AdvertisementLong live soca! Celebrating 50 years of Trinidad's soundtrack to carnivalFebruary 24, 2023Patricia MeschinofacebookEmailMachel Montano, onstage at the Essence Festival on July 1, 2022 in New Orleans. Montano became of soca's biggest stars following the release of his single "Big Truck" in 1997. (Getty Images for Essence)