Cales Louima, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 October 1993, is a Haitian-born singer, songwriter and producer of contemporary Christian worship music who has built his career in the Dominican Republic since arriving as a teenager after the 2010 earthquake. His songs, among them «Amarte Igual», are staples of Dominican worship radio, and in 2023 he published the book «Más Allá del Arte».

From Port-au-Prince to La Vega

Louima survived the January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti and left for the Dominican Republic that same year, at sixteen. He first settled in La Vega, working odd jobs — washing cars, selling on the street — until a local pastor took him in, and his congregation became the setting where he discovered music. He began writing songs at seventeen and released his first single, «Eres Incomparable», in 2014.

«Excelso» and a growing catalogue

His debut album, «Excelso», followed in January 2018, and he has released steadily since: the EP «Atmósfera» (2020), which carried his best-known song, «Amarte Igual»; «Diseño, Existencia y Origen» (2021); «Salmos, Vol. 1» (2022), with «En Tu Eternidad» recorded alongside Any Puello; «Salmos, Vol. 2» (2023), including «Bendeciré» with Isabelle Valdez; and «Un Día a la Vez» (2025).

Collaborations and recognition

Louima has recorded and performed widely across Dominican and Latin American worship music, among them «Unción en el Aire» with World Worship (2024), «Sucederá» with Matty Martínez, a «Quiébrame» remix with Lizzy Parra, and a run of dates on Lilly Goodman's 2024 tour of Peru; in 2025 he recorded a live version of «Tú Eres Mi Hijo» with Rosa Karina. He has been recognized repeatedly at the Premios El Galardón and the Premios AMCL, including male vocalist of the year in 2022 and songwriter of the year in 2023.

Legacy

Now based in Santiago de los Caballeros, Louima has carried a testimony built on displacement and survival into one of the more visible careers in Dominican worship music, and beyond his own records he has become a recurring name on other artists' collaborations and concert bills, and, since 2023, as the author of «Más Allá del Arte» — an account, on the page, of the same story his songs tell.