lejuh and Theomaa are recurring 1T1 collaborators, present on several of his documented Qobuz releases, from “Mas La Rivé” to “Piney” and “Pied au Plancher”. Dinho appears in that company, not on its margin. That is the most important fact in his public record, and that is why this profile puts it first, without inflating it: a confirmed feature on a record that lasted, in a scene that matters.

Bouwey and SKILLI: the two other documented traces

The second trace can be read in the credits for “Bouwey”, one of 1T1 known records, present on the “CHORD” EP released on December 13, 2024 by 1T1 and AB BOYZ MUSIC. The Deezer playlists carrying the record credit three composers: 1t1, Theomaa and Dinhno. The recorded duration is 2 minutes 37. “Bouwey”, also written “Bouwéy”, is cited by Qobuz as a record very popular on social networks, and it also appears in 2025 bouyon selections. If the Dinhno of the credits is indeed the Dinho of “Leave Me Alone”, then his role in the circuit goes beyond the vocal feature and also touches writing, which would change the portrait. This profile presents the credit as the platforms publish it, with its spelling, and leaves the question open.

The third trace is clear. DJ SOFTEE album “Chodong Route Empire C.R.E”, released in 2025, contains “SKILLI (feat. Tiitii Nba, QWANN and DINHO) (BOUYON 2026)”, with a duration of 2 minutes 03, with Julian White and Terry Capitolin credited as writers and composers on the artist Deezer page. Here the spelling is DINHO, in capitals, on a record by DJ SOFTEE, one of the most active DJs and producers in recent Guadeloupe bouyon, at the centre of the same network as Tiitii NBA.

Those two traces draw a coherent perimeter, without inventing anything: between September 2024 and 2025, the name Dinho appears in the Guadeloupe bouyon circuit, first with 1T1 and AB BOYZ MUSIC, then with DJ SOFTEE. It does not appear, in the sources verified for this profile, as lead artist on a single, an EP or an album under his name alone. That absence is part of the record: Dinho is, at this stage of the public record, a collaborations artist, known through other people records where his name is printed.

That status is not unusual in current bouyon. The genre works through shared riddims, collective records and crossed features, where young voices enter through the projects of established producers and artists before releasing under their own name. What follows will tell whether Dinho follows that classic path. This profile will simply follow the credits, release by release, and update when a verifiable solo catalogue exists.

The context: Guadeloupe bouyon in the new wave

Bouyon was born in Dominica at the end of the 1980s, and its bouyon soca branch was started in Dominica in 2003 by producer Dada, according to the first-hand testimony of Sean “Smokiller” Francis, a participant in the Nursery Krew era, testimony already carried on this site bouyon soca page, before being popularised by Triple Kay. Guadeloupe became one of the territories where the genre developed most outside Dominica, with a generation of artists and producers who sing it in Creole and French and push it on social networks.

It is inside that Guadeloupe wave that Dinho credits make sense. 1T1, Theomaa, Lejuh and DJ SOFTEE belong to that generation documented by the platforms and by local press: an interview published in Guadeloupe on the future of bouyon names, for example, Lejuh, 1T1 and Theomaa among the emblematic artists of the moment on the island. Dinho is not named there, and this profile does not pretend otherwise. But his features place him materially inside their records, which is a different, quieter form of presence, verifiable record by record.

To hear this circuit, start with “Leave Me Alone”, then the 1T1 “CHORD” EP, then the DJ SOFTEE album “Chodong Route Empire C.R.E” where “SKILLI” appears. Our bouyon playlist follows this new wave as releases land, and our history of bouyon page recalls where the sound these records extend comes from: Roseau, in Dominica, before its expansion across the French speaking Caribbean.

What this profile does not yet know: the limits of the Dinho record

This profile states its limits, because they are the record itself. Dinho full name is not published in the sources verified here, so no full name is printed. His place of birth, his town of residence, his age, his path before 2024 and his musical training are documented by no source opened for this research. No official social media account was confirmed with certainty as his, so this page links to no profile: a wrong link, to a football namesake or to another scene, would be worse than no link.

Likewise, no listening figure specific to Dinho is published here. The platforms consulted credit the records, not each guest listening share, and reusing 1T1 or DJ SOFTEE figures as if they were Dinho figures would be an error this site refuses to make. The only facts advanced are credits: three records, dates, labels, durations and collaborators, all checkable.

If Dinho or his circle confirm a full identity, a solo catalogue or official accounts, this profile will be completed and dated, like every page on this site. In the meantime, it does the job an emerging artist profile should do: fix what is proven, flag the variable Dinho and Dinhno spelling the platforms themselves publish, and refuse to turn a nickname shared by dozens of namesakes into a borrowed biography.

Frequently asked questions

On which record is Dinho credited with 1T1?

On “Leave Me Alone”, released on September 6, 2024 by 1T1 and AB BOYZ MUSIC according to Qobuz. The full title, as Shazam lists it, is “Leave Me Alone (feat. Dinho, Lejuh, Theomaa and Binksdrick)”, with 1T1 as lead artist.

Are Dinho and Dinhno the same person?

That is not confirmed by any biographical source. The platforms write Dinho in “Leave Me Alone” and in DJ SOFTEE “SKILLI”, but Dinhno, with an extra n, in the composer credits for 1T1 “Bouwey” on Deezer. This profile flags both spellings without deciding in place of the people concerned.

Has Dinho released a record under his name alone?

No single, EP or album under the name Dinho alone was found in the sources verified for this profile. His known public record is made of collaborations: a feature with 1T1, a neighbouring composer credit on “Bouwey”, and a feature with DJ SOFTEE on “SKILLI”.

Who is QWANN, named with Dinho on SKILLI?

QWANN is one of the guest artists, with Tiitii NBA and DINHO, on DJ SOFTEE “SKILLI (BOUYON 2026)”, a record from the album “Chodong Route Empire C.R.E” released in 2025, with a duration of 2 minutes 03 according to Deezer. The credited writers of the record are Julian White and Terry Capitolin.

Why must this Dinho not be confused with other artists called Dinho?

Because Dinho is a very common nickname, notably in Brazilian football, and several musicians with no link to bouyon carry this name in other genres and other countries. This profile retains only the credits tied to the 1T1 and DJ SOFTEE bouyon circuit, and borrows no biography from a namesake.

Where can I hear the records where Dinho is credited?

Start with 1T1 “Leave Me Alone”, then “Bouwey” on the 1T1 “CHORD” EP, then “SKILLI” on the DJ SOFTEE album “Chodong Route Empire C.R.E”. Our bouyon playlist follows new releases from this Guadeloupe scene.

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