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Arly Larivière
Arly Larivière is a Haitian singer, keyboardist, and composer, founder and maestro of the konpa band Nu Look, known as the "King of compas love."
Djakout Mizik
Djakout Mizik, also known as Djakout #1, is a Haitian kompa band from Port-au-Prince known for a slow, jazzy style and the hit "Naje Pou Soti".
Jacob Desvarieux
Jacob Desvarieux (1955–2021) was a French guitarist, singer, arranger, and producer who co-founded the Antillean group Kassav' in 1979, and composed the 1984 hit that gave zouk its name.
Klass
Klass is a Haitian kompa band formed in Miami in 2012 by drummer and producer Jean Hérard Richard, known as Richie, after leaving Zenglen, and fronted by lead singer Pipo.
Les Loups Noirs
Les Loups Noirs were a Haitian konpa band from Port-au-Prince, founded in 1969 and led by singer Gardner Lalanne, blending compas with jazz and rock-and-roll.
Michel Martelly
Michel Joseph Martelly, aka Sweet Micky, Haitian compas musician and President of Haiti 2011-2016, founder of PHTK; sanctioned by Canada (2022), the US (2024), and the EU (2025) over drug trafficking and gang financing.
Nu Look
Nu Look is a Florida-based Haitian kompa band founded in 2000 by Arly Larivière and Gazzman Pier, with eight studio albums and a Konpa en Symphony tour.
T-Micky
T-Micky is a Haitian kompa band and the stage name of Sandro Martelly, son of former Haitian president Michel Martelly, best known for the hit "Nou Pare" with Wyclef Jean.
Tabou Combo
Tabou Combo is a Haitian kompa band founded in Pétion-Ville in 1967, relocated to New York in 1971 and known as the "Ambassadors of Konpa".
Zenglen
Zenglen is a Haitian kompa band formed in the late 1980s by Jean Brutus Derissaint, Gary Didier Perez, and Patrick Martineau, known for Easy Konpa and 5 Etwal.