23 Facts About Destra Garcia

Destra Garcia was born on 10 November 1978 and is a Trinidadian soca musician, singer and songwriter.

Destra Garcia joined the girl group Psyke, which disbanded after one year.

Destra Garcia pursued a solo career briefly, but eventually joined the band Atlantik in late 2002.

In 2003 Destra Garcia released her first album, Red, White, Black, which included her hit duet "It's Carnival" with fellow soca artist Machel Montano.

Destra Garcia won the Carnival Road March title in 2003 at Brooklyn's Labour Day Carnival.

Destra Garcia's 2004 hit single "Bonnie and Clyde" became the theme song of a Malibu Rum TV advertisement.

Only when Destra Garcia became fond of soca did she find her passion and place.

Destra Garcia wanted to grow her fan base but stay true to both her roots and Caribbean culture.

Destra Garcia embarked upon prolific tours to allow for more exposure, promote the sounds of soca and attract larger audiences.

Destra Garcia makes mention that the biggest setback she faces is the pressure she feels from Trinidad to stay within traditional confines of the soca style.

Destra Garcia aims to explore her artistic boundaries while thoroughly incorporating her culture with a constantly loyal fan base.

Destra Garcia is known as the Queen of Bacchanal, QoB for short, because of the excitement listeners hear in the inflection of her voice on radio talk shows and because of her own Carnival-inspired event "Festival of Bacchanal".

On stage, Destra Garcia is wild and explosive in her movements and vocals, sometimes seemingly performing in her own world due to her passion.

Destra Garcia has expressed her music and fashion choices as a merger between American punk rock and soca.

Destra Garcia's 2006 look "soca fabulous" has been created by local designers such as Meiling and Peter Elias.

Destra Garcia's defined abdominals have become part of Destra's celebrity persona that fans think of when they think Destra Garcia.

The tumblr page named 'Triniwoodentertainment' provides images of the star's activity with captions utilizing the same admiring tone such as 'Check out the soca songstress and Queen of Bacchanal, Destra Garcia showing off her abs and curves figure on a scorching hot Sunday.

Destra Garcia is very active on social media, with Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts.

Destra Garcia is famous for her music and fashion style, which she describes as "a merger between American punk rock and Soca".

The YouTube clip titled 'Destra Garcia Live at Soca on De Hill 2015' is a live performance that exhibits her wardrobe style and energy on stage.

Destra Garcia wears a black leather jacket with fringes along the sleeves and pink Dr Martens boots.

Destra Garcia is wearing revealing, extremely short spandex shorts that allow her to maneuver and dance effortlessly with a potential partner to the soca music.

Destra Garcia is authoritative and fiery in her dance directions and quickly loses patience with this first potential male dance partner.