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Drake features on “Wah Gwan Delilah” by comedic internet personality Snowd4y, a satirical remix of the Plain White T’s song “Hey There Delilah” filled with references to Toronto.
Hence, the Jamaican patois-accented “Wah Gwan Delilah,” which takes from Toronto’s large Caribbean population, and Americans’ confused reactions to it as a parody.
If you haven’t yet figured it out, “Wah Gwan Delilah” is a cover of Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah,” the band’s biggest hit that peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2007.
“Wah Gwan Delilah” surfaced late in the evening on Snowd4y’s SoundCloud, marking the Toronto native’s musical debut. The audio post has already amassed 232,000 streams.
In a lot of ways, “Wah Gwan Delilah” feels like a response to being criticized for swag-jacking cultures from different regions: hopping on this song, Drake made something so uniquely Toronto ...
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