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pect of the Caribbean culture 

Jamaican Iconic Female singer


RIHANNA
What is the relation between
Rihanna and Caribbean?
About Rihanna 

•  February 20, 1988  in Saint Michael 

•  Bridgetown, Barbados. 
•  Afro - Caribbean parents.
• Barbadian singer, actress, stylist and
businesswoman.  
•  Cultural ambassador in 2008.
• An ambassador of Barbados in 2018.

Resta Jamaican multiple coloured dress used on "Work" song 


Rihanna about Jamaican English
 Rihanna's reply in an interview for Vogue : 
"You get what I’m saying, but it’s not all the way perfect.
Because that’s how we speak in the Caribbean."
   A scathing article  posted on TheGizzleReview.com:
   "Either way, her singing voice isn’t doing much work on
this new single, the latest to be taken from her highly
anticipated new album ‘Anti’. What begins as slurring soon
just devolves into gibberish, “work work work work work”
becoming “wor wer waa wahhhhh wa”. Repeated listening is
genuinely hilarious."
“Man Down” - Caribbean roots

“What’s My Name?”
Rihanna’s “Dem Haters”
Reggae “Kisses Don’t Lie”
Songs “Pon de Replay” - Caribbean roots

“If It’s Lovin’ ”


Jamaican words on "Work"
song
“me haffi” (which means “I have to”)
 “when you ah guh” (“when are you going to”)
“me no cyar” (or “I don’t care). 
"He si mi duh mi" (He saw me do my)
"Suh mi put in" (So I put in)
"Mi nuh cyar if him" (I don’t care if he’s)
"Dry! ...Me a desert him" (Dry! ...I’m deserting him)
"Nuh time to have you lurking" (No time to have you lurking)
"Him ah guh act like he nuh like it" (He’s going to act like he
doesn’t like it)
"Nuh badda touch me yuh nuh righteous" (Don't bother
touching me, you are not righteous)
"Nuh badda, text me in a crisis" (Don’t bother to text me in a
crisis)
Rihanna’s patois memes
Conclusion

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