I always wondered this too, when I go to Toronto, all my cousin and his friends use Jamaican slang in their talk even the white people. In NY we say certain words but it's not the majority of the slang. nikkas out there sound like Jamaican leprechauns that went to college
That's because 40 years ago Toronto was still a white ass city
Starting in the 70s, the Caribbeans, Indians etc all came. So as a city, in terms of our identity and street culture, it basically came of age during this period where the Caribbean culture was introduced.
In NY for example, there was already a strong pre existing identity and culture, that outside cultures contribute to, but ultimately integrate into