Rap Dictionary (part 1 of 4)
Patrick Atoon
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This is the first part of the bi-weekly posting of the Rap Dictionary
to rec.music.hip-hop. It is extracted from the WWW version accessible at:
This Rap Dictionary is not intended to show the only correct spelling of words;
slang is mostly a spoken language an noone exactly knows how to spell things. A
word might mean something other to you than displayed here; that is because all
words and corresponding meanings have been put in the list on a "goes until
challenged by someone" basis.
I have followed the English rules, writing out words fully. Most verbs are
usually written differently, though. Take for example cruising, which will
usually be spelled like cruisin', or brother which is often seen as brotha. Some
starting with an `f' are often written with `ph', like phat or phunky. And what
to think of a thing like Doowutchalike?
Where possible I have added a source to show in what context the word is being
used. Take a look at the definition below.
dap
1) (n) Sort of high-five type of handshake. "Gimme a dap, I'll give you
one back" -- Ice T. (Ziplock [1991])
2) (n) Dignity and Pride, old slang (think 70's here).
Note the "a source" as in "just any source", I don't mean "the source", since
that would take ages of debating.
Note that in slang or dialects the grammar is not strongly typed, so nouns can
be verbs etcetera. Slang for gun and penis is almost always interchangable.
Wherever you encounter (?) I am not sure about whatever I am saying there.
"???" means that I don't have that particular piece of information. If you know
more than me, please let me know.
Please help making this list more complete. If it wasn't for the help of
the UseNet alt.rap community, this list wouldn't be one percent of its
current size.
'lac
(n) Short for Cadillac. "Macks drive 'lacs" -- Big Mello [1993].
1 and 2
(n) Turntables. "DJ behind the 1 and 2".
1-2 checker
1) (n) Checking the MIC.
2) (n) Checking the scene.
10
(n) See Mac 10. "Had my ten in my hand" -- Coolio (Gangsta's paradise [1995]).
10%
(n) See 5%. "Ten percent took a loss" -- Boots of The Coup.
107.5
(n) The big "urban format" station in Chicago, Illinois. 107.5 WGCI, home of the
nationally-syndicated "Tom
Joyner Morning Show," a focal point for activism and unity in the black
community.
1200
1) (n) The Technics SL 1200 is regarded as the best turntable for DJ'ing. The reason
for this is its very, very high torque. If you hit the start/stop button, the
platter will reach top speed within a 1/4th revolution. Not many turntables can match
that. "My DJ you know 1200's he's using, I don't!" -- Schoolly D. (I don't like rock 'n
roll [??])
2) (n) SP-1200 sampler, a top of the line product.
1555
(n) The year the first slaveships arrived in America. "Sayin' 1555 how I'm livin'"
-- Public Enemy (Can't truss it [??]).
186
(n) Police term for a murder or homicide. To be on the lookout for someone who is
trying to kill you.
187
(n) Californian penal code number for homicide. The police in California uses the
penal code numbers as shorthand on the radio. Eg. in Oregon the code for homicide is
"163.005", different from California. "Try to set me up for a 211, fuck around and get
caught up in a 187" -- Dr. Dre (Let me ride [1992]).
2 to 4
(n) The duration of a imprisonement sentence, two to four years in jail. "Hit with a
2 to 4 is difficult" -- Mobb Deep (Survival of the fittest [1995]).
20
1) (n) See twenty sack. "I'm an addict for sneakers, 20's of buddah and bitches with
beepers" -- NAS (New York state of mind [1994]).
2) (n) 20-inch rims on car wheels. <EM>"Twenties, TVs, leather and wood"</EM> -- Lil
Bow Wow (Bounce with me [2000]).
21 & Lewis
(n) Streetcorner in Long Beach, California. "I hung a left at two-one and Lewis" --
Warren G. (Regulate [1994]).
21 Cerritos
(n) Long Beach crip set. The Dogg Pound and Warren G have rumored association with
them. "But you don't really know about, you know, the Cerritos silly ho" -- Daz (Who
gotz some gangsta shit [1994]).
211
(n) Police code for armed robbery. "Try to set me up for a 211, fuck around and get
caught up in a 187" -- Dr. Dre (Let me ride [1992]).
212
(n) A New York area code.
213
1) (n) The name of a group with Snoop, Nate Dogg and Warren G. This group was separated
when they all got big. "Way back then 213 was the clique" -- Warren G (Do you see
[1994]).
2) (n) Also, 213 was the area code for Long Beach before it got 310, which now is the area
code for a large portion of southern California, including Compton. Inglewood is
213 nowadays.
3) (n) 213 was named after a car (not a motor vehicle but an alliance of inmates in a
prison). See Ice-T's book "Who gives a Fuck?" for reference. There are other cars as
well but most West coast and/or Death Row rappers claim to be affiliated with the
213 car (not to be confused with the set somebody claims)
22
(n) 22 caliber gun. "Twentytwo automatic on my person" -- Beastie Boys (Posse in
Effect [1986])
226
(n) Police code for drugs.
24/7, 24/7/365
(n) All the time, from 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
25 with an L
(n) 25 years to life sentence. "25 with an izL" -- Snoop Doggy Dog (Murder was the
case [1993]).
30
(n) A firearm of .30 calibre.
310
(n) The area code for Long Beach.
313
(n) 313 is the phone area code for Detroit, Michigan, home of Eminem. "And these
brothers
representing the 313" - Eminem (Infinite LP [1996])
357
(n) A .357 Magnum pistol. ".357 break it on down" -- LL Cool J. (.357 Break it on down
[1987]).
36 chambers
1) (n) The 36 chambers a warrior has to go through to become a Shaolin. Every chambers
has a special task the warrior has to complete in order to be able to continue to the
next chamber. The RZA said in an interview with Billboard Magazine that there are
nine members in the Clan, and each member has four chambers in his heart, which
makes 9x4 = 36 chambers.
2) (n) There are 36 'death-points' on the body, each seperated from the other at 10
degree intervals, where the trained Wu expert can cause death at a single blow.
38
1) (n) 38 caliber pistol.
2) (n) "38 hot" means very angry.
380
(n) A .380 calibre handgun. "Unpacked and I grabbed my three eighty cause where we
stayin', niggaz look shady" -- Ice Cube (Summer Vacation [1991]).
4 pound
(n) 45 caliber (1 caliber = 1/100th inch) gun.
4-5-6
(n) See celo. See the song "456" by Kool G Rap.
4-9-3-11
(n) The numbers represent letters of the alphabet; 4 is D, 9 is I, and so on. These
numbers spell "dick". I be comin' through like the 4-9-3-11 tearing up the power-U" --
Method Man (Meth vs Chef [1994]).
40
1) (n) A 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor. "Use to drink every day, straight 40's to the
head" -- Ice-T. (Ed [1991]).
2) (n) A 40 caliber gun "With my 40 and my 40 to the fucking dome".
411
(n) Information, from the US phone number for information.
4:20
(n) The time to smoke some marijuana.
5 0
1) (n) A police officer, from the series Hawaii Five-O. The word is used mainly in East
LA. "Five-O said 'freeze', and I got numb" -- Public Enemy (Bring the Noise).
2) (n) A 5.0 liter Ford Mustang, which is used as a police vehicle in some areas.
5 on it
(n) Five dollars on a sac of marijuana. "I got five on it" -- The Luniz (I got five on it
[1995]).
5% Nation
(n) A group which started as an offshoot of the NoI. They teach that any large group
of people, and more specifically, the African American nation, can be divided
into three groups, the 85% = basically the ignorant masses which need to be led, the
5% = the people with true knowledge of self whose job it is to lead the masses and
fight against the 10%, the 10% = people who have partial knowledge of self and use it
to gain power and wealth by exploiting the 85, also referred to as "bloodsuckers
of the poor". The chosen percentages are what they feel that the percentages are
within the black community. These numbers are neither universal (all though these
groups do exist within any large group) nor unchangeable. "That'll be the day the
five percent eat swine" -- Dred Scott (Breakin' combs [1994]).
5-plated
(adj) Nickel plated.
5000
(interj) A farewell bidding, from "I'm outta here", which evolved to "I'm Audi",
and to 5000" after the Audi 5000 car, which got recalled and is a rare sight
nowadays. "Yo, we outta here, 5000, G!" -- Ice Cube and Flavor Flav (I'm only out for one
thang [1990]).
502
(n) 25 years ago, California had a vehicle code 502 for drunk driving. The current
code is 23152(a) vc. "Fuck the police and a 502" -- N.W.A. (8-ball [??]).
504
(n) New Orleans area code.
5150
(n) 5150 is the section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code dealing
with involuntary confinement of a mentally disordered person. (I.e. California
law consists of 29 codes, of which the Welfare and Institutions Code is one, and
5150 is a section number in that code.) Also the name of an old Van Halen album. It is
also a track on Da Luniz' album "Operation Stackola".
64
1) (n) A 64-ounce bottle of malt liquor. "40's are no more because now I'm drinkin'
64s" -- Grand Puba (Three Men at Chung King)
2) (n) A 1964 Chevrolet Impala. "Jumped in the 64 with the diamond in the back, sunroof
top" -- N.W.A. (Gangsta, gangsta [1988]).
7-11
1) (n) All-night convenience store, which was originally open from 7am to 11pm when
other stores were closed. "He always has me open like a 7-11" -- Salt 'n Pepa (What a
man [??]).
2) (n) From the dice game called craps, rolling a 7 and then 11 wins. "Shake em up, shake
em, rollin with a couple of homies and watch me break em with a seven,
seven-eleven" -- Ice Cube (Today was a good day [1993]).
8-ball
1) (n) Old English 800, a popular beer in the hood.
2) (n) An eightball is literally, in drug terms, an eight of an ounce. There are
twenty-eight grams in an ounce, and hence, three and one half grams in an eightball. In
places where an eightball is less than three and a half grams, the laws of supply and
demand have constricted the quantity in favor of a popular price.
3) (n) On to it. Ie: "on the 8-ball", up with the play.
4) (n) The 8-ball is the last ball to pot in the billiards game of pool. If you
accidentally pot it before the end of the game, you lose. So, the 8-ball also represents
chance.
808
1) (n) The bassdrum from a Roland TR-808 drum machine, which is now a popular sample.
2) (n) The penal code for disturbing the peace. Refers to the sound of bass from
stereos.
