Tay Zonday

**I move away from the mic to describe tropes

Adam Nyerere Bahner, better known as Tay Zonday, first gained fame in July 2007 for his original song "Chocolate Rain," the source of many an Internet meme. Tay also has his own YouTube channel, host to several of his own homemade songs.

Tay Zonday provides examples of the following tropes:

• Adam Westing: Most notably in his "Cherry Chocolate Rain" video for Dr Pepper.
• Auto-Tune: Used in "Roll the Dice".
• Black and Nerdy
• Chorus-Only Song: "Chocolate Rain".
• Older Than He Looks: He was in his mid-20s when he wrote "Chocolate Rain."
• Rickroll: Of course.
• Self-Backing Vocalist: Present in "Musicolio," where he sings all the backing vocals and plays all the instruments on his keyboard.
• Vocal Dissonance: He looks about 12 in the "Chocolate Rain" video but has a rather deep voice.
• Word Salad Title: "I wanted a catchy artist name that had zero search results on Google."