Hi Nigger
Lord Melody
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Hi Nigger
*Content Advisory:
This song contains derogatory language, though the choice of words doesn’t reflect the true intentions of the song. Lord Melody’s song recounts a flirtatious encounter between two Trinidadians of African and East Indian descent, a relationship filled with stereotypes and humor. Using the Trinidadian English Creole word “nayga” (a spelling of the word to a form more common in the Anglo Caribbean) as a term of endearment, the calypsonian emphasizes the non-threatening aspect of relations between Afro- and Indo-Trinidadians.
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