85%
(n) See 5%. "Why? That's most asked by 85" -- Ladybug of Digable Planets (???).
86
(v) To kill a plan or action. In the restaurant lingo it means that you want to cancel
an order already placed with the kitchen or on the bill. "86 that spinach
salad!".
9 to 5
(n) A job where you work from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm. "While your were at your job
working nine to five, the Beastie Boys were at the garden cold kickin' it live!" --
Beastie Boys (No sleep till Brooklyn [1986]).
9, 9mm
(n) 9 mm gun. "My nine is easy to load" -- L.L. Cool J. (Mama said knock you out [1990])
911
(n) The US phone number for emergencies. "Now I dialed 911 a long time ago" -- Public
Enemy (911 is a joke).
917
(n) New York City area code where all the cellular phones and pagers are on.
950
(n) The Akai S-950, a widely used rackmount sampler. A nice piece of equipment that
allowed the producer to "stretch" the sound wave so that the sample could be sped up or
slowed down without changing the pitch. It was made popular by the Bomb Squad who used
them to stack samples thus giving their tracks the dope sound. From the Alkaholiks
(The next level [1994]).
97.1
(n) HOT 97, A CHR-turned-hip hop station in New York.
98 Oldsmobile
(n) A make of Oldsmobile, usually considered to be their best make of car, year
after year. A real status symbol. "My 98 is tough to chase" -- Public Enemy (You gonna
get yours [1987]).
98.7
(n) WRKS KISS FM, a NYC radio station that helped bring hip-hop to the radio.
a
(v) Going to. "I'm a do it like this"
A&R
(n) Refers to Artist and Repetoir execs in record companies they are hooked up with
an artist to help to find new artists and put out an image for them. artists
albums. "First of all, who's your A&R, a mountain climber who plays an electric
guitar?" -- Wu Tang Clan (Protect ya neck [1994]).
A-Town
(n) Atlanta
Ac
(n) The Acura Legend, a brand car. "With the Mac in the Ac door panelin'" --
Notorious BIG (Unbelievable [1994]).
acid
(n) Synthetic drug, usually LSD. "I do acid, crack,
smack and smokin' dope then"
-- Eminem (Just Don't Give A Fuck [1998])
afro
1) (n) Hairstyle like the Jackson Five had, much hair and round like a ball.
2) (n) Person with an afro. <EM>"Afro picks afro chicks, I let my soul glow from my afro
dick"</EM> --
Ludacris (Southern Hospitality [2000])
AK/AK-47
(n) Assault rifle of Russian origin, nowadays produced in China. The letters
stand for "avtomat Kalashnikova", an automatic assault rifle invented by Mikhail
Kalashnikov, who invented the gun in 1947. "My AK-47 is the tool" -- Da Lench Mob (Freedom got
an AK [1993]) (originally from NWA (Straight out of Compton)).
Al B Square Mall
(n) Albee Square Mall in Brooklyn - Bizmarkie
Alizé
(n) French beverage made from passion fruit and cognac.
all that
(adj) in possession of all good qualities.
Alpine
(n) Make of car stereo from a Germany-based company (http://www.alpine.de/).
From the name of the manufacturers of the top in-car speaker systems. "Sit back and
let the Alpine blast" -- Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Summertime [1991]).
am
(n) The morning, as in A.M. "Steppin' to the am" -- 3rd Bass (The cactus album
[1989]).
Amarredos
(n) Italian bit-size cookies that often come with meals. "eatin' better
amarrettos" -- Raekwon (Investigative Reports [??]).
around the way
(n) From the neighbourhood. "From around the way" -- Beastie Boys (No sleep till
Brooklyn [1986]).
axe
(v) Ask. "Gave her ten dollars, then she axed me for some more" -- Schoolly D.
(P.S.K. (what does it mean?) [??]).
ay yo trip
(interj) Phrase to seek attention, compare "Check this out".
b-boy
(n) From "break boy"; one who breakdances. B-boys in the front, back, side and
middle, check out my b-boy rhyme and riddle" -- Schoolly D. (B-boy rhyme [??]).
B-Town
(n) Berkeley, California.
bag up
1) (v) To laugh real hard at something.
2) (v) To be caught or arrested by the police.
3) (v) To have sexual intercourse with. "Bag up bitches from John Jay" -- Nas (One Love
[1994]).
bail out
(v) Run away for someone.
baller
1) (n) Ballplayer, someone who is good at playing basketball, and has moved up to
earning a lot of money and getting a lot of girls from that. "I wish I was a little bit
taller, I wish I was a baller" -- Skee Low (I wish [??]).
2) (n) Someone who has established himself in the hood, who is making much money (beit
illegitimate or not), and who is good with the ladies; it is a Blood term. The Crip version of
this word is "highroller".
ballin'
(v) Having it all.
bama
1) (n) Person who cannot dress, a loser. Short for Alabama, meaning a person from the
country, backwards unsophisticated. "Me and the rest of the bama's" -- Question Mark
Asylum (Deriving from the D.C. area [??]).
2) (n) Shake, a type of marijuana from the leaves rather than the buds of the hemp
plant.
bang
(v) To fight to kill
banger
1) (n) someone associated with gangs and murder.
2) (n) Rocker, from headbanging.
bank
(n) Money. "That's cool cause I whipped out bank" -- Sir Mix-a-lot (I got game
[??]).
Bankhead Hwy
(n) Highway in Atlanta where all the players go.
battle
(v) To compete, usually freestyle rapping, sometimes breakdancing or graffiti.
"You want to rap and you got no battle, it's like havin' a boat and you got no paddle"
-- Public Enemy (??? [1987]).
Bay Plaza
(n) Movie theatre in the Bronx - Nice and Smooth.
be geese
(interj) To leave. "Yo we be geese"
beam me up, Scotty
(interj) Give me crack.
beamer
(n) Expensive European car: BMW, status symbol. Used by Tribe Called Quest on Low
End Theory. References to 325i's are to BMW 3-series models with a 2.5 litre
engine. References to 735i's, 740i's, 750i's are to models in the 7-series range of
BMW models. The 750iL is the flagship model made by BMW. A reference to the a seven
series model is found in Ice Cube's "Ghetto Bird". 850i's (mentioned in Wu-Tang's
"Can It All Be...") is to the BMW 850i Coupé.
bean
(n) Head or brain.
Bed Stuy
(n) Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Also called The Stuy. Radio Raheem
wears a Bed Stuy T-shirt in the movie "Do the right thing" by Spike Lee.
beef
1) (n) And argument or discrepancy with another individual or group of individuals.
The following citation is from the book Juba to Jive: the dictionary of
African-American slang, by Clarence Major. Beef n. (1930s-1940s; 1960s-1970s) an "old" word
dating back to general criminal use in the thirties. For young black in the sixties
and later it meant roughly the same as it had earlier: a complaint or argument; a
disagreement in progress.
2) (n) Sexual meat, like a penis. "No service of beef ... meaning to have sex" -- NWA
(Parental Discretion Iz Advised [??])
being [down] with something
(v) Favouring something, thinking the same way. "Howie Tee, are you with me?" --
The Real Roxanne and Howie Tee ((Bang zoom) let's gogo).
bend
(n) A prostitute. "She was more than just a bend" -- Grand Puba
bent
1) (v) Drunk. "It doesn't matter if I'm dead sober or I'm bent" -- Heltah Skeltah
(Therapy [??]).
2) (v) Sad. "You got me bent like elbows, amongst other things" -- Outkast (Aliens
[???]).
Benz
1) (n) Expensive brand of European car: Mercedes Benz, status symbol. "I used to get
no play, now she stays behind me, 'cause I said I had a Benz 190" -- N.W.A. (I ain't
the one [1988]).
2) (interj) Used to acknowledge "Audi", meaning goodbye.
Benzi-box
1) (n) A pull out radio. "Here come the cops... put the Benzi-box under the seat" --
Naughty by Nature (Strike a nerve [1991]).
2) (n) A box full of Mercedes Benz emblems that were stolen off the cars.
berry
(n) A police car. The red lights on old cop cars looked like a berry on top of an ice
cream. "Berry flashing those high beams" refers to a cop behind your car signalling
for you to pull over. "Didn't even see a berry flashing those high beams" -- Ice
Cube (Today was a good day [1993]).
BG
1) (n) Baby gangster, as opposed to OG. An OG has shot somebody, a BG has not shot anyone
yet. "I quit school cuz of recess, you fuckin BG" -- Snoop Doggy Dogg (Pump Pump
[1993]).
2) (n) Black gangster.
bill
(n) A one hundred dollar banknote.
bima
(n) See beamer. "Lex, coupe, bimaz, benz" -- Lost Boyz (??? [1996]).
bird
(n) Kilo. "A bird in the hand" -- Ice Cube (A bird in the hand [1991]).
biscuit
1) (n) Gun.
2) (n) Behinds. "Gals, if you see a man you like, just grab him in the biscuits... and
doowutchalike" -- Digital Underground (Doowutchalike [????]).
bitch
1) (n) Prostitute, literally meaning "female dog"; girls call each other "What's
up, bitch?" Doesn't necessarily have to be negative. Doesn't have to mean
females either. "Cause some of y'all niggas is bitches too" -- Ice T (Bitches 2
[1991]).
2) (v) To curse or nag about something.
bite
1) (v) To copy lyrics from other people. "I know you down south are biting my lines, and
if I catch you boy, your ass is mine" -- Schoolly D. (Gucci time)
2) (v) To steal
bizzo
1) (n) A girl. "My seven bizzos" -- 2 Live crew (My seven bizzos [1989]).
2) (n) Someone who is bizarre.
black book
1) (n) A small book carried by graffiti artists for others to do work in.
2) (n) A book to carry phone numbers in.
3) (n) The Bible.
Black Panther movement
(n) This movement was founded in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton, H.R. Brown
and Bobby Seale. Fought for the rights of black to bear arms like white people in
the late 1960's and the early 1970's.
blades
(n) 20 inch chrome car wheel rims. "Big pimpin' on B.L.A.D.'s" -- Jay Z. (Big
pimpin').
blast
1) (v) To smoke crack.
