Veteran calypsonian Sugar Aloes says the art form was dealt a severe blow under the Basdeo Panday regime.

He says the former Prime Minister did not like being targeted in song and he sought to have it suppressed.

Sugar Aloes, real name Michael Osuna says this too is part of the reason some view him and Weston Rawlins the Cro Cro, the way they do.

Mr. Osuna says the same people who were supporting the very calypso then turned.

Mr. Osuna is a finalist in the 2018 Calypso Monarch competition.

He was speaking on the Carnival Scene and Unseen program on i95.5fm yesterday.