Olivier Martelly artists. Olivier Martelly Michel-Olivier Martelly (), better known as Olivier Martelly, is a Haitian American singer. He has a stage name, BigO. Olivier Martelly was born in Haiti. His father, Michel Martelly was the 56th President of Haiti, and his mother, Sophia Saint-Rémy Martelly was First Lady. Olivier's discographies are hard to find, and as public data about him are extremely limited, his career is relatively unknown. In the 2015 presidential election, he published a song endorsing government-backed candidate Jovenel Moise in response to Wyclef Jean's endorsement of Jude Célestin. Martelly is the CEO of Big O Productions, that features
Caribbean music in Canada success both as a solo artist and as a collaborator with pop singer Nelly Furtado. Singer-songwriter Danny Michel also received critical and commercial acclaim for his 2012 album "Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me", recorded in Belize with a group of musicians credited as the Garifuna Collective. Caribbean music in Canada Caribbean music in Canada has existed since the early 1920s, becoming increasingly prominent after the 1960s as Caribbean immigration to Canada increased. Anglo-Caribbean genres such as reggae, soca and calypso are especially prominent in English Canada, while French Caribbean genres such as cadence-lypso, zouk and konpa are more prominent