Where does the word "zaddy" come from? There are as many hot takes as there are hot zaddies, but I think mine's better: It's a story of phonetic assimilation, auditory biases, and borrowing across dialects. Stay to the end for a special musical guest!
Link to the IPA "zaddy" shirt: [ Ссылка ]
SNL "Westminster Daddy Competition" video: [ Ссылка ]
NBC's (wrong) video about the origin of Zaddy: [ Ссылка ]
Salt 'n' Pepa "Shoop" video: [ Ссылка ]
John Leguizamo from 1992: [ Ссылка ]
Bree Runway and Yung Baby Tate "Damn Danny": [ Ссылка ]
Digital Underground (Shock G RIP) "Humpty Dance": [ Ссылка ]
Ty Dolla $ign "Zaddy": [ Ссылка ]
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