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Kompa (sometimes written konpa or compa) is a musical genre as well as a dance that originates from Haiti. It involves mostly medium-to-fast tempo beats with an emphasis on synthesizers. Unlike zouk, the lyrics are mostly in Haitian Creole, and it has a faster rhythm than zouk. Kompa songs are often strongly sexually explicit.

In North America, kompa festivals take place frequently in Montreal, New York, Miami, and Boston.

Leading kompa artists include:

  • Sweet Micky
  • T-vice
  • Carimi

See also: Music of Haiti

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