Brother Valentino (Emrold Anthony Phillip)
Biographical remembrance · 2026-10-22
About Their Life
Born in Grenada, Brother Valentino made Trinidad and Tobago his home and spent decades performing calypso about social and political life. His songs included “No Revolution” and “Stay Up Zimbabwe”. He won the Veterans Calypso Monarch title in 2005 and received the Hummingbird Medal, Gold. He died aged 85. This is a newsroom remembrance, not a family-submitted death notice.
Checked 2026-10-24. We will add biographical detail when it can be checked; a report about a death does not establish private circumstances, character or anyone's guilt.