<p>The pronunciation is most likely from a topolectical influence. If you check <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A1%97" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wiktionary's entry on「街」</a>, for example:</p>
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<p>EDIT: as @user3306356 has noted, the rapper is speaking/rapping/singing in a topolect of Chengdu.</p>

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2019-07-24T23:49:33.530Z
Seems like it’s exactly Chengduese. Genius (https://genius.com/artists/Ty-china/bio) says: Ty. (唐溢) is a Chinese rapper from the Chengdu-based rap collective Chengdu Rap House (说唱会馆).
Mou某
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2019-07-24T23:51:54.750Z
There’s also this note on the lyrics page (https://genius.com/15340567): Ty delivers his verse in Sichuanese, a dialect very different from Mandarin Chinese.
Mou某
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2019-07-24T23:52:42.473Z
And another note from Genius’s lyrics page (https://genius.com/15340567): Translation: I’m from Chengdu, and that’s Chengdu’s blessing, what you’re hearing is more than music, it’s also truth and facts

Ty is from Chengdu (Sichuan Province), and he’s saying that Chengdu has given him to the world, which the world should be thankful for, because he offers more than just music as a Sichuanese hip-hop artist
Mou某
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2019-07-25T14:11:58.553Z
Thank you all very much!
Eleni K
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2019-07-24T21:17:17.067Z
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<p>So I was listening to the song "我的新衣” by Vava, and at a point the rapper Ty sings. And for some reason in this verse走到街上就像一千台进口奔驰 instead of 街 I listen he raps kāi. Can someone please tell me what he raps? Is it maybe some local accent and that's why I'm not hearing him pronouncing 街（jiē）properly? Thanks! </p>

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2019-07-24T19:30:55.433Z
It is just dialect
logger
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2019-07-25T00:04:56.210Z
If you listen closely - in the same line 像 is also pronounced qiǎng - another feature of Chengduese.
Mou某
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2019-07-26T00:48:35.527Z
In my home town（江苏泗洪）, 街 is pronounced as gāi（not kāi）, rather than jiē.
cauckf
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2019-08-10T15:19:20.003Z
Thank you so much you are all so helpful 
Eleni K
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Help with song lyrics pronunciation （我的新衣）?
# Help with song lyrics pronunciation （我的新衣）?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-24)

So I was listening to the song "我的新衣” by Vava, and at a point the rapper Ty sings. And for some reason in this verse走到街上就像一千台进口奔驰 instead of 街 I listen he raps kāi. Can someone please tell me what he raps? Is it maybe some local accent and that's why I'm not hearing him pronouncing 街（jiē）properly? Thanks!

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It is just dialect  
> **username_2**: If you listen closely - in the same line 像 is also pronounced qiǎng - another feature of Chengduese.  
> **username_3**: In my home town（江苏泗洪）, 街 is pronounced as gāi（not kāi）, rather than jiē.  
> **username_0**: Thank you so much you are all so helpful   

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-07-24. Score: 3

The pronunciation is most likely from a topolectical influence. If you check [Wiktionary's entry on「街」](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A1%97), for example:

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EDIT: as @user3306356 has noted, the rapper is speaking/rapping/singing in a topolect of Chengdu.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Seems like it’s exactly Chengduese. Genius (https://genius.com/artists/Ty-china/bio) says: Ty. (唐溢) is a Chinese rapper from the Chengdu-based rap collective Chengdu Rap House (说唱会馆).  
> **username_2**: There’s also this note on the lyrics page (https://genius.com/15340567): Ty delivers his verse in Sichuanese, a dialect very different from Mandarin Chinese.  
> **username_2**: And another note from Genius’s lyrics page (https://genius.com/15340567): Translation: I’m from Chengdu, and that’s Chengdu’s blessing, what you’re hearing is more than music, it’s also truth and facts  Ty is from Chengdu (Sichuan Province), and he’s saying that Chengdu has given him to the world, which the world should be thankful for, because he offers more than just music as a Sichuanese hip-hop artist  
> **username_0**: Thank you all very much!  

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