2) (v) To play music loud.
blend
(n) See marijuana.
blindside
(v) To creep up on someone.
bling bling
(n) Jewelry, derived from the sound it makes.
blitzed
(n) Drunk. "And I wanna get blitzed, grab my 40 and then I reminisce" - Ice Cube (Dead
Homiez [199?])
blood
1) (n) Blood brother
2) (n) Member of the Bloods gang.
blunt
(n) See marijuana. Marijuana cigarette, herb stuffed cigar, generally
phillies.
blunted
(v) Under influence of a blunt. "Made a little record for the blunted to chill with"
-- Cypress Hill (Hand on the pump [1993])
BM
(n) See beamer. "Drop top BM's, I'm the man, girlfriend" -- Notorious BIG (Big
Poppa [??]).
BMX
(n) Refers to now-defunct Chicago radio station WBMX, which used to
play
hip-hop and house music mixes through the 1980s. "I tuned into BMX, and taped Farley on
the Tonemaster." -- Common Sense ("This is Me" [????])
boat
(n) Marijuana laced with embalming fluid.
bolos
(n) South American throwing weapon, a number of balls on cords. "I'm throwin'
bolos you'll find out who's the number one solo" -- Lady of Rage (?? [????]).
bomb
1) (n) Marijuana laced with heroin.
2) (adj) Very good. "Gimme that bomb beat from Dre" -- Tupac (California love
[1994]).
bone
1) (v) To have sexual intercourse. "Your aim is to bone" -- Tribe Called Quest
(Classic example of a date rape).
2) (n) Penis. "You can act like a doggy, and play with my bone" -- Schoolly D. (Another
poem [??]). 3) (n) One dollar.
3) (n) Core, soul. "I'm a rock hard trooper to the bone" -- Public Enemy (Louder Than A
Bomb)
4) (v) To bone out, as in leaving. "They all got in the car and boned out" -- Smokey
(Friday [1995]).
5) (n) A joint. "Smokin' bones in the staircase" -- Wu-Tang Clan (C.R.E.A.M.
[1993]).
bones
1) (n) Dominos.
2) (n) Dice, as in "rollin' them bones".
boneyard
1) (n) Graveyard.
2) (n) Domino pile to draw from.
bong
(n) A waterpipe for smoking marijuana. The marijuana is filtered through the
water. When you suck it decreases the pressure in the chamber so the smoke get pulled
through the water so it looks like it boiling. It is good because it filters out some of
the bad stuff like tar. It also cools the smoke to make it less harsh.
boo
(n) A term of endearment, like baby. "I'll be in here, boo" -- Method Man (You're all
I need [1994]).
boo boo head
(n) Whore, deceitful woman. Used mostly around the Bay Area, especially East Bay
(check the whole song dedicated to this word by Del on his No Need For Alarm album).
boo-yaa
1) (n) Totally dope, incredibly fine. Probably orignated from the "Boo-yaa Tribe".
That shit was straight-up boo-yaa" -- ??.
2) (n) Impression of the sound of a shotgun, also "boo-yaaka". "Shotgun goes boo-ya"
-- Cypress Hill (Hand on the pump [1993]).
3) (n) Marijuana, probably derived from Buddha. 4) (n) Crack, probably related from
the fact that smoking crack is sort of equivalent to putting a shotgun to your head
and pulling the trigger.
booster
(n) A shoplifter.
booty
1) (adj) Not good, lacking. "And them rhymes you were kickin were quite
bootylicious" -- Snoop Doggy Dogg (Dre Day [??]).
2) (n) Bottom, ass. Or getting a piece of ass.
3) (n) Biblical, as in pirates booty or treasure. Since booty is stolen treasure, it
could be good or bad. Often used in the negative today.
bounce
1) (v) To leave, to get up, to break. "You mean bounce... I'm with you, bounce right
outta NYC" -- Raekwon the Chef (??? [1995]).
2) (n) Form of music from New Orleans. Check Mystikal's album for a song called "Neva
gonna bounce".
3) (n) A reference to the Bankhead Bounce, a dance made famous in Atlanta rap music.
bout it
(n) Real, not fake, true to the game. "I'm bout it, bout it" -- Master P (Bout it, bout
it [1995]).
box
(n) Video Music Box, a NYC hip-hop video music show.
boy
1) (n) Friend, possibly short for homeboy. "That's my boy".
2) (n) Racist term used by white masters to address a slave. "Boy is a racist white
word" -- Dr. Dre (movie: Who's the man)
boys in blue
(n) Police. "As I ran there were the boys in blue, pointing their guns at my four man
crew" -- Boogie Down Productions (Love's gonna getcha [1990]).
bozack, 'zack
(n) Scrotum.
Brass Monkey
(n) an alcoholic concoction available in liquor stores. "Drinking Brass Monkey"
-- Beastie Boys (Brass Monkey [1986]).
break off
(v) Marijuana is sometimes sold as little blocks. So, breaking off some means to
share the good stuff with others. "Break ya off something" -- Cypress Hill (Insane
in the brain [1993]).
break to
1) (n) Comes from the Biblical term "selah". Comes from music, "on the break", but for
hip-hop refers to the break in the record that is created by the DJ. "Beats and breaks".
2) (v) transport onesself to, often quickly.
bremelo
(n) Derogative term for fat ugly women from Bremerton, WA, a working-class town
with a Naval Base. The joke is that these women hang around and "chasin' fellas in
the Navy".
brick
1) (adj) Very cold.
2) (v) To punch.
3) (n) A quantity of cocaine.
broady
(v) To take or steal something.
broccoli
(n) See marijuana. "With a handful of broccoli" -- Spice 1 (??? [??]).
Bronx
(n) New York City borough where hip-hop was born and raised. Home of Boogie Down
Productions. "My posse from the Bronx is thick" -- Boogie Down Productions (My
philosophy).
Brooklyn
(n) New York City borough. "No sleep till Brooklyn!" -- Beastie Boys (No sleep till
Brooklyn [1987]). Home of Fugees and DAS EFX.
brother
1) (n) Man of the same group; friend. In the Bible you will read "brethern", which is
used in the same meaning.
2) (n) African-American male.
bucket
(n) Old car in bad shape. "So I moved on an old car, it was a bucket, but fuck it, it had
to do" -- Ice-T. (Midnight [1991]).
Bucktown
(n) A neighborhood better known as the Brownsville section of Brooklyn used by
Smif & Wesson and Black Moon.
buckwilding
(v) To get buckwild means to have sex, see also wilding. A "buck" is a young,
unbroken horse that cowboys try to master at a rodeo. "Get buckwild with the white
freaks, show 'em how to really work the white sheets" -- Body Count (KKK Bitch [1992]).
buddah
(n) See marijuana. "I'm an addict for sneakers, 20's of buddah and bitches with
beepers" -- NAS (New York state of mind [1994]).
buddy
1) (n) At the start of De La soul's "Buddy" video, Prince Paul makes a statement to the
effect that "Buddy means body."
2) (n) Sexual partner. A bit more than a friend.
3) (adj) Something that appears okay at first, but is actually a cheap imitation; a
knockoff, ripoff or fake. Said to be from "Buddies" which are shoes that look cool but
fall apart real quickly. "Get that buddy shit out of here" -- (???).
bug
(v) To act strange, crazy, weird. See ill. "You don't have to take us seriously,
we're only buggin'" -- Whistle (Only buggin' [1984]).
bump
(v) To make a car with hydraulics bump. "Why you gotta pull me over... cause I'm
bumpin'" -- Warren G (I shot the sheriff [????]).
bumrush
1) (n) Crash the gates of a show with a pack of people, in the hope to get in without
having to pay. "Yo! Bumrush the show" -- Public Enemy. (Yo! Bumrush the show) [1987].
2) (v) To get beaten up by a large, angry group of people. Literally to get rushed by
bums or lowlifes.
bunk
1) (adj) Unpleasant, bad.
2) (n) A load of bunk: a lot of nonsense.
burner
1) (n) A large piece of graffiti involving many colors, making it bright and
colorful. It usually refers to whole-car productions on subways.
2) (n) A gun.
bust a nut
(v) To ejaculate.
bust slugs
(v) To fire bullets. "And bust some slugs for South Africa" -- Heather B. with BDP
(Seven MC's)
bust this
(interj) Pay attention. "But bust this!" -- Ice-T (Bitches 2 [1991]).
busta
1) (n) Fake person, weak individual. "Busta ass nigga talkin' bullshit" -- Dr. Dre
(Rat-a-tat-tat [1992]).
2) (n) A snitch, a person who tattle-tales.
butt
1) (n) Bottom.
2) (adj) Not good, lacking. "Get yourself some toilet paper 'cause your lyrics is
butt" -- Tribe Called Quest (Low End Theory).
butter
(adj) Well liked, smoothed out. "Phife Dog is on the mic and I'm smooth like butter.
It's like butter, not no Parkay, not no margerine, strictly butter, baby" -- A
Tribe Called Quest (Butter [??]).
buyaka
(n) Jamaican, resembles the sound of gunshots. See boo-yaa.
C-Town
(n) Cleveland, Ohio.
C.B.
1) (n) See cock block.
2) (n) Cell block.
3) (n) Trucker radio.
C.R.E.A.M.
(n) Money. Acronym for Cash Rules Everything Around Me. From the Wu-Tang Clan (36
chambers [1993]).
Calliope
(n) Project in the New Orleans UPT (uptown New Orleans).
cap
1) (n) Bullet. "I'm a pop a cap in him" -- Jules in the movie "Pulp Fiction"
2) (n) Cranium, top of the skull. "Blood's on my gear, from caps I've peeled" -- Ice-T.
(Mic contract [1991]).
3) (n) Crack.
Casper
(interj) "I'm Casper", I'm out of here, I'm ghost. From the Casper the ghost
cartoon.
cat
1) (n) Vagina. "Sprung on the Cat" -- Sir Mixalot (Sprung on the cat [1992]). 2) (n)
Person. Used in the 70s. "You cant take the jungle out of the cat" -- Jeru Tha Damaja
(Frustrated Nigger [1995]).
2) (adv) When someone is being a pussy about something. "Why don't you ask the girl out
and stop being so cat?"
catch the vapors
(v) To be caught up someone else's popularity, hype or glamour and to want the same
things this person has.
cateye
1) (v) To stare at a woman/man with sexual intentions.
2) (n) A stud with many women.
cave bitch
(n) Female version of "cave boy". Ice Cube (Cave bitch [1993]).
cave boy
(n) A white person. Derived from the theory that early white man lived in caves.
