One of the biggest hits of 1992 was "Informer", a reggae-rap hybrid by Canada's Snow, whose incomprehensible rhymes guaranteed he'd be a 1 hit wonder, and even so, he was largely treated as a joke because no one could understand the verse.
On In Living Color, it was left to a fellow Canuck, Jim Carrey, to do a parody. Carrey mixes in a little bit of Popeye with his gibberish, though his lyrics, predictably, make more sense. And, I would be remiss if I didn't take note of the question mark on Carrey's shirt. No one thought of it much at the time, but three years later, Carrey played The Riddler in "Batman Forever", opposite Val Kilmer as the Dark Knight. So maybe, just maybe, we can chalk it up to some retro-foreshadowing?
Here's "Imposter":
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