Kenny Haiti
kompa, rabòday
Kenny Haiti is a Saint-Marc-born singer and one of the clearest examples of the HMI generation built through YouTube, social platforms, and a diaspora audience that follows new Haitian music in real time. Music profiles list his birth date as June 26, 1990, while Haitian coverage of his career traces a path through rap and the group Trajedi before he moved into music full time in the mid-2010s.
His appeal comes from immediately singable Creole writing and a melodic sense that can move across kompa, pop, light rabòday color, and collaborations. 'Woulib' became a major turning point; later 'Pyem Mare' with Fatima, 'Dous', 'Kle Kou', 'BIF' with Mickael Guirand, 'Sa Fèm Mal', 'Pi Bon Chwa', and collaborations with Baky, Stonebwoy, Mikaben, Tony Mix, and 5Lan showed an artist able to move between romance, dance, and Caribbean pop.
His first album, Time To Shine (2024), matters because it gathered several already-visible YouTube singles into a clearer chapter. Songs such as 'Pi Bon Chwa', 'BIF', 'Sa Fèm Mal', 'Kle Kou', 'Lucky Man', 'Pour Elle', and 'Bèl Bebe' show an artist who is not only chasing virality, but building a repertoire and a performance image.
'Lanmou Pa Pou Mwen' fits that story: a wounded love song that stays direct, rhythmic, and memorable enough for listeners to carry the hook. Kenny's strongest records work because they use the everyday language of relationships while still sounding built for current production. He represents a more flexible HMI: Saint-Marc, digital diaspora, kompa, rabòday, and pop in the same space.