Celo
(n) A dice game also called "4-5-6", because you need to roll 4-5-6 to win in this
game. "Like shootin' Celo, and always hittin' head cracks" -- A Tribe Called Quest
(Low end theory [??]).
cha
(n) You. "I'm comin' to getcha" -- Ice Cube (I'm gonna wetcha [1993])
cheeba
1) (n) See marijuana. Company inscriptions on pharmaceutical drugs read "ciba",
pronounced "cheeba".
2) (n) Black, sticky, gooey Brazilian marijuana often sold in pounds. "Some call it
cheeba, some call it weed" -- Schoolly D. (Saturday night [??]).
cheese
(n) money; material wealth. "Big pimpin' spendin' cheese" -- Jay Z (Big Pimpin')
chickenhead
1) (n) Any dumb person (usually refers to women unfortunately) who clucks (speaks)
alot, and walks around aimlessly or without purpose (like a chicken with its head
cut off). "Give me all the chickenheads from Pasadena to Medina, let B.I.G. get in
between ya" - Total featuring the B.I.G. (Can't you see [1995]).
2) (n) A derrogatory term used when referring to females who perform oral sex on
males, because of the motion of the woman's head: back and forth, like a chichenhead.
"Chickenheads be cluckin' in my bedroom" -- Notorious B.I.G. (Warning [??]).
3) (n) Crack addict, because many will perform oral sex to get free crack or money.
Repeatedly referred to in "Do or die", a book about the conflict between the Crips and the
Bloods in South Central.
chill
1) (n) Relax. "Why don't you just chill" -- L.L. Cool J. (Eat em up L chill [1990]).
2) (adj) Mellow.
Chilltown
(n) Jersey City, Double XX Posse.
chips
(n) Money. <EM"I'm a be rich surrounded by chips"</EM> -- Lil Bow Wow (Bounce with
me [2000]).
ChiTown
(n) Chicago.
Chocolate City, Capital City
(n) Washington D.C.
chrome
1) (n) Gun. "Now I gotta follow him home with the chrome" -- Ice Cube (Robbin' hood
[1994]).
2) (n) Chrome wheel. "Sittin' on da chrome" -- Masta Ace Inc. [1995].
chronic
(n) See marijuana. Incredibly potent marijuana, it started out as weed laced with
coke. "The Chronic" -- Dr. Dre (The Chronic [1992]).
chronic flakes
(n) Ashes from a marijuana cigarette. "What up Ren? Still droppin' chronic flakes
on yo ass, bitch" -- Snoop Doggy Dog (The Chronic [1992]).
chubby
(n) Erection.
chulo
(n) The word in Spanish directly translates to "pimp". In Spain the word means
"cool". It is synonymous with bad ass" or "bad guy". Vatos, chulos, call us what you
will" -- Kid Frost (La Raza [1990]).
cipher
1) (n) A circle of brothers dropping science, showing and proving. A 5%-er term.
2) (n) A graffitti writer.
claim
1) (v) To say one allies oneself with a gang or set.
2) (v) To claim membership in a gang.
3) (v) To say something that is not necessarily true.
Clarks
(n) Clarks are an excellent English shoe brand.
clip
(n) Gun or holder of bullets to load a semi-automatic or fully automatic gun with.
"My AK-47 holdin' 50 clips" -- Da Lench Mob (Freedom got an AK [1992]).
clique
(n) the West Coast equivalent of "crew".
clock
1) (v) To stay aware of what happens around you. "You're the one that I'm clocking" --
Ol' Dirty Bastard (Raw hide [1994])
2) (v) To earn. "I clock ducats" -- Public Enemy (??? [??]).
3) (v) To always watch, always have or to always be into something. "clockin' a grip"
-- Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg (Ain't nothing but a G-thang [1992]).
4) (v) To hit or knock someone out, as in "he clocked him".
Probably comes from "he
got his clock cleaned".
cluck (head)
(n) Crack user.
cock
1) (n) Penis.
2) (n) Vagina. "She was giving up the cock" -- Ice Cube (Gangsta's Fairytale [1991])
3) (v) To pull the hammer of a gun. "Cock the hammer, it's time for action" -- Cypress
Hill (Cock the hammer [1993])
cock block
(v) To prevent someone from getting sexual intercourse. See the Kool G Rap song
"Operation CB".
cock diesel
(adj) Very muscular.
coconut
(n) A hispanic person trying to be white. Compare with oreo.
cold
1) (adj) Intensely. "Stone cold rhymin'" -- Young MC (Stone cold rhymin').
2) (adj) Mean, not nice.
come correct
(v) To represent the real, to do something the way it should be done. "When I'm on the
mic, I come correct" -- Beastie Boys (Sure shot [1994])
Compton
(n) Los Angeles borough. This is from where the gangsta style was brought to a
greater height.
coochie
(n) Vagina.
cool
(adj) Okay as in "good" or "good idea".
coqui 900
1) (n) A type of malt liquor. "Coqui 900" -- Schoolly D. (Coqui 900 [??]).
2) (n) A kind of frog native to Puerto Rico.
county blues
(n) Prison-issue clothes.
CPT
1) (n) Compton in the phonebook. Call it CPT for ease of use. "Claimin' they are from
the CPT" -- N.W.A. (Compton's in the house [1990])
2) (n) Short for "Colored People Time"; being late.
3) (n) Phonebook abbreviation for Compton.
4) (n) Colored People's Time.
crab
(n) Derogatory name for a member of the Crips, an L.A. gang, used by members of the
Bloods, another L.A. gang. On the album "Damu ridas" there is a song called "Fucc
Crabz".
crack
(n) Synthetic drug, extremely addictive.
crack a brew
(v) Open a beer. "Crack another 40, smoke some kill" -- Schoolly D. (Smoke some
kill)
cracker
(n) Originally a term from Reconstruction time (1870) to mean southern men. Now it
means white bigot, from whip-cracker or slavedriver. "Got a little problem with
the redneck cracker" -- Ice Cube (The Predator).
crazy
1) (adj) Besides meaning insane or extremely daring, it is kind of synonymous with
mad.
2) (adj) Extremely or very. "Crazy fly bitches" -- Ice-T (???).
cream
(n) Money. From: Cash Rules Everything Around Me, by the Wu-Tang Clan.
creep
1) (v) To sneak up on someone.
2) (v) To be unfaithful in a relationship.
Crenshaw
(n) Los Angeles street. Know for it's sunday nights, where people go to floss phat
cars, get their mack on, chill, etc.
crew
(n) Group, band.
crib
(n) Home. "Black Ceasar at the crib" -- Public Enemy (Burn Hollywood Burn [1990])
crip
(n) Member of the Crips gang.
crissy
(n) Short for Cristal champagne, an expensive kind of champagne produced in
France by the winery Champagne Louis Roederer since 1876. A handful of New York
rappers, including Biggie Smalls, Puff Daddy and Jay-Z have referenced the drink in
their songs, skyrocketing the prices paid for the brand. $500 per bottle is not an
uncommon price; mentioning the brand announces that you're living the highest of the
high life. <EM>"We drunk, drinkin' that chrissy!"</EM> -- Big Tymerz (#1 Stunner
[????])
Cronkite
(n) News, after the newsreader Walter Cronkite. "Grand Puba and Studd Doogie
droppin' Cronkite" -- Grand Puba (A little of this).
Crooklyn
(n) See Brooklyn.
cross fader
(n) Fading switch to select the left or right turntable. Without it, scratching
wouldn't sound too good.
cruise
(v) Driving around, preferably showing off your car.
crump
(adj) Hype, phat.
crunk
1) (adj) Hype, phat. "Tonight is going to be crunk" -- ??.
2) (adv) To get crunk: to have a good time. <EM>"Long as everybody get crunk in the
drop"</EM> -- Lil Bow Wow (Bounce with me [2000]).
cut
1) (n) A record, the latest hit
2) (n) A recently received haircut.
3) (v) Cutting wax: scratching a record. "Rip the cut!" -- Just Ice (Back to the old
school) [198?]
4) (n) Behind, or out of the way. "I glance in the cut and I see my homey Nate" -- Warren G
(Regulate [1994]).
cut up
(n) Vagina. "I gots to get me some cut up!" -- Kriss Kross (??? [??]).
cuz
1) (n) homeboy or homegirl.
2) (n) Cousin, apparently a Crip term.
D's, Dayton's
(n) An expensive brand of alloy wheels. "Rollin' in my fo' on D's, hittin' the
switches" Dr. Dre (Let me ride [1992]).
D-Town, The D
(n) Detroit, with its own sound, D-Funk.
D.O.A.
(n) Police term: "dead on arrival".
D.R.
(n) Acronym for "death row". "For you's a fool D.R." -- Dr Dre (Still D-R-E [1999])
dank
(n) See marijuana. "Go on and hit the dank" -- Too Short.
dap
1) (n) Sort of high-five type of handshake. "Gimme a dap, I'll give you one back" -- Ice
T. (Ziplock [1991])
2) (n) Dignity and Pride, old slang (think 70's here).
dead presidents
(n) Money. Most American dollarbills have a former president of the United States
on them. "I'm out for dead presidents to represent me" -- NAS (The world is yours
[1994]).
deal with
(v) To take care of business.
deep
1) (n) A unit of measure. "It was a crew four deep" -- D-Nice (??).
2) (n) A hip hop clothing manufacturer (X-Large).
3) (adj) Heavy in the hippy sense of the word.
def
1) (adj) Really good, the bomb. The word has been officially buried by BET. "But you
still think our music is def, right?" -- De La Soul (Brain washed follower [??]).
2) (adj) the standard of excellence.
3) (adj) Some more info on def: comes from the expression "Death O.J." but I think
first used on record in "Rapper's Delight". As Nelson George defines it:"In
"Rapper's Delight" the term "Death OJ" is used. In current slang "death" means
something good, while "OJ" is a reference to a big car: Erstwhile football star and
all-around adman O.J. Simpson does Hertz commercials featuring Ford and Lincoln
Mercury cars. If we add "death" to Ford and Lincoln Mercury cars (leaving out any
disrespectful reference to Pintos), we come up with the "Rapper's Delight" character
driving off in a Lincoln Continental." From _Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos: Notes on
Post-Soul Black Culture_ by Nelson George.
Def Jam
1) (n) A great record.
