White Jamaican on Growing Up In Kin-gston, TikTok Fame, & Speaking Patois | Sidequestz 

I’m currently living in Jamaica studying in Kingston but originally from Belize, my family is of Lebanese descent and one time i grew my beard out and a random jamaican guy called me “Suicide Bomma” 😂. Now all my Jamaican friends call me that as a nickname.

Sorry this is crazy for me cause I know mark from university and Gideon from school in Jamaica… the world is SMALL

" I am a local", those words ring true to our motto,--out of many one people! Love dah yute yah!

His description of how race is perceived in Jamaica is spot on. His description of Jamaican nicknames cracked me up.

‘Of Many One People’. Wish the world would adopt this Jamaican concept. The world would be a better place.

This guy is basically my new favorite on RU-vid videos for the last 3 or 4 months now! I appreciate the depictions of how easy going people from Jamaica 🇯🇲 can be and it makes me wish the whole world would take notes to the social acceptance and openness that Jamaican culture can display. AGWANBOSSI!!! BROWN MAN! ❤❤❤

Dude you keep hitting this out of the park with these guests! Just a suggestion, would you consider doing Nardwuar if he was up for it? Guy never gets a real look for all the crazy interviews he’s done.

In the song “Hey Baby” by Stephen Marley and obviously one of the goats mos def, he says “Ive been gone awhile away from you and i hope you OVERstand”. Now i know why he says overstand instead of UNDERstand. Thank you!

Every single second of this was interesting! That man is aware of everything around him, he is legit

As a Jamaican American, I have to say this interview was pretty cool. I was afraid of the 2 hours but it was well worth it. Kudos 🇯🇲

Finally. I been looking for a interview with Sidequestz for months.

I'm Barbadian and let me tell you that our nicknames are mostly descriptive too. I think it's a caribbean thing. Every neighborhood has a"tall man", "short man", "Fat man" etc..😂

I still don’t get why it’s hard for Americans especially to grasp that there are different races and ethnicities in Jamaica just like in the US. I get the “you don’t look Jamaican” so often it’s exhausting to keep explaining. Jamaica’s history is so rich and I’m enjoying uncovering my family’s diverse history. It’s true Jamaica is a mostly Black (African) country, but we’re truly out of many one people.

Yes mark!! As a white guy that grew up in the caribbean, this guy is awesome. Love his clips, glad to see someone have him on for a long form

I feel him, being a black German comes with weird questions as well lol

I Really Liked The Respectful Curiosity Of This Interviewer! He Did A Bloody Good Job!! 🇬🇧🇯🇲

OH MAAAAAN, THIS IS REALLY A GIFT, THANK YOU MARK!!!! I LOOOOOVE SIDEQUESTZ, NOTHING MAKES ME LAUGH HARDER THAN HIM!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 SO HAPPY TO GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER AS A PERSON!!!!!!

I used to work at a tire shop with a Guyanese guy who introduced me to dancehall and my life has not been the same since😂

Sidequestz is my fav street prank content creator right now, the way he clowns himself is just too good!! I really wish i could do something like that one day, iv always wanted to find a way to be self confident enough and post it on social media, since im a kid iv always wanted to try it.. and the way he does it is reallly inspiring!!

This guy is a real yardman, he is the culture

I as a white Canadian had my best friend who was from Trinidad 🇹🇹, long story short are parents made an arrangement where I moved to Trinidad 🇹🇹 with my best friend Bolan. I stayed for 2 years at the age of 12 . I had the best time , and I really enjoyed this conversation. Such a random guest . This is why I love this channel . Well done sir 😊!!!

He explain everything perfectly 🇯🇲

I work with twelve men from Jamaica. Nicknames are real. We got: Nose, Squirrel, Iron, Big Boy, Major, Neegle, Fui, Schoolboy, Goalie, Dragon, Killer Bean and Tallman. They call me either General or Mafia

Caught this guy making shorts a WHILE back and knew he was gonna blow up... guys got a unique take on the street 'pranks', great sense of humor and is talented asf, can't wait to see what his stuff evolves into.

Yeah I'm Jamaican and and I live in Jamaica. Gideon was honest, shared his perspective and he did a pretty good job explaining subtle nuances about being Jamaican. I loved this interview and I love his videos. Hope to see more from him. Thank you for this!

One thing i can say i was born here and been here my whole life and am sure i couldn't explain this shit like him! hes spot on bro he's no fake bro .. respect to him hes a G

I love the way he come in and out of his Jamaican accent

Gideon is so handsome. And that accent 😮‍💨😍 I have a hard time believing he has trouble with the ladies but as a fellow introvert I totally understand his perspective.

