2017 · Rexdale
Myself
“Wallahi, I came from nothin' in Rexdale”
The annotation
NAV put Rexdale — and the Punjabi, Arabic and Somali vocabulary of northwest Etobicoke — on major-label records. 'Wallahi' is Arabic for 'I swear to God' and in Toronto it crossed religion and background entirely: it's now just how you mark that you're not joking.
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