Trinidad's most talked about crossover artist KI (Kris V Per­sad) will be a re­cip­i­ent of an award for chut­ney so­ca mu­sic when the Na­tion­al Youth Ac­tion Com­mit­tee (NY­AC) hosts its award cer­e­mo­ny for young achiev­ers in var­i­ous fields of en­deav­our.

The awards cer­e­mo­ny, sched­uled for De­cem­ber 3, takes place at Trin­i­ty East Col­lege in Trinci­ty, and has been en­dorsed by Pres­i­dent George Maxwell Richards who re­cent­ly host­ed a func­tion for the awardees.KI, the son of JMC 3Veni founder/mu­si­cal di­rec­tor Veeren­dra Per­sad, is en­joy­ing a mag­nif­i­cent ca­reer in his two years as a vo­cal­ist, and con­tin­ues to rise as the fastest artiste in this genre of mu­sic in the his­to­ry of the chut­ney so­ca art form.

Front­lin­er/pro­duc­er of 3Veni, KI is ec­sta­t­ic with this achieve­ment as he con­tin­ues to col­lect awards and ac­co­lades at a fast pace. A fi­nal­ist in the 2010 Na­tion­al Chut­ney So­ca Monarch com­pe­ti­tion, singing Catch Meh Lo­vah and No More Rum Again, he placed fourth, im­prov­ing this year with a sec­ond run­ner-up plac­ing.

KI al­so copped the Peo­ple's Choice award which was de­cid­ed by the pub­lic tex­ting. Fol­low­ing a hec­tic Car­ni­val 2K11 sea­son, KI and 3Veni had the op­por­tu­ni­ty to open for King of So­ca Machel Mon­tano at Madi­son Square Gar­dens ear­li­er this year. KI is al­so booked to per­form at the fi­nal grand ral­ly for Guyana's up­com­ing gen­er­al elec­tion on No­vem­ber 26.

Hav­ing some of the most pop­u­lar and de­mand­ed songs in the chut­ney so­ca world this year, such as Wom­an­iz­er, the remix of the Guyana Road March, and Same Girl, 3Veni and KI will be the first band to per­form at South Trinidad's newest night club-Mara­cas Night Club-next month.Chat­ting with T&T Guardian this week, KI ex­tend­ed thanks to his fam­i­ly, fans, band col­leagues and the me­dia for their over­whelm­ing sup­port.

He added: "I am ea­ger­ly look­ing for­ward to the up­com­ing Christ­mas/Car­ni­val sea­sons. Look out for my new songs for next year, as I am start­ing to re­lease in a mat­ter of days. I have been on a dream ride thus far in my ca­reer and I could not have had this with­out the sup­port of many. I just want to con­tin­ue climb­ing and pleas­ing my fans."

Last year, 3Veni won the Crossover Band of the Year award at the In­ter­na­tion­al Chut­ney So­ca Awards, held at the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA).Come C2K12, 3Veni is once again on the road on Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day with Tri­ni Rev­ellers' pre­sen­ta­tion of Car­ni­val: The Gold­en Years.