Rikki Jai

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Rikki Jai is a prominent Trinidadian singer known for helping popularize chutney and chutney-soca music in the Caribbean.

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Rikki Jai canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chutney-soca artist
person
singer
activeIn Caribbean music scene
associatedWith Trinidad and Tobago Carnival
chutney music
chutney-soca music
awardReceived Chutney Soca Monarch title
birthName Samraj Jaimungal
countryOfCitizenship Trinidad and Tobago
culturalRegion Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
ethnicOrigin Indo-Trinidadian
fieldOfWork Caribbean popular music
Indo-Caribbean music
genre chutney
chutney-soca
soca
hasAudience Indo-Caribbean people
surface form: Indo-Caribbean communities

wider Caribbean music listeners
hasCulturalBackground Indo-Caribbean
hasGenreInnovation fusion of traditional chutney with soca rhythms
hasInfluenceOn development of chutney-soca genre
hasMediaType live performances
studio recordings
hasNotableAchievement bridging Indian and Afro-Caribbean musical styles
mainstreaming chutney elements into soca
hasRole vocalist
instrument voice
isFrom Trinidad and Tobago
languageOfPerformance Sarnami Hindustani
surface form: Caribbean Hindustani

English
musicSubculture Indo-Trinidadian chutney scene
name Rikki Jai self-link
nationality Trinidadian
notableFor helping popularize chutney and chutney-soca music in the Caribbean
notableWork Sumintra
occupation singer
songwriter
performerOf Carnival stage shows in Trinidad and Tobago
performingArtsDiscipline vocal music
placeOfBirth Trinidad and Tobago
regionOfActivity Caribbean
North America
surface form: North America (diaspora performances)

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Chutney music notableArtist Rikki Jai
Rikki Jai name Rikki Jai self-link