{"id":27110,"date":"2025-03-28T18:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27110"},"modified":"2025-03-28T18:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:49:40","slug":"sergeant-ego-crowned-calypso-monarch-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/sergeant-ego-crowned-calypso-monarch-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant Ego Crowned Calypso Monarch 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Na&#8217;Asia Bristol<\/strong><br><strong>February 21, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergeant Quincy Lacon, better known by his stage name &#8220;Ego,&#8221; emerged as the 2025 Senior Calypso Monarch after an electrifying performance of his hit song, \u201cNah Trade Guyana.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His powerful delivery dethroned the previous year\u2019s champion, OKC, as he claimed the prestigious title on Main Street, where the competition took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event saw 15 talented artistes competing for the crown, including three members of the Guyana Police Force\u2014two Sergeants and a Special Constable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ego stood out with his theatrical and energetic performance, which featured dramatic storytelling, engaging dances, and compelling stage movements that captivated both the audience and the judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In second place was Roger Hinds, known as Young Bill Rogers, while Vinel Hinds secured third place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd was left chanting in unison, \u201cnever trade Guyana,\u201d as Ego\u2019s performance and stage presence earned him the top honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Na&#8217;Asia BristolFebruary 21, 2025 Sergeant Quincy Lacon, better known by his stage name &#8220;Ego,&#8221; emerged as the 2025 Senior Calypso Monarch after an electrifying performance of his hit song,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27111,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27110\/revisions\/27111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}