Rikki Jai (born Samraj Jaimungal; pronounced [səmərɑːɟə ɟəjəməⁿɡələ]) is an Indo-Trinidadian chutney and chutney-soca musician.
[1][2] Jai's 1988 debut single Sumintra told the tale of an Indo-Trinidadian woman from Debe who informed her boyfriend of her preference for soca over the music of Indian artist Lata Mangeshkar.
Jai returned the following year with Pumping, then Bolo and Show Me Yuh Motion.
In 2011, he won his 6th Chutney Soca Monarch title, with the song White Oak and Water, walking away with TT$2 million in prize money.
On Tuesday 7, October 2023, Jai acquired a honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University of Trinidad and Tobago.