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Pudaz: straight-ahead Dominican bouyon

Published September 23, 2026

Pudaz, also billed as Dirty Dawg Pudaz, is a Dominican bouyon artist. His name appears in the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards nominee coverage used by Bouyon Shattaz research, with two tracks serving as his calling card: 'Shake Something' and 'B.D.Y.M.M.'. He is also credited on 'Bye to de Old Me (Remix)' by Shelly and Nice, a record that found a real online audience. Per published WCMF 2026 guides, he plays Night 1 on Friday, October 23, 2026. This page gathers only what is verified about him, with no invented biography added.

A Dominican artist confirmed by the 2026 nominations coverage

Pudaz is not presented here on the strength of a social media rumour. His Dominican status is confirmed in the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards nominee coverage that Bouyon Shattaz used for its research. That point matters, because bouyon travels fast between Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique and France, and artists' origins are sometimes blurred along the way. Stating clearly that Pudaz is Dominican is already part of the credit work this site exists to do.

His other stage billing, Dirty Dawg Pudaz, is part of how he is presented. Both forms name the same artist. On a reference page they belong together, so that a listener searching for one finds the other, and so that promoters, radio stations and platforms do not build two separate profiles for one person. Getting names right is the first form of respect an artist is owed.

'Shake Something' and 'B.D.Y.M.M.': the tracks that introduce him

'Shake Something' and 'B.D.Y.M.M.' are the two tracks cited for Pudaz in the nominations coverage. They are where any discovery of his catalogue should start. In bouyon, a carnival or party record is not judged in the studio alone: it is judged by its power to move a crowd, to be picked up by a DJ and to hold its place in a playlist among other fast, percussive records from the same season.

Both tracks place Pudaz in performance bouyon, the kind that speaks to the body first. With no verified lyrics to quote and no official figures to announce, the honest presentation is to say what they are in his documented path: his reference tracks at the moment his name enters a regional conversation wider than Dominica alone. That is often how a bouyon career starts to change scale.

To hear Pudaz in a wider context, the best route is the Bouyon Shattaz bouyon playlist, where recent Dominican tracks sit beside classics and new releases from neighbouring islands. A well kept playlist does what an inflated biography never does: it lets the music prove the artist's place, track after track, among names the public already knows.

'Bye to de Old Me (Remix)' with Shelly and Nice

The most telling credit in Pudaz's dossier is his place on 'Bye to de Old Me (Remix)', led by Shelly and Nice. The track stood at 691K views on the popular shelf of Smokiller's YouTube channel at the time of our check, and it sits in the ROAD MIX playlists. A remix says a lot in bouyon: it shows who is invited into a record that is already moving, and who can add new energy without breaking its identity.

This kind of collaboration sits at the heart of how the Dominican scene works. Artists cross paths on remixes, shared riddims and season records, then meet again on the same festival bills. For a listener discovering Pudaz through this remix, the path is simple: start with this track, go and hear 'Shake Something' and 'B.D.Y.M.M.', then visit the Shelly page to understand the network around the song.

The figure also needs its limits stated. The 691K views we recorded concern the track's presence on that channel, at the time of the check. It is not an official certification and not a final worldwide total. Bouyon Shattaz gives the number with its context rather than turning it into a slogan. That discipline is what lets readers trust these artist pages when a record truly becomes big.

WCMF 2026: Night 1 with Ridge and Colton T

Per published World Creole Music Festival 2026 guides, Pudaz plays Night 1 on Friday, October 23, 2026, alongside Ridge and Colton T. The WCMF in Roseau is Dominica's great musical showcase: three nights bringing together bouyon, cadence and Creole music before the island's public and its diaspora. For a Dominican artist, appearing there is not a diary detail. It is recognition at home.

Night 1 opens the festival, and opening takes a particular energy. The first night's artists set the tone for the weekend and play to a crowd arriving after weeks of anticipation. Pudaz's presence in that night, as published in the festival guides, places him among the names Dominica puts forward when it presents its own music to the Creole world gathered in Roseau.

See the three nights in detail on our WCMF, the Creole festival page, and these artists' place in the island's landscape on artists from Dominica. Those links are not decoration: a festival only makes sense if you can move from the bill to the artists, from the artists to their tracks, and from the tracks to playlists where you can actually hear them.

Rights, credits and the Rights Clinic audit

Pudaz is in the audit cohort of the Bouyon Shattaz Rights Clinic. In our records, his contact route was still being confirmed at the time of the research. That detail, which other sites would hide, is itself part of the story Bouyon Shattaz documents: many bouyon artists have tracks in circulation, credits named in videos and festival bookings, without a clearly established path for contacting them properly, asking permission or offering them a deal.

The Rights Clinic starts from a simple observation. Before talking about distribution, sync or collaboration, you need to know who wrote, who produced, who must be paid and who can say yes. When the contact route itself is unconfirmed, everything else becomes fragile. Documenting that gap is not an attack on the artist: it shows the infrastructure work still missing around Dominican bouyon, the work needed to turn attention into income.

That is also why this page stays deliberately careful. No invented manager, no announced fee, no contact published without verification. If you are Pudaz, his team or a rights holder on his tracks, the useful step is to confirm the credits and the official route. A reliable artist page should be correctable and completable by the people concerned, with sources, rather than filled in with guesses.

Why follow Pudaz now

Pudaz arrives at an interesting moment: recognition in Caribbean nominations coverage, a high audience remix with Shelly and Nice, named reference tracks and a WCMF 2026 Night 1 slot in the published guides. None of those elements alone makes a career. Together, they sketch a Dominican artist whom promoters and the public are starting to place on the regional bouyon map.

To discover Pudaz through the music, start with the bouyon playlist, pass through 'Bye to de Old Me (Remix)' and keep his name for WCMF Night 1. It is the most honest route: listen, place, credit. Dominican bouyon has produced many names who travelled faster than their paperwork. Pudaz is a chance to do things in the right order, from the start of the conversation.

Frequently asked questions

Is Pudaz Dominican?

Yes. He is confirmed as a Dominican artist in the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards nominee coverage used by Bouyon Shattaz research, and he is among the Dominican artists followed on this site.

Which Pudaz tracks should I hear first?

'Shake Something' and 'B.D.Y.M.M.' are his tracks cited in the nominations coverage. Also hear 'Bye to de Old Me (Remix)' by Shelly and Nice, on which he is credited and which sits in the ROAD MIX playlists.

When does Pudaz play WCMF 2026?

Per published WCMF 2026 guides, he plays Night 1 on Friday, October 23, 2026, alongside Ridge and Colton T.

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