This dude is funny lol. Growing up in Jamaica I too was classified as 'brown' & ppl called me brown man. Here in America there's no such thing. 1 ounce of melanin & u black lol

Not how I found you Mark, but so glad I did. This was an amazing interview. As a Jamaican yuh mek mi proud Sidequestz!! He broke tings dung suh nicely. Big up all Jamaicans dung ah yah and abroad!!!!! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

This has become my favorite podcast to listen to. My favorite episode so far is the Paul Sutter episode everything was explained simple. Good stuff

If a man said to me “beat up the Cervix” I’d die 😂😂

LETSSS GOOOOOOO MARK bringing a amazing guest once again, that’s why you make the big bucks! Insane consistency🔥🔥🔥🔥

Bob Marley died 42 years ago. His music transcends cultures and races because he sang about unifying themes of peace and love, social justice, fighting against "isms and scisms" - a challenge to fight against racism, colonialism, etc. Bob is unparalleled. He was a true Jamaican who was not in it for the money but to deliver a message that continues to reverberate around the world to this day. RIP Bob. ❤🇯🇲🇨🇦

This dude is hilarious. Saw some of his clips, and was stoked to see him as a guest and get some background.

I love hearing how cultures and languages blend between each other as they merge. Jamaican English is a beautiful poetry. We see this warping of language to a lesser extent in different parts of the UK where each region has its own words and meanings but Jamaica just puts this on steroids! Bob said it all, "one love, one heart"... We are all one people.

For me I never understand why people from other country don't realize that in Jamaica we have every nationality we treat them as they are Jamaicans I have no idea what is so hard for everyone to understand in Jamaica we don't care if you're a Jamaican you're a Jamaican so him being white seem to be puzzling you that he could be white in Jamaican he's not the only white Jamaican are is family there is lots of white Jamaicans who were born in Jamaica who has never left Jamaica and they still live in Jamaica today there's a parish named Saint Elizabeth Treasure Beach or practically all white they were born in Jamaica and they died in Jamaica because they have never traveled to another country we have another place in Jamaica called Germantown we are a lot of white Jamaicans live they're not treated differently they go to the same school they eat the same food when I was a kid growing up in Jamaica our neighbors were what you would call White Jamaicans we just saw them as our neighbors and her friends they weren't white Jamaicans they were Jamaicans so please everyone stop saying white Jamaican just say Jamaican and don't forget our motto out of many one people😮

Here in Brazil the jamaican culture has a big community of appreciators. Specially in São Paulo, that we got that similiar social context, a lot of immigrants, and that colonialist past that reflects a lot in todays society. The black culture is very often appropriated rather than appreciated. Most of them roots lyrics reflect our experiences. Sound System Culture and all reggae music strands make us really connect and resist inna ghetto. Jamaican culture and Rastafari touch the heart of everyone that get in to it, thats a fact. Reggae music saved my life

Definitely can relate with a lot of this. Big up mi Jamaican dem!

petition to make sidequestz voice NPCs in GTA 6, i love this guy so much! wished rockstar would hire him 🖤

I've never seen this guy out of his "Jamaican" character before. I am enthralled by his wit and intelligence in this interview. He's cool and true to himself.

First time I met a white Jamaican was in high school and at the same time. One of my teachers was a Chinese Jamaican first time ever seeing that. Jamaica is a lot more incredibly diverse than most people think! Awesome interview! Rep the 305 big dawwwwwg

Love the Jamaican people, love the language... I've literally never met a Jamaican who wasn't pure good energy, know how rare that is?

I love this, I relate to this being mixed as well and light skin. Where I come from in Puerto Rico or in most of the Caribbean, we come in all colors. It really is hard to explain to second generation or American kids that I’m mixed. I loved learning more patios and Gideon’s story’s were fun to hear. Bless up y’all.

This is the guy Chet Hanks wishes he was

He needs to do much more of the Jamaican sketches.

Love this interview. I always say Jamaica is the least racist country in the world. The people are friendly. Coolie was a slur in the beginning but is more normalized. They’ll call you white man but doesn’t mean anything racist by it. Everyone don’t smoke weed in Jamaica

In Jamaica coolie isn't a slur, we call anyone with curly / straight hair coolie

Fascinating vlog. It confirms everything I have learned in the past 25+ years of living with Jamaicans.

