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Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, [1] [2] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black American street culture, [4] [5] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, [6] it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans.
The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world. Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. [1] [2] Ease of communication with the Internet facilitated the rapid proliferation of Gen Z slang. [2] [3] [4]
African-American English has always had a significant effect on hip-hop slang and vice versa. Certain regions have introduced their unique regional slang to hip-hop culture, such as the Bay Area (Mac Dre, E-40), Houston (Chamillionaire, Paul Wall), Atlanta (Ludacris, Lil Jon, T.I.), and Kentucky (Cunninlynguists, Nappy Roots).
Look up hyphy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term hyphy ( / ˈhaɪfiː / HY-fee) is an Oakland, California slang meaning "hyperactive". [ 1] More specifically, it is an adjective describing the hip hop music [ 1][ 2] and the culture associated with the Oakland area. [ 3] The term was first coined by Oakland rapper Keak da Sneak. [ 1][ 3]
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Ratchet (slang) Ratchet is a slang term in American hip hop culture that, in its original sense, [ 1] was a derogatory term used to refer to an uncouth woman, and may be a Louisianan dialect form of the word "wretched". In the 2000s–2010s, the word became loosely connotative of denoting overt confidence, defiance, fervour, or otherwise being ...
Bae (word) Bae ( / beɪ / BAY) is a slang term of endearment, [ 1] primarily used among youth. It came into widespread use around 2013 and 2014 through social media and hip-hop and R&B lyrics. [ 2]
Phonk ( / fɒŋk / ⓘ) is a subgenre of hip hop and trap music directly inspired by 1990s Memphis rap. The style is characterized by vocals from old Memphis rap tapes and samples from early 1990s hip hop, especially cowbell samples resembling that of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. The genre draws from the dark, distortive techniques of the ...