List of slang used in hip hop music

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Hip hop music uses a variety of slang terms that have changed as hip hop itself has evolved and changed. Much of its lexicon is drawn from African American Vernacular English. Hip hop slang makes use of alternative pronunciations, mostly drawn from AAVE; ordinary words given new meanings; new coinages and portmanteau words; and vernacular phrases. The slang used in a hip hop record can often date it to a certain era and/or school of hip hop. As the hip hop culture has expanded worldwide, non-Americans and even non-English speakers have increasingly borrowed from and contributed to the slang of hip hop, often modifying the meanings of words to their own uses.

Here is a list of some slang words.

! Slang Word ! Standard English Meaning
|A'ight/ight |All right |Brotha |Black man |I'm a |I'm gonna; I am going to |nigga |As rapper 2Pac explains: "Nigger - a black man with a slavery chain around his neck; Nigga - a black man with a gold chain on his neck." (However, 'Pac himself used the word standing as "never ignorant getting goals accomplished") |sista / sister |Black woman (sometimes generalized to any woman in a predominantly black group) |Tight |Good |Word |Agreeing with something; or questioning something |Trap |A place where drugs and other sorts of paraphernalia are sold; similar to a ghetto |What it do? |South slang term for "what's up?" |Fo'sho |For sure |Bling |Jewelry |Spittin |To rap or freestyle |Ben Franks |One-hundred dollar bills named for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the front. |Dead presidents |American currency, referred to as such because of the historical presidents pictured. Specific references include terms like "Benjamins" (0 bills) and "Jacksons" ( bills). |Na'mean |"Do you know what I mean?" |Yadidimean |West slang term for "You know what i mean?" | Paper |"Money - Currency in cash" | Nine |A handgun, usually a pistol shooting 9 mm Luger Parabellum rounds. |Crib |Your home |Bitch |Girlfriend or mean female |Poppin' |A style of dancing |Freaking |To have wild sex with a women. A Word typically used by a male. |Jump Off |A specific area where something exciting is happening. |Bopper |A female who peforms regular oral sex with numerous male various times.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} |Bop |To perfom oral sex, e.g. She gives da Bop or She gave him da bop.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} |Wreck |To get into a physical confrontation with another person. E.g. she wrecked her; those two dudes was wreckin. Also used as a euphemism for oral sex. |Ice |Diamond jewlery, sometimes platinum. |Gon |Going to

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