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Haitian Music Industry Association

Haitian Music Industry Association, (HMIA) pronounced " Hm̩ /mY ā-uh" (H - huh, silent) – commonly referred (Association haïtienne de l'industrie musicale or Asosyasyon Endistri Mizik Ayisyen in Haitian-Créole - is an organization composed of Haitian musicians, vocalists. composers, producers and performers, headquartered in New York City.

Founded by René Guemps in 2022, with a primary focus on the performance and promotion of Haitian music in the US.
We excited to be the first Haitian Folkloric band to join the Haitian Music Industry Association, HMIA.
by Negre Marron Records August 11, 2022
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Haitian Humpback

The act of engaging in male-to-male sexual activity inside a car while using a condom is referred to as "Haitian Humpback." In many places, this action is only considered a true "Haitian Humpback" if it occurs in a car with non-tinted windows. However, this context may vary in the South Side of Chicago.
Person 1: "Hey, dude, did you hear that Titus and Nathan Lloyd did a Haitian Humpback down Main St.?"

Person 2: "No way! I always kinda knew Titus was gay but Nathan too!"
by Jimmy Tuesday December 25, 2024
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Haitian Gibberish

I would type it into Google translate but how the hell am I supposed to spell "HUHWAH FLU BLAMAUW! XI JINPING POOTINE!" Those ain't words dawg.
Hym "I'm pretty sure there was an ampersand somewhere in all that haitian gibberish... That cannot be a real language. I'm suing Haiti."
by Hym Iam August 22, 2024
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.9.The Thinking Man Statue Are Asian, Creole, Haitian Tyrannies Done By Individuals Through Sincerity.9.
.9.The Thinking Man Statue Are Asian, Creole, Haitian Tyrannies Done By Individuals Through Sincerity.9.
by .6.9.7.6.ArimorylulA.8.3.0.5. September 17, 2025
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Haitian necktie

This is where somebody who does not agree with the current regime in Port of Prince Haiti is taken to a busy intersection of town and has a used tire fixed around their neck, and then that tire is doused with gasoline, and set on fire, thus killing the regime hater.
François was so anti-Duvalier that he was given a Haitian necktie.
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Upper Class Haitian

Girl 1: girl I done found me a Upper Class Haitian
Girl: ouu bitch you done snapped cuz they top tier
by IG:10f1.0nly1 March 11, 2022
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Haitian-Trance

Haitian-Trance (Simply referd to as Vodoun
(spelled Vodon, Vodou, Voudou, Voodoo, etc.) Dance is a trance-inducing music style in which Haitian artists combine DiaspoRara rjythms FolKompa which infuse Kreyòl-Funk music with elementsds of Rara street music and (Misik Rasin) Haitian roots music with more pop-based melodies

Haitian-Trance is often played in Afro-Creole Music Festivals, nightclubs from mainly the Afro-Creole and Afro-Latino American and Crenglish speaking countries of the Caribbean, the Antilles such as Haiti, Dominican Republicain (DR) Puerro Rico, Venezuela, Cuba, Martinique, Dominica, Panama, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Trinidad
Brasil, Hondunras and Columbia as well as Canada, France, Western Africa and Haitian communities in the Untited States.most notably, New Orleans.

Typical instruments
Modern synthesizer, Drum machine, Sound effect, MIDI, EWI (Electronic Wind Instruments), Backing track , Bass guitar, Electric guitars, Drums, Congas, Saxophone, Bamboo, Vaksen, Flute, Trumpet, Whistle, Tombone, Clarinet, Keyboard/Keyrtar Chanted vocals and Drumming, with lots of singable mélodies and cryptic, bawdy and pithy lyrics loaded with voye pwen,” or “sending a point.”

The track are usually sung and dance to a very hot, fast, Petwo rhythm lyrics, though there are exceptions

A notable label of this kind of Haitian-Trance is Negre Marron Records which was foundef in New York City 2018 by René Guemps.
Who woulda though that Haitian-Trance could be so incantatory and trance-inducing?
by Negre Marron Records October 16, 2018
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