2007 Named Nigerian Chief Omowale (Our Son Has Returned)
2012 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters degree by University WI Cave Hill
2019 Received Top Honour from Government of Barbados His Excellency The Most Honourable Anthony Carter
Won Calypso Monarch title in 1985, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2010
First success as a calypsonian in 1968, "Heart Transplant" & then 1969 with "Family Planning", then
Also Concentrated on Acting Joining Barbados Theater Workshop and Composing Much of Music for Its Play Under the Duppy Parasol, Which Had Successful Run in New York; Also Performed in Many Local Productions Including Jeannette Layne-Clark’s Pampalam and Represented Barbados Internationally
