sing-jayn.
/ˈsɪŋdʒeɪ/, U.S. /ˈsɪŋˌdʒeɪ/, Caribbean English /ˈsɪŋˌdʒeː/ Originally Jamaican.
A DJ who sings and raps as part of his or her performance; (also) the style of music typical of such a performance.
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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
ˈsing-jaying n.
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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.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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