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Ckay Teaches Us ‘Pidgin English For Dummies’
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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 35062" data-attributes="member: 81"><p><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ckay.jpg?w=1024&h=436&crop=1" alt="ckay nigerian" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span class="uw_large_emoji">Getty Image</span></p><p></p><p>One of the rising trends in pop music has been the explosion in the popularity of international music in America, especially <a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/billboard-afrobeats-chart-bieber-sheeran/" target="_blank">Nigerian Afropop</a> (also known by the confusing moniker “Afrobeats” or by <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/burna-boy-headlining-show-madison-sqaure-garden/" target="_blank">Burna Boy</a>‘s chosen appellative, “Afrofusion”). But as international music becomes more mainstream stateside, one barrier still remains in bridging the gap between America and the world — namely, the language barrier. Thanks to stars singing in their native languages of <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/j-balvin-metallica-wherever-i-may-roam/" target="_blank">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/twice-live-review-los-angeles/" target="_blank">Korean</a>, and three or four Nigerian dialects, being a music fan is starting to mean becoming a polyglot.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ckay-interview-cover-story-love-nwantiti/" target="_blank">Nigerian star Ckay</a> is more than willing to help his growing US audience learn his favorite Igbo phrases. He recently stopped by the Uproxx Studios in LA to help give us a “Pidgin English for Dummies” lesson on TikTok with the help of Uproxx’s own Cherise Johnson. Check out the video below, where Ckay explains “nwantiti” — as in, his hit song “Love Nwantiti” — “mezebu,” and “wahala.” He even shows us how to use them in a sentence, mixing English and Igbo for some useful phrases that can help unlock the infectious grooves of Afropop with a little more context for those of us who didn’t grow up on jollof and moi moi.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Ckay is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ckay-teaches-us-pidgin-english-for-dummies/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 35062, member: 81"] [IMG alt="ckay nigerian"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ckay.jpg?w=1024&h=436&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] One of the rising trends in pop music has been the explosion in the popularity of international music in America, especially [URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/billboard-afrobeats-chart-bieber-sheeran/']Nigerian Afropop[/URL] (also known by the confusing moniker “Afrobeats” or by [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/burna-boy-headlining-show-madison-sqaure-garden/']Burna Boy[/URL]‘s chosen appellative, “Afrofusion”). But as international music becomes more mainstream stateside, one barrier still remains in bridging the gap between America and the world — namely, the language barrier. Thanks to stars singing in their native languages of [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/j-balvin-metallica-wherever-i-may-roam/']Spanish[/URL], [URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/twice-live-review-los-angeles/']Korean[/URL], and three or four Nigerian dialects, being a music fan is starting to mean becoming a polyglot. Fortunately, [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/ckay-interview-cover-story-love-nwantiti/']Nigerian star Ckay[/URL] is more than willing to help his growing US audience learn his favorite Igbo phrases. He recently stopped by the Uproxx Studios in LA to help give us a “Pidgin English for Dummies” lesson on TikTok with the help of Uproxx’s own Cherise Johnson. Check out the video below, where Ckay explains “nwantiti” — as in, his hit song “Love Nwantiti” — “mezebu,” and “wahala.” He even shows us how to use them in a sentence, mixing English and Igbo for some useful phrases that can help unlock the infectious grooves of Afropop with a little more context for those of us who didn’t grow up on jollof and moi moi. [I]Ckay is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.[/I] [url="https://uproxx.com/music/ckay-teaches-us-pidgin-english-for-dummies/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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