sideman

plural sidemen

1. entertainmentA soloist playing with a band or group of which he is not a regular member.
2. Multicultural London EnglishderogatorySomebody who is unimportant or irrelevant.

   She told me she loved me, I was like when? Treated me like a sideman back then

   2019, “Love Me Not” (track 8), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta

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   I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud

   2016, “DPMO”, in Gunna Grimes (lyrics), #FingsOnThings, performed by 86