2) (n) One of the first big labels for rap artists, founded by Rick Rubin, led by
Russels Simmons.
delf
(n) "Delf" was quoted for the first time by Parrish Smith when EPMD's last album was
released in 1992. It was in a Source interview and it's about the same as "self" like
going for delf (self). "Release yo delf" -- Da Method Man (Release yo delf [1994]).
deuce
1) (n) A "deuce deuce" is a .22 caliber handgun. "About to get loose with the deuce
deuce" -- Ice Cube (Gangsta fairytale II [1993]).
2) (n) 20 ounce of liquor.
devil
(n) an enemy, usually white people. "The devil made me do it" -- Paris (the devil
made me do it) [??].
dick
(n) penis. "Mister Big Dick, who do you think you are?" -- Schoolly D. (Mr. Big
Dick).
dig
1) (v) To understand; "can you dig it?"
2) (v) To like.
dig out
(v) To have sexual intercourse. "By 2 am. I was diggin' her out" -- Ice Cube (Ghetto
bird [1993]).
Dillon
(n) Pistol. "Made a move for my Dillon; and all I remember the Gangsta Lean was
killin'" -- ?? (??? [??]).
dime
1) (n) Ten dolar bag of marijuana. Due to price variations the price may actually be
higher for the same bag.
2) (n) "To drop a dime", to fink. The term has probably descended from the time when
phone calls were 10 cents, and is related to the notion of moving gossip quickly, as
one would drop a dime into the phone to make a call.
3) (n) Ten as in a rating on a woman's beauty. "Slaying dime honeys".
dip
1) (v) Dipping is what a car with a hydraulic suspension does. "Set trippin', fo'
dippin'" -- Ice Cube (Friday [1995]).
2) (v) To pay more attention to other people's business than to one's own.
3) (v) To leave, "Yo, let's dip to the mall".
4) (adj) Dressed in the latest fashion, "looking fresh dipped".
dis
(v) Insult or thwart in a social manner, short for disrespect. "Challenge BDP,
you'll get dissed, expect it" -- Boogie Down Productions (Part time sucker [1988]).
DJ
(n) Disc Jockey, means MC in Jamaica. "My DJ Derek B is best" -- Derek B. (Get down
[??]).
DL
(n) See down low.
do
1) (n) Hairdo.
2) (v) Having sex.
3) (v) Killing someone.
dog
1) (v) To tear something up like a dog would do.
2) (v) To insult someone in front of his friends.
3) (v) To have sex the doggy way. "You don't love me, you just love my doggy style" --
Snoop Doggy Dog (What's My Name [??]).
4) (n) a form of addressing: "Whatup dog?", not meant to be offensive
5) (n) a friend, "That's my Dog". Road ~: West Coast gangsta for friend.
doing a buck 50
(v) To speed or get out of a bad situation. Derived from a "buck", or dollar. A buck
fifty would then be 1.50, referring to doing 150 miles per hour.
dolo
(n) Like delf/self, dolo/solo. I go for dolo -- ??? (?? [??]).
dome
(n) A person's big head, skull, gun against your head.
dope
1) (n) Narcotics.
2) (adj) Great, addictive.
dopeman
(n) Seller of narcotics. "If you see somebody getting pussy for crack, he's the
dopeman, dopeman" -- N.W.A. (Tha Dopeman [1988])
Double 99
(n) The street East 99th and St. Clair in Cleveland. Home of the group Bone Thugs'n
Harmony.
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double deuce juice
1) (n) 22 oz of cold 45 ml beer.
2) (n) Colt 45 (the Billy D. juice).
dough
(n) Money. "Don't you know when the dough get low, the juice go" -- Mobb Deep
(Survival of the fittest [??]).
down low
(n) Covert, secret, "hush hush", derived from low profile".
down with
(adv) To be down with: to be sympathetic to something, or to be friends with
someone.
DPG
(n) Dogg pound gangsta.
drawers
(n) Pants, underpants.
drawin'
(adj) Sometimes pronounced "drawlin'", Philly slang meaning that one is acting
in such a way as to draw attention to oneself in public, usually in an
embarrassing manner.
drive-by
(n) A gang form of execution; armed with guns they drive by their victims, take a
shot at them, and drive off. "With your drive-by's it took time to getcha, but now
I'm gonna wetcha" -- Ice Cube (I'm gonna wetcha [1993])
drop
(n) Convertible car. <EM>"Long as everybody get crunk in the drop"</EM> -- Lil Bow
Wow (Bounce with me [2000]).
drop science, drop knowledge
(v) To demonstrate wisdom or skill. "I'm droppin' science" -- 7a3 (Coolin' in
Cali) [1988]
Dropping a Dime
(v) Informing.
DSL
(n) Dick sucking lips; oral sex.
dubs
(n) Car wheel rims. "can I get a WOOP WOOP to these
niggaz from all my bitches who
don't got love for niggaz without doves" -- Jay Z (Can I get a...[????])
duckets
(n) Money, from "ducats": coins. He's gettin' juiced for his duckets" -- N.W.A. (I
ain't the one [1988]).
dukey rope
(n) Fat gold chain.
dumm
(v) To act stupid, from the english "dumb". "Ya dummin'" -- Funkdoobiest (You're
dummin').
dun
1) (n) Used like the word son. "What up, dun?" -- Nas (Represent [1994]).
2) (adj) Very dark, used in a negative setting as in dark and ugly. "They always let the
motherfucking dun nigger
hold the cash." -- Lil Kim (Queen Bitch [????]).
dusting
(v) To use PCP, a strong hallucinogen that reportedly makes one almost inhumanly
strong, also known as "Angel Dust". "Like the Hudson on PCP, when I'm dustin'" --
Wu-Tang Clan (Proteck ya neck [1993]).
Dutch Master
(n) Dutch Master is a brand of cigars. When rolling a serious blunt, the tobacco is
removed from a cigar and replaced with marijuana. "Slit a nigga back like a Dutchmasta
killa" -- Wu-Tang Clan (???).
dyke
(n) Lesbian. "Dumb ass hooker ain't nuttin' but a dyke" -- N.W.A. (Gangsta Gangsta
[1989])
E.I.
(interj) Short for "yes, bring it on". St. Louis term used frequently by rapper
Nelly.
E.Z. Wides
(n) Extra wide rolling paper for marijuana cigarettes. "Don't hide the crop cause
I got the E.Z. Wides"
East Boogie
(n) A predominately Black city called East St. Louis. Home of Miles Davis.
East Saint
(n) See East Boogie.
El
(n) Short for El Producto cigars. "I contact eleven El's and macs in heaven" -- Nas
(One time 4 your mind [1994]).
elbow
(n) A pound of marijuana.
Elijah Muhammad
(n) Elijah Poole, a Georgia-born ex-factory worker who founded the black muslim
movement Nation of Islam in Detroit in 1930, also known as Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
"Read the book how to eat to live, from Elijah Muhammad, it's a brown paperback" --
Boogie Down Productions (Beef [1990])
Elm City, The L
(n) New haven, Connecticut.
ends
(n) Money, derived from making ends.
ese
(n) Spanish word meaning "that" or "that one", used for homeboy. Incidentally, in
the 70's in California, certain application forms had the choices "black",
"white", "SA" and "other" for ethnicity, where "SA" stood for "Spanish-American".
fade
1) (n) The hairdo (see high top fade).
2) (v) Means to not listen to, erase, or get rid of (kill). Has mutated into various
other meanings as well as has most other hiphop lingo. It (the phrase) started from
actually pulling down the fader on a mixer, which of course, results in not listening to
whomever was on at the time. So Ice Cube wants you to listen to him always and not fade him
or turn him off... "You can't fade me" -- Ice Cube (You can't fade me).
3) (n) Term from from the dice-game craps, related to losing. The player rolling the
dice must have someone to fade them (i.e. to put up money against the money they are
gambling). If you are faded, you have lost.
fag
(n) Homosexual man, short for faggot. "...and I thought it was a gag, when I thought
it was a girl, it was nothing but a fag" -- Schoolly D. (Saturday night).
fag hag
(n) Woman who only seeks homosexual people for friends. "...who used to be a fag
hag" -- Grandmaster Flash (The Message [??]).
fake jacks
(v) To front, to fake moves. "Cuz the brothers that fake jacks get laid on they
backs" -- Mobb Deep (??? [??]).
Farmers Boulevard
(n) Street in the New York City borough of Queens. Home of L.L. Cool J. "Farmers
Boulevard, that's where the crib's at, that's where me and E. hang out." -- L.L. Cool J.
(???)
federal
1) (adj) Refering to the federal government. "The reasons are several, most of the
federal" -- Public Enemy (Black steel in the hour of chaos [1988]).
2) (adj) Something of exceptional quality or of an extreme nature. Used throughout
E-40 tapes, probably Bay Area in origin.
3) (adj) Going federal: rising up in the game.
Felt Forum
(n) New York boxing arena, many prominent New York City boxers have boxed there.
fiend
(v) To be hostile to. 2) (v) To need something badly, most often drugs. But you can
also be a fiend for a dope beat.
figga
(n) Figure.
Fillmore
(n) San Francisco district.
finger on the trigger
1) (n) Someone with the ~: someone prepared to shoot if necessary. "I got my hand in my
pocket and my finger's on the trigger" -- Beastie Boys (Posse in effect [1986]).
2) (n) In a state of readiness, prepared.
3) (n) In a position of power or authority.
fix
(n) Heroin.
flamboasting
(v) To show off in a manner of actually flashing material items in the faces of other
individuals.
Flatlands, The Flats
(n) Fairfield, CA (neighboring E-40's home city of Vallejo)
<EM>"In the
flatlands it ain't never too late"</EM> -- E-40 (Seasoned [1999]).
flava
1) (n) Flavour
2) (n) Flavor Flav, Chuck D's right hand man in Public Enemy.
Flavavision
(n) The glasses of PE's Flavor. "Don't worry, Flavavision ain't blurry" -- Public
Enemy (Don't believe the hype).
flay
(v) "Flay on the mix", serious old school mixing and scratching.
flex
1) (v) To show one's mettle, flexing one's muscles, showing one's arsenal and
readiness to put it to use, letting one's pugilistic prowess be known. To strike
someone, or to get up in someones face for intimidation. "I use my nine when suckas start
to flex" -- Ice Cube (Man's best friend [1991]).
2) (v) Scratching, from flexing of the wrist. Rakim used to talk about Eric B being on
the flex.
