Tim Westwood / Ali G

I'd like to be like Ali G, maybe.

Maybe not.


Timothy Westwood is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television.

Ali G is a satirical （風刺の）fictional character invented and performed by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

The character of Ali G plays on the stereotype of a non-black suburban male who revels（楽しむ、凝る） in a mixture of American Gangsta Rap and Jamaican Black culture, particularly through hip hop, reggae, and jungle music;

though the actual ethnicity of Ali G's character caused confusion, with some believing him to be a Middle Eastern.

However, Baron Cohen stated that BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood was an influence on the development of the Ali G character

– Westwood hosts Radio 1's Rap Show and speaks in a faux （偽の）American Hip-Hop dialect.

Ali G's middle class credentials（信用証明物） mirror Westwood's: the latter was brought up in Lowestoft, Norfolk as a bishop's son.


Ali G non-standard grammar has been the point of ridicule（冷やかし） by at least one interviewee.

Claiming to be black and of Jamaican ancestry（先祖、家柄）,

some of his catchphrases include
"Aight" (alright),
"Booyakasha",
"Big up Yaself",
"Wagwaan",
"West Side",
"Respek" (respect),
" For Real ",
" Punanee",
"Check It" and
"Keep It Real".

His trademark hand gesture is the dip snap.

He once defined the meaning of "Boyakasha" as
"Hear me now, bo, selecta, swallow back, holler, big up ya self, everything that I in, coming at ya like Cleopatra, come in a couple of bars, recognize, represent, keep it real, you gotta check ya self before ya wreck ya self, swallow back ... oh yeah, and hello".