That Jamaican rizz improv floored me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Great podcast fam, Thanks for supporting the island man

16:40 I would call Patois it’s own language tbh, it’s a creole language so it’s an amalgamation of other languages, but distinct in its own

@15:32 Etymology It is generally understood that the term comes from the Hindi and Telugu word kulī (क़ुली)(కూలి), meaning "day-labourer", which is probably associated with the Urdu word kulī (قلی), meaning "slave". The Urdu word is thought to come from the Tamil word kulī ("hire" or "hireling"). The word kūli, meaning "wages", is present throughout the Dravidian language family, with the exception of the North Dravidian branch. It is also thought that the Hindi word qulī could have originated from the name of a Gujarati aboriginal tribe or caste. The Chinese word kǔlì (苦力) is an instance of phono-semantic matching that literally translates to "bitter strength" but is more commonly understood as "hard labour".[citation needed] In 1727, Engelbert Kämpfer described coolies as dock labourers who would unload Dutch merchant ships at Nagasaki in Japan.

This guy is just simply, real raw and honest, Everything he explained is exactly so.,

Amazing discussion, as a light skinned Jamaican I found it to be on point, accurate, truthful and yet amusing also. Very well done.

This guy is absolutely next level fucking hilarious. I heard he was Jamaican before and thought he was joking. Now we know, he wasn't joking

Jamaica to di world 🗣️🇯🇲

I love this guy’s channel, his pranks are hilarious. I especially love his Jamaican ones because Patois is a beautiful language and I love learning about it.

I been wanting to know more about this dude 😂 mad funny

When I saw this guys videos originally I liked them but was skeptical, but this dude is really good hearted and made these videos from an actually more complex place……. Idk I’m high

JAMAICA - Out of many, one people - I love this!!! Actually, there are different variations of patois. Interesting to note is-- patois is NOT unique to Jamaica -- In addition, there is a standard form of Jamaican patois and a number of variants within Ja. There is a jamaican patois dictionary and an entire department at the University of the West Indies( Mona) dedicated to the study of language that focuses on Jamaican patois.

*Bruv had me when he said “Fish” 😂😂😂 I’m gon subscribe now. My goodness!* 😂😂😂 Great conversation for the people that aren’t used to our culture to understand.

There is a difference in patois spoken in the different regions of the island. For example: folks from Western Jamaican they speak a different patois. My cousin now lives in Hanover and we laugh when she says “a weh yuh when deh go? Lol. And I find that folks from St. Elizabeth and that section of the island speaks a different patois. I am from Portland and I believe our patois sounds more proper. Lol. Bias . The folks from the inner cities also have a different way of speaking patois. Lol. I love my people

Being a white man that only listens to Reggae music this makes my heart happy lol.

Truth is the Caribbean is a prime example of a multi cultural societies. Regardless of your heritage you are Guyanese, Trini, Jamaican etc

Dude love this guy. Thx for finding him and sharing this.

Im mixed race and stay in Jamaica for months at a time as parents retired here. They call me brown man, or English man. And yes you def cant be shy here specially if you want something from there stores as everyone will pass you at the counter and wonder why you standing there shook. Edit: when my patois breaks out they can see I have accent but understand I have some Jamaican in me.

@15:48 coolie comes from Chinese term for “overworked labourer/slave”. When blacks were freed, many Chinese and East Indians took their place to work the fields.

I never knew that he had Palestinian ancestry. Great episode, the conversation sounded so fluid!

Good interview, loveeeeeee Jamaica 🇯🇲🇨🇦 In Jamaica, skin tone doesn't really matter

Repping the diversity of the Caribbean. Gideon you a funny yute bredrin, nuff respect!

Gideon you've lived your life very well so far. Many of us black people have been born in places where we were the minority - and you have felt this too at times through living in Jamaica . You're one of us. Many of us had to navigate a culture which was NOT natively ours and learnt it,learned to embrace it, and had to find ourselves and joy within it. It's hard in early life especially but it gets better and so wonderful if you have wisdom and kindness about you. Well done! Keep going. We understand much of your experience and accomplishments, the emotional growth, and spiritual significance of such as journey. 🔆 Great interviewer too, very authentic vibe.

This is cool as hell. Seen some of his bits and thought he was super funny. Cool to see his accent loosening up as you got further into the interview, patois is beautiful to listen to, and he got cool stuff to say :)

I love these little niche interviews that aren’t just the same famous people regurgitated over and over, and feature interesting but lesser known creators

There's nothing crazier than hearing an asian with a Jamaican accent. That shit blew my mind 🤯

Jamaican descendants comprises of The 4 UK Countries, Africans, Asians, Arabs Middle Eastern & Spanish Jews, Germans and other Europeans in minority numbers. Many Arabs and Jews got unintentionally stranded in Jamaica on their journey to America via Mexico, making Jamaica their final destination going back 4-5 Generations.