3) (v) To have sexual intercourse.
flick
(n) Movie. "Scare mothafuckas like Stephen King flicks" -- N.W.A. (Chin Check
[1999])
floss
1) (v) Move in and out of something. "Floss the NSX" -- DJ Quick (Dollars and sense).
2) (v) To show off.
flow
1) (n) Money.
2) (v) To rhyme continuously in the same rhyme scheme without stopping.
fly
(adj) Attractive, beautiful. "Put on the Bally shoes and the fly green socks" --
Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh (Ladidadi).
Forty Deuce
(n) 42nd street, Manhattan, the Times Square area.
forty dog
(n) 40 ounce bottle of Olde English 800 malt liquor. "Forty dog, one love" -- Nas
(One love [1994]).
four
(n) See '64.
freak
1) (v) Dance in a provocative way.
2) (v) Have sex.
3) (n) Person who practices the above things; sexually aggressive female (never
missing a beat).
4) (v) To take out the filter paper from a Black & Mild pipe-tobacco cigar. "I'm going
to freak this Mild"
free world
(n) Free from incarceration; the world outside of prison. "I really miss my free
world" -- Convicts (??? [1991]).
freestyle
(v) Freestyling is when an MC flows with lyrics right of the top of his or her head. It
is inpromptu and spontaneous and only the most creative rhymers can do it well.
It is also a kind of competition between MC's because you have to be good to bust a
good freestyle. It helps to keep MCs on their toes too, because its is like
practice. "We gonna do a little freestyle for y'all, and it go like this" -- Schoolly D.
(Cuttin' and scratchin' [??]).
fresh
1) (adj) New
2) (adj) Very good.
Frisco
(n) San Francisco. Home of JT the bigga figga.
front
(v) Pretend to be that which you are not; act tough. "You can't front on that" --
Beastie Boys (So what'cha want [1992]).
fu-shnicken
(n) A variety of fried chicken often cooked op in and around the area of Jackson
Mississippi. Also known as "Rico".
FUBU
(n) Hiphop clothing company founded in 1992. FUBU is an acronym for "For Us, By Us",
referring to the founders purpose: clothes designed by African-Americans for
African-Americans. Many items from the clothing line display the number "05", which stands for
the five childhood friends from Queens who founded the company. In an interview
with HarlemLive, Carl Brown and Keith Perrin of FUBU state: "There were five of us
all out of Queens, we grew up together as friends and remained friends. With
$5,000 seed money we were able to start our business." In 1999 FUBU reported an annual
turnover of about $350 million. "Under the FUBU is a guru" -- Common (The 6th Sense
[2000])
fuck
(n) (n,v) This is the most powerful word in the American English language. It can be
the very best or the very worst. You might enjoy getting your brains fucked out,
but then again you might not.
funk
1) (adj) Malodorous.
2) (n) The essence of being, as in faking the funk.
funky drummer
(n) Famous drumtrack by Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown's drummer. Often used in
hiphop.
furilla
(adj) Contraction of the phrase "for real"; something known to be true. "On the
furilla, my nigga, just call me Scarface" -- Geto Boys (Scarface [1989]).
G
1) (n) Anything that starts with a G. E.g. God, Gangsta, Girl, Guy. As in "Whatup, G?".
2) (v) To have sexual intercourse. E.g. Sir Mix-a-Lot's self titled EP has a song
called "Let's G".
3) (n) Money, from Grands or thousands, for example a hundred G's equals $100,000. "I
clock G's while you clock Z's" - EPMD (??? [??]).
G'd up
(adv) Dressed to kill, like a bawla.
G-funk
(n) Gangsta funk. Examples: Snoop Doggy Dogg, Warren G & Nate Dog.
gaffle
(n) To harass. Especially being "gaffled" by the police.
gaffled
(adj) Past tense of "to gaffle". The state of being messed up; a misfortunate
condition.
game
1) (v) Wooing. "Cause I'm gamin' on a female that's gamin' on me" -- N.W.A. (I ain't the
one [1988]).
2) (v) In the game, whatever the game might be. A game is some way to make money or
advance oneself, or just a game.
3) (adv) To be game, do be down with.
gang
(n) Group of organised criminals. The main gangs in Northern California are (in
random order): 1. Bloods 2. Norte 3. Surenos 4. Crips
gangbang
1) (v) To commit crimes in a gang.
2) (v) To to have sex in groups.
gangsta
1) (n) A gangster or criminal.
2) (adj) In the way of a gangster.
3) (adj) A style of rap that evolved in South Central, Los Angeles.
gangsta lean
1) (n) The way a person drives where they lean over to the passenger seat and get really
low. "Digging the scene with a gangsta lean" -- N.W.A. (Gangsta, gangsta [1988]).
2) (n) The heaven where gangsters end up, when a homie dies, you pour out a little
liquor or lean the bottle over to spill liquor. "This is for my homies kickin' it in the
Gangsta Lean" -- DRS (Gangsta Lean [1992]).
ganja
(n) See marijuana. "Ganja business controls America" -- Boogie Down Productions
(Illegal Business [??]).
gank
(v) Same as skank, ie. to hurt, steal from, or diss in some way. "I guess that's what I
get, for trying to gank the little homies for their grip" -- Dr. Dre (Lil' ghetto boy
[1992]).
gasface
1) (n) To show someone a sign of disrespect.
2) (n) Make stupid face towards someone you don't like. "The same people that got
gasfaced last year" -- 3rd Bass (No master plan, no master race [1991])
gatt
1) (n) Refers to any gun. It originates from Gattling, the name of the man who invented
the machine gun (the Gattling gun). 2)
2) (n) Hip-Hop Clothing Co.
gauge
(n) A shotgun. "Hopped in his caddy, loaded his 12 gauge" -- Schoolly D (Signifying
rapper [??]).
George Clinton
(n) One of the most sampled men alive, creator of the P-Funk.
get burned
(v) To catch a sexually transmitted disease. Specifically refers to the burning
sensation caused by gonorrhoea when urinating. "Stay in the microwave too long you'll
get burned" -- Kool Moe Dee (Go see the doctor [??]).
get busy
1) (v) Have sex.
2) (v) eat "Ya mama is so big and fat that she can get busy with 22 burritoes, but times
are rough, I seen her in the back'a taco bell with handcuffs" -- Pharcyde (Ya Mama)
get/give head/skull
(v) Receive/give fellatio.
get/give props
(v) See props.
ghetto bird
(n) Police helicopter. "Motherfuck you and your punk ass ghetto bird." -- Ice Cube
(Ghetto Bird [1993]).
ghetto sled
(n) car, usually American made, that generally sports a rusted body covered with
house paint. Synonym of hooptie.
ghost
(n) Out of here: "I'm ghost".
Glock
(n) Austrian manufacturer of handguns. People usually mean the 9mm glock, which
can hold up to 20 rounds, plus one in the chamber. With an extended clip they can
hold up to 33 rounds. Most of the Glock is made of steel, but it is wrapped in a plastic
cover, giving the gun a futuristic feel to it.
Gore-tex
(n) Material made into jackets and other clothing. Also made into high durability
boots. "Bow to the group in the boots" -- Sir Mix-a-lot (Gortex [1989]).
government cheese
(n) On welfare.
grass
(n) See marijuana. "But I smoke 'em like grass, just like Cheech and Chong" -- Dr.
Dre (Keep Their Heads
Ringin' [1995])
grill
1) (n) "Guard your grill": protect yourself, grill" stands for your teeth, protect
your face from getting punched. "I got the skill, I'll bust ya in the grill" -- House
of Pain (Shamrocks and Shenanigans [??]).
2) (n) Front of a car.
grip
1) (n) Ability on the microphone.
2) (n) Gun.
3) (n) Money. "I guess that's what I get, for trying to gank the little homies for their
grip" -- Dr. Dre (Lil' ghetto boy [??]).
GT
(n) Ford Mustang GT, also known as the "five-point-oh" for it's 5.0L V-8.
GTA
(n) Grand theft auto, legalese for stealing a car. "It's all about makin' that GTA"
-- Eazy-E (Boyz in the hood [1989]).
Guiness
(n) Irish brand of beer. "Damn, they wanna label me a menace cuz I'm sittin' here
sippin' on Guiness" --
2Pac (Fuck The World [1995])
H-Town
(n) Houston, home of The 5th Ward.
hard
1) (adv) Tough. "Cause I'm too hard to lift" -- Dr. Dre (Let me ride [??]).
2) (adv) Erected. "Ya dicks on hard" -- Dr. Dre (In your own dogs [??]).
hardcore
(adj) True to what you claim.
hash
(n) See marijuana. "They got hash took the stash left the rest for me" -- 2Pac (To
Live & Die In L.A. [1996])
hawk
1) (v) To look at something.
2) (v) To stare down someone.
3) (n) The wind, especially when it is blowing hard.
head
(n) Someone who earned respect.
hella
(adv) A hell of a lot. "I got hella scrilla" -- ??? (??? [??]).
Hennessey
(n) Brand of Cognac. "Take this Hennessey!" NAS -- (The Genesis [1994]).
herbalz
1) (n) Marijuana, comes from herbs. "Herbalz in my mouth" -- 3rd Bass (Herbalz in my
mouth [1991]).
2) (n) Semen (mentioned in an interview once by 3rd Bass).
high top fade
(n) Haircut high on the top, fading down to close cut on the sides "Livin' in fear of
my shade or my high top fade" -- Public Enemy (??? [??]).
high-five
(n) Greeting where you slap hands together in the air, as opposed to low-five,
where you slap hands at waist height.
highside
(v) To ignore or disrespect someone by not acknowledging their presence.
"Bitches get mad cause we highside" -- Big Mike (Smoke 'em and & choke 'em [??]).
hip-hop
(n) In Jamaican ska era, 60's, a DJ would spin and cut the wax and a MC would sing or
shout or dub poetry over it. That's the roots of hiphop which were brought to New York
City by Kool DJ Herc, but hip-hop or rap was created in New York City.
ho
1) (n) Hooker, prostitute, from the Southern pronounciation of the word whore. "She
ain't nothing but another ho, according to the system" -- KRS-One (Exhibit D.
[1990]).
2) (v) To sell out.
ho cake
(n) Vagina.
hold the fort down
(v) To represent where you are from. "If so hold the fort down and represent to the
fullest" -- Nas (One Love [1994]).
hole
1) (n) Vagina.
