Sugar Aloes
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Sugar Aloes aka Michael Anthony Osuana is a prominent Calypsonian
Calypsonian
A calypsonian , originally known as the chantwell is a musician, from the Anglophone Caribbean, who sings songs called calypso. Calypsos are musical renditions having their origins in the West African griot tradition...

 hailing from Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

 and Tobago
Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...

. Singing local hits such as "Party Time" and parang
Parang
Parang is a popular folk music originating out of Trinidad and Tobago, it was brought to Trinidad by Venezuelan migrants who were primarily of Amerindian and African heritage, something which is strongly reflected in the music itself. The word is derived from two Spanish words:'Parranda', meaning...

 favorite "Juanita
Juanita
Juanita may refer to:*Diminutive of Juana, a female given name in Spanish**All Wikipedia pages beginning with Juanita*Mummy Juanita, or "The Ice Maiden", 15th-century Inca mummy discovered in 1995*Wanita or Juanita, 1923 Al Jolson hit song...

" Aloes has amassed a fan base of at least three generations of Trinidadians and calypso lovers region-wide. Sugar Aloes' is also famous for his songs "I love being me" and "Signs of the End of Time." On Sunday February 3, 2008 Michael Anthony Osuana, aka Sugar Aloes, was crowned the winner of the Calypso Monarch 2008 Competition at Queens Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He won this competition singing a song entitled"Look in the Mirrow".In this song he made some sarcastic remarks about government which I believe maintained a certain degree of humour.<
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