In regards to patios variation based on geographical location in Jamaica , the answer is yes . Different parishes that you go to will have slight differences in the accent and the slangs that they use , for example someone from Montego Bay will sound totally different from someone in St Elizabeth . Someone in St Thomas will have differences from Montego Bay and St Elizabeth . Its complicated and even Jamaicans are startled by the different accents and slangs used thorough the island .

He had such a worldly experience growing up. To live in four different countries by your 18th military (and not being in a military family) is crazy!

Growing up in Ja...i have never encountered racism..it is more of a classism amongst the upper echelons..

Omg Coolie in Trinidad is a very offensive racial slur. It means to carry a heavy load, "On the head". This was a great interview!

Wow! Just came across this podcast and it's so cool. As a Jamaican, this is quite an informative and credible interview. However, the Jamaican Patois is on a continuum so there are 3 levels...1) Basilect, 2) Mesolect and 3) Acrolect. The "upper St. Andrew" accent is the Acrolect whereas the Mesolect is what most Jamaicans use. The Basilect is only used by a few in some rural regions like St. Elizabeth, etc. (Mi bin de go dung de su) The Basilect is the raw patois. I will certainly subscribe to this challenge as it is quite cool...

Saw the best tweet the other day when somebody questions " are you really Jamaican" what am I supposed to look like a plate of ackee and saltfish😂, loved this interview, big up to my Jamaican massives 🇯🇲

Just for the people wondering what does Coolie mean, in India it means a native labourer who carries you goods or luggages.

Here in Toledo Ohio, we suprisingly have a Jamacian Community with restaurants. Could not belive it myself.

I love Side Questz. And now i found your channel, you ask some genuinely good questions. Cant wait to hook this up to listen to whenever.

Coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, khuli, khulie, cooli, cooly, or quli) is a pejorative term used for low-wage labourers, typically those of Indian or Chinese descent. Indian labourers in British Trinidad and Tobago; around 1890s. The word coolie was first used in the 16th century by European traders across Asia.

Jamaican are really and truly patriotic. We support each other hardcore

When living in Europe Black people speak the local languages, living in China Black people speak Chinese, living in Italy we speak Italian. Stop being ignorant people & trying to keep confusing people. 🙏🏿🙌🏾👏🏾

English King Edward I conquered northern Wales and made it a principality in 1284 Edward I of England was in complete control of Scotland in August 1296 English Conquest of Ireland, c. 1530-c. 1650 In 1655 a British expedition under Admiral Sir William Penn and General Robert Venables captured Jamaica and began expelling the Spanish, a task that was accomplished within five years. ☝🏽Referencing Cambridge & Britannica above to give a brief history lesson to back up my original post regarding the historical time period intended in the original post below👇🏽 The UK comprises of 4 Countries, Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales. There were populations from all 4 countries, however majority of the UK population in Jamaica were Scottish. Jamaica has the most Scottish Surnames outside of Scotland.

Jamaicans, i cluding myself, never knew racism existed until i lived in the UK. Jamaicans are now aware through the internet, social media.

Bro you got this dude!!!!! His videos are f***en hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂

As a black Jamaica it was truly a shock to hear him wish he were black when he was a child. Like I never would’ve thought that. I want to meet a non black Jamaican and hear their experiences. There is rarely any place where they meet besides school and even then it’s rare

I don't know why people can't believe Jamaica have all color and race, when I was growing up u have whites .juries .Indians. Chinese black .u name it' they were there, that is why, out of meny one people

Being Indo Caribbean of Trini and Guyanese background, some say "coolie" comes from what the Indian indentured servants were called, referring to them being "workers" or "laborers". For a long time, Indo Caribbeans themselves used that word for their community, but in more recent years there's a divide in feelings on whether or not it's offensive (usually from younger generations, or those who live outside of the West Indies). West Indians are not nearly as "PC" within their communities in comparison to how things can be outside of the Caribbean. People, at least in the past, are pretty fine calling you anything, and also being called anything. For better or worse.

My retention rate was so high this video. Glad to see you put our thoughts into words Mark. Ly

This is very relatable 💯, My Vincy family brought me up calling me ginger top, Duracell, Reds, white gal, freckle face 😂 When i took my friend to JA, she was more offended than me at what they would call me 😂

The British used the term Coolie to describe the Chinese and Indian Labourers who travelled there then the Jamaicans adopted it.

jamaicians sound a lot like brazilians! in every aspect really, the most hilarious part is that we also give everyone nicknames the first time we meet them and it sticks for life. usually I don’t even know the persons real name

I worked with a white boy from Jamaica back in the 90’s. He had locks and everything. This dude reminds me so much of him. Good interview. 👍🏽

bro if u ano yaadman yuh nah go can understand patua so good bro all some jamaicans cant undastan patua