2) (n) Gun chamber. "16 in the clip and one in the hole" -- Nate Dogg (Regulate [??]).
holler
(v) To shout.
holly
(n) See ho.
homeboy
(n) Close friend.
homegirl
(n) Female equivalent of homeboy. "Homegirls, see a guy you like? Just grab him in
the biscuits... and doowutchalike" -- Digital Underground (Doowutchalike
[??]).
homeskillet
(n) A close relative or friend. "My homeskillet gets me the goods whenever I want"
-- ?? (?? [??]).
homey
(n) See homeboy. "But I wish he could have said it to my dead homey" -- Ice Cube (Dead
Homiez [1990]).
honey
(n) Female, generally attractive.
Honey Dip
(n) pretty young ladies with golden brown complexions.
hood
(n) The neighbourhood, usually a poor community.
hoodie
(n) T-shirt or sweatshirt with hood attached to it.
hoodlum
(n) A criminal; drugdealer, car thief, stick up kid. "Hoodlums and hustlers and
bangers with Jheri-curls" -- Ice T. (Lifestyles of the rich and infamous [1991])
hoodrat
(n) female, generally sexually promiscuous, and not upwardly mobile "Homies in
the hood labeled her as a hoodrat" -- Domino (Ghetto jam [1993])
hook
(n) A hook, used in load of songs, is an aspect of popular or commercial music that
"grabs" people and makes it easy to like like or remember the song. For example, the
riff from "Son of a Preacher Man" used in Cypress Hill's "Hits from the Bong" [1993]
is an example of a hook. "Check out the hook while I drop crazy rhymes" -- ???
(???).
hooptie
(n) Old car in bad shape.
hooptie ride
(n) To do a driveby murder.
hoota
(n) Blunt. "It's a hoota of the Buddah blessed"
hop on the side
(v) To get on the passenger side of a car.
hops
(n) Vertical jump, usually related to basketball. "He's got mad hops" -- ??? (???
[??]).
hottie
(n) A very attractive female. "This hottie got a body and I wanna get naughty" -- Sir
Mixalot (Sprung on the Cat [1992]).
housenigger
(n) Person who blindly follows simple-minded people, the term was used by Malcolm
X. In slavery days, you had house slaves and field slaves. The house slaves were
"well behaved" and were "rewarded" by being allowed to work in the "big house" close
to the master. The field slaves were "rough" and only suited for field work. Thus
the people were divided and pitted against themselves, instead of the common
enemy.
HP
(n) Hunter's Point, a San Francisco district.
Huey P. Newton
(n) Founder of the Black Panther movement along with H. R. Brown and Bobby Seale.
Mentioned in a few PE songs.
humming
(v) Coming at someone.
hydro
(n) Hydroponic marijuana, which is due to an agricultural technique of
cultivation in the production of cannabis, a more potent product. "Hydro, me just can't
let me, high go " - Bone Thugs 'n Harmony (Buddah lovas [1995]).
hype
1) (n) Statements made about something before that thing comes out, especially wild
statements guessing about the things nature (whether positive or negative). For
example, record companies will often put many advertisements out before a record
comes out. Before Public Enemy's album came out there was much negative hype in the
media. "Yo Harry! You're a writer; are we that type? Don't believe the hype..." --
Public Enemy (Don't believe the hype).
2) (adj) Cool. "Too damn hype" -- Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (??? [1988]).
IBWC
(n) The Intelligent Black Womens Coalition, a group that Yo-Yo is a member of.
ice
1) (n) Diamonds or jewelry with diamonds in it. "Hands smothered in ice." -- Ice-T
(Bitches 2 [1991]).
2) (n) On ice - at the morgue.
3) (n) Ice or ice cream: drugs, or cocaine in particular.
ill
1) (v) To be obnoxious, or to act weird, as in eating dogfood. "You be illin'" --
RUN-DMC (You be illin' [1986]).
2) (adj) Negative.
3) (adj) Positive. "Most illinest b-boys" -- Beastie Boys (Rhymin' and stealing
[??]).
Illtown
(n) East-orange, NJ. Home of Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah.
Impala
(n) Type of popular low-cost car made by Chevrolet in the seventies. The car is
popular with low riders, especially the 1964 model. '63, '62 and '65 models are also
sometimes used. Ice Cube's car in "Boyz 'n the hood" was an Impala. "Knew her from the back
of my homeys Impala" -- Ice Cube (You can't fade me [1990]).
in check
1) (n) Under control by someone else. Probably from a game of chess.
2) (adv) Under control, due to skills. "I got you all in check" -- Busta Rhymes (Woo
Hah! [1996]).
in foe deep
(n) A term used to refer to a car that contains four people at once. "In foe deep we
creep" -- RBL Posse (Don't give me no bammer [??]).
in the house
(n) Present, here. "Compton's in tha house" -- N.W.A. (Compton's in tha house
[1990])
in [full] effect
(adv) Present and taking place.
Indo
(n) Marijuana from Indonesia. "Indo smoke up in your lungs like that" -- Dr. Dre
(Rat-tat-tat-tat [1992]).
jack
1) (v) To rob someone face to face. "Lets see who the fuck I'ma jack today" -- Ice Cube
(Robin hood [??]).
2) (n) Nothing, "I ain't got jack to give you".
jack roll
(v) To rob the helpless.
jacker
(n) Short for carjacker.
jailbait
(n) Anybody who is at least five years younger than you are. The word is from old taxi
drivers who date young high school girls and when high school guys go out with junior
high school students.
Jakes
(n) The police.
jam
1) (n) song, cut, track. "This is the dope Jam!" -- Public Enemy (Night the living
baseheads [1989]).
2) (n) The sweet stuff - like honey.
3) (n) Slam dunk in basketball.
4) (n) To lock up, like when a bullet gets caught up in the chamber of a gun the gun jams.
James Brown
(n) One of the funkiest and most sampled men alive.
jammy
1) (n) Penis. "All the fly ladies are on my jammy" -- Beastie Boys (The new style
[1986]).
2) (n) Gun. "Pulled out the jammy aimed it at the sky" -- Beastie Boys (Paul Revere
[1986]).
janky
1) (adj) Bad, flawed (northern California)
2) (adj) Good, smooth (souther California). "Dub C, nigga, still janky as fuck!" --
W.C. and the Maad Circle (Intro [1995]).
jawn
1) (n) Another word for joint, a marijuana cigarette. "Back in Philly, they call me da
jawn" -- Bahamadia (Total Wreck [??]).
2) (n) Any type of thing, as in "Yo, check this jawn out".
jenny
(n) Vagina.
jet
(v) To leave in a hurry.
Jheri-curls
(n) Wetlook, curly hairstyle. "Hoodlums and hustlers and bangers with
Jheri-curls" -- Ice T. (Lifestyles of the rich and infamous [1991])
jiggy
(n) To have a lot of money or riches. "DKNY, oh my I'm jiggy" -- Junior M.A.F.I.A.
(Player's Anthem [1995]).
jimbrowsky
(n) See Jimmy.
Jimmy
(n) Penis. "Never sleep alone because Jimmy is a magnet" -- Beastie Boys (3 Minute
rule [1989]).
Jimmy hat/cap
(n) Condom.
jock
1) (n) Crotch. Being on someone's jock means trying to get involved with someone for
his money or his status etc. The best definition can be found on Ice Cube's "Kill at
will" in the full version of the song "Get off my dick and tell yo bitch to come here".
2) (v) To sweat someone.
jone
(v) To taunt or to make fun, see snap.
Jones
(n) A craving for something. It is said to come from Jones Alley in Manhattan where
junkies used to live. E.g.: "Baseball Jones": needing baseball, "love Jones": a dire
craving for someone, "Jonesing for some MJ": wanting some marijuana. I got a love
Jones for your body and skin tone" -- Method Man & Mary J. Blidge (You are all I need
[1994]).
JPT
(n) Japanese People Time; being early or on time.
juice
1) (n) Having hydraulics.
2) (v) To squeeze the juice out of something. "You can't juice Ice Cube, girl" --
N.W.A. (I ain't the one [1988]).
3) (n) "To have juice means you kiss and lick a lot of booty" -- KRS-One (Blackman in
effect [1990]).
4) (n) Respect, e.g. the movie "Juice".
5) (n) Alcohol, as in "being juiced up" or get juice for the party".
6) (n) Willpower.
Kakalaka
(n) North Carolina "New York, North Kakalaka and Compton." -- A Tribe Called Quest
(Scenario [??]).
kangol
(n) A brand of hat. LL Cool J used to wear this along with other east coast rappers. It
has a kangaroo on the side, but brothers wore them with the 'roo in front. "Went
back in, I forgot my Kangol" -- Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh (Ladidadi).
Kani
(n) Short for "Karl Kani," which is a clothes label popular in the hood.
KDAY
(n) Radio station that broadcasted from Crenshaw in South Central LA, and was
devoted to local underground Hip Hop. The musical director of KDAY was Greg Mack, and
he single handedly turned NWA from an unknown group to superstars. It signed Dr.
Dre and DJ Yella in 1983 to broadcast their own Mix Show, as the Wreckin' Crew. "It
(KDAY) was percieved as a Rap station cause we played rap no one else would" (Greg
Mack, as interviewed by Brian Cross in the book "It's not about a salarie"). KDAY was
sold in 1990, and was turned into a business network. The defunct radio station
symbolizes to a lot of rappers coming out of LA area the shutting down of black voice in
America. "This is K-Eazy E, wassup y'all this is Greg Mack, Mack Attack" -- Eazy-E
(Radio [1988]).
key
(n) Kilo, often used in conjuction with cocaine. "Dope, like a pound or a key" --
N.W.A. (Tell 'em what your name is [1988]).
khakis
(n) Hip-hop clothing, brown/tan colored pants. "Wearin ghackis, mob while ya
ryhme, little fag tried to sag" -- Eazy-E (Real Motherphuckkin' G's [1993]).
kicks
(n) See sneakers.
kill
1) (n) See marijuana. "Crack another 40, smoke some kill" -- Schoolly D. (Smoke some
kill).
