Statement real name Nigel Barnett was born in Barbados ,he has always loved music from a child growing up he was in love with dancehall until 2001 where he made his transition to soca ,his first soca track was called wukkin up in the party then he followed that up the next year with Ah ready which featured Tony Rebel Bailey from soca band Krosfyah in 2003 is when statement really made his name a household name with the release of a song titled wanna be which took him to many caribbean islands and into the USA ,Canada ,England to name a few statement can be found on instagram @statement501 known for his groovy style statement is also a big fan of Machel Montano,Bunji Garlin,Skinny Fabulous,Problem child ,Edwin Yearwood ,Kes plus many others ,