9. Drake drops Jamaican slang on “5 am in Toronto” (2013) and in his “Jungle” short film (2015)
Drake doesn’t just use Jamaican slang on Twitter. You can hear it pop up from time to time in his lyrics, too. Notably, on “5 am in Toronto,” Drizzy uses the Jamaican colloquialisms “Tr8, Y Pree”; the latter expression, which essentially means “why you watching me? ” was popularised by Vybz Kartel; the former is an affirmation closely associated with Kartel’s protege, Popcaan. He can also be heard speaking with something of a West Indian twang in his promo video for “Jungle.” If you google ‘Drake’ and ‘accent’ then you’ll witness some of the debate that this caused. However, many Torontonians identify twang as their natural accent, owing to the city’s large Caribbean community and its linguistic, cultural influence. Tr888. — Nadine White
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM1ZlT7CXco