Rodriguez began his short career with the band Xtatik and won the 1998 Road March title with “Footsteps.” In 1999, he won the Young Calypso Monarch competition. At the time of his suicide, he was performing with the Horyzon band. His other calypsoes include: 1997 – Calypso Nice; Blowing in the Wind 1999 – Pull Down the Fence; I Remember Africa 2000 – Pan Is 2001 – Raindrops on My Pan; Heroes of the Nation
