sing-jay, n. orig. Jamaican.
Brit. /ˈsɪŋdʒeɪ/, U.S. /ˈsɪŋˌdʒeɪ/
Forms: 19– sing-J, 19– sing-j, 19– sing-jay
[‹ sing v.1 + -jay (in dee-jay n.).]
A DJ who sings and raps as part of his or her performance; (also) the style of music typical of such a performance.
| 1984 N.Y. Times 28 Dec. c7/2 Eek-a-Mouse, a onetime disk jockey or ‘deejay’, is now a ‘singjay’, whose performances combine rhythmic rapping with odd bits of scat-singing. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 May (Weekend section) 44 He's a prime practitioner of a reggae style that's come to be known as ‘sing-jay’, combining toasting (Jamaican-style rap) and singing in an elastic scat format. 1991 Observer (Nexis) 3 Mar. 60 He used studio down-time to work on a startling sing-j..version of The Beatles' ‘She's A Woman’. 2002 Echoes May 39/1 The Rasta sing-jay dips and weaves around the beats like Schumacher. |
Derivatives. sing-jaying n.
| 1987 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 26 Mar. d8/5 She too mixes her sweet soprano vocals with rapping, and calls this fusion *sing-jaying. 2002 Echoes May 38/4 Even Sizzla doesn't disappoint—his bubbling sing-jaying on Thanks And Praise reminding us of more innocent times. |