2) (n) To be dope on the microphone.
knocka
(n) A pest. "Leave Flavor Flav alone, knocka" -- Public Enemy (Cold lampin' with
Flavor [1988]).
knocking boots
(v) To have sexual intercourse. The knock refers to the man's hips hitting the
woman's ass, which produces a slapping sound. The motion litterally knocks her boots
(buttocks). "Bring your friend, I likes you two's I'll knock the boots, the sneakers and
the house shoes." -- Digital Underground (Flowing on the D-line [??]).
knuckle up
(v) Prepare to fight, by closing and raising ones fists.
L-train
1) (n) The late train. "I'm on the L train going insane" -- The Roots (Silent
treatment).
2) (n) Elevated trains in Chicago or NYC.
LA
(n) Los Angeles. In particular the phrase "LA 1992" indicates the riots that broke
out after the Rodney King trial.
Laketown
(n) Salt Lake City, Utah.
lamp
1) (v) To hang out next to a streetlamp. "I'm on the street, cold lampin'" -- Public
Enemy (Cold lampin' with Flavor).
2) (v) To relax while others panic.
Land of Dope
(n) Oakland.
Land of the Heartless
(n) Cleveland, Ohio.
lay pipe
(v) Having sexual intercourse. "Cause a nigga like me'll lay plenty of pipe" -- Ice
Cube (I'm only out for one thang).
LBC
(n) Phonebook abbreviation for Long Beach city, California. Home of 21 & Lewis.
"With so much drama in the LBC" -- Snoop Doggy Dogg (Gin and Juice).
leather Tuscadero
(n) Female equivalent of The Fonz that appeared on Happy Days. "Now he's zipped up
like leather Tuscadero" -- Ice Cube (We had to tear this motherfucker up [1992]).
leg pull
(n) From: to pull someones leg, to make a joke. No leg pulls means no jokes; speak the
truth. "No leg pulls kid".
Lexus
(n) Japanese luxury car. "Drivin' a Lexus with a death wish" -- Nas (Watch them
niggas [1996]).
lime
1) (v) Hanging around with friends of family.
2) (n) A casual gathering of friends and family. "This lime has no juice", this
gathering is dull.
lina
(n) A line of cocaine. From the spanish "una lina" which translates to one line.
live
(adv) Great. "Is it live?" -- L.L. Cool J (Is it live? [??]).
llello
(n) Cocaine, crack; it is a Spanish word, and the double l's are pronounced as
"y"'s. Used in the movie "Scarface" [1983]. The bitch came back with a bag of llello"
-- Ice Cube (Once upon a time in the projects [1991]).
loc
1) (n) Term used for local person.
2) (n) Crazy one, from the Spanish "loco", often used for friends or locals in a
positive way. "Don't you know I'm loco?" -- Cypress (Insane in the brain [1993]) Hill
(Insane in the brain [1993])
3) (n) Lock or locks, as in Jheri-curls, but always pronounced with the long o as in
"go".
4) (v) To "go loc" means to get ready for a drive-by or to shoot someone. This means
putting on dark glasses, skullies, caps and generally getting hard to identify.
5) (n) To get high. "We was in the park gettin' loc-ed" -- ???
lock
(n) Short for dredlocks.
Long Beach
(n) City south of Compton. "Rollin' from the East Side south of Compton, see a big
ass, and I say 'word', took a look at the face, and the bitch was to the curb!" --
N.W.A. (8 ball (remix) [1988])
Louies
(n) Louis Vuitton gear.
low low
(n) Lowrider car with adjusted suspension. "Hitting them corners in them low
low', girl" - Dr. Dre (Still Dre [????])
lowriding
(v) Adjusting the suspension of a car to get it closer to the ground. Since it is
illegal to drive that way, people have hydraulic systems to adjust the height of the
car while driving, making it bounce.
LP
1) (n) Long Play, a nine or ten song regular tape.
2) (n) A vinyl record.
lunch
(v) To act stupid or crazy.
M3
(n) See beamer. M3 is a special edition model from the BMW 3-series range. "purple
M3s and jet skis" -- Nas (If I Ruled the World [1996]).
Mac 10
(n) The Ingram Mac-10 30 to 36-shot submachine pistol firing standard 9mm caliber
(.38 in) bullets. The American version of the Israeli Uzi. Most "Tens" are
actually smuggled Czech M-61s. "The Mac 10 is in the grass and I run like a cheetah with
thoughts of an assassin" -- Nas (??? [1994]).
mack
1) (n) Pimp.
2) (v) Being a pimp. "Mackin' is a game and everybody's playing it" -- Ice Cube (Who's
the mack [1991])
3) (n) The Mack, an early 70's Blacksploitation film shot in Oakland, CA.
4) (n) Ladies Man "I love the ladies and they love me right back, now who's the Mack" --
Ice T. (??? [??]).
5) (v) To steal.
6) (v) To have sex. "You know, I was all getting my macks on with her"
mad
(adj) Extremely, very, a large quantity. "His jeep was pumpin' mad bass" -- ???
(???).
madhatter
(n) Someone who sells drugs.
mag
1) (n) Short for magazine, as in clip or ammo insert.
2) (n) Short for Magnum.
mail
(n) Money. Mo' mail than the rest of the pushers -- E-40 (??? [??]).
making ends
1) (v) Dominoes term, you win when you make ends. "So make all the ends you can make, cuz
when you're broke you break" -- Dr. Dre (Lil' ghetto boy [1992])
2) (n) To make money. Think of the phrase "The ends justify the means". The ends may be
taken to mean money.
Malcolm [Malcolm X]
(n) Malcolm X, civil rights activist leader, gunned down at the age of 35 at the
Audubon Ballroom on the north edge of Harlem in New York in 1965 as he spoke to hundreds
of followers. He represented the largely urban North. Member of Nation of Islam
until 1964. Wrote many texts, interviews, notes and speeches from 1950-1963, of
which some can be considered racist. Renounced these points of view in his last
year.
marijuana
(n) Dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant that yield THC
(tetrahydrocannabinol, the physiologically active chemical
C<sub>21</sub>H<sub>30</sub>O<sub>2</sub> that is the chief intoxicant in marijuana) and are smoked in cigarettes for
their intoxicating effect. Other reported words for it are: bammer, bionic, bomb,
brown, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, chronic, dank, doubage, ganja, grass,
green, groove weed, hash, herb, home-grown, ill, Indo, iszm, Lebanon, Mary Jane
(mj), maui wowy, method, pot, sess, shake, shit, skunk, stress, tabacci, Thai,
wacky and weed.
marinate
(v) To chill, hang out.
mark
1) (n) A sucker, a target for gaffling and crime. "You mark-ass busta, you betta raise
up" -- Dr Dre (Dre [??].)
2) (n) Someone who is claiming a set (subset of a Crip or Blood gang) to which he does not
belong.
max
(v) To have great fun.
MC
(n) Probably Jamaican, in which case it comes from the TV game shows, Master of
Ceremonies (although the term existed before TV). It was the only person at a gathering
that was allowed to use the microphone. Could also stand for Microphone
Controller, Mic Checka. "The term, MC, stand for Master of Ceremonies" --- A Tribe Called
Quest (Midnight Marauders [1993]).
medina
1) (n) Said to be an aphrodisiac. "Funky col' medina" -- Tone Loc (Funky cold medina
[1989])
2) (n) Nickname for Brooklyn.
3) (n) One of the three holy cities in Islam (n) One of the three holy cities in Islam
Medina
(n) Second most holy city of Islam; Nickname for Brooklyn.
megablast
(n) Large breath of crack. "Oh please, oh please, oh please, just gimme just one
more blast" -- Public Enemy (Megablast).
meth, method
(n) See marijuana.
MF
1) (n) Short for motherfucker.
2) (n) Short for Mark Ferhman; the police officer who tried to set up O.J. Simpson by
planting evidence on him.
MLK
(n) Martin Luther King, civil rights leader, shot april 4th, 1968. He represented
the largely rural South.
money
(n) See brother, nigga.
Moneyearnin' Mount Vernon
(n) Shabazz, 4th ave, 3rd street. One of the worst corners in Mount Vernon - hood
hang out, dealers, addicts. Home of Heavy D., Pete Rock and CL Smooth - 77 hillside
straight up Columbus Hill make a left in Mount Vernon.
Moschino
(n) Clothing label. "Moschino on my misstres" -- Notorious B.I.G. (??? [??]).
Mossberg
(n) Popular brand of twelge gauge shotgun, used by the police. "And I grabbed my 12
gauge Mossberg pump" -- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (??? [??]).
motherfucker
1) (n) Respectless person with no attitude.
2) (n) Also used to express a form of respect for someone. "My motherfuckin' nigga
Afrika Islam" -- Ice-T (??? [??]).
move on
(v) To mess with. "You move on the Ice and you're going to sleep" -- Ice T (Ziplock).
MPC-60
(n) Akai MPC-60 sampling sequencer/drum machine, Akai's answer to the SP-12,
popular especially in the early 90's. Most hip-hop producers have a machine of the
MPC-series.
MPV
(n) The Multi Purpose Vehicle, favored by groups because of their large seating
and cargo capacity. "Dedicated to MPV's, phat" -- Wu-Tang Clan (Can it be all so
simple [??]).
MVP
(n) (1) Most Valuable Poet (on the mic), compare Most Valuable Player in team
sports. As used by Big L in the song "MVP".
nappy dugout
(n) Vagina. The dugout is the dug-in bench at the side of a baseball field where
players wait until they are up to play. Nappy comes from hair napping up, sort of the way
it it on the way to dreading. The nappy dugout would be the dugout (small enclave a
few steps off the main field) that has nappy hair (pubic hair). "Giving up the
nappy dugout" -- Ice Cube (Giving up the nappy dugout [??]).
nappy head
(n) A head with dreading hair. "Keep your heads nappy" -- Fugees (Nappy Heads
[1994]).
nathan
1) (adj) Nothing; nobody. "I ain't heard shit, I ain't heard nathan" -- The Coup
(Genocide & Juice [??]).
2) (n) "Nathan's" is a brand of hot dog.
3) (n) Natural born pimp.
Neighbourhood Family
(n) South Central Blood set associated with Cypress Hill.
Newark
(n) Brick City. Home of RedMan, LOTUG, Artifacts, Channel Live, T-neck.
newjack
(adj) New. When referring to an idividual, implies that he hasn't proven himself.
"He was a newjack hustler" -- Ice-T (Newjack hustler [??]).
nickel
(n) Five, as in 1995. "Everybody get in where ya fit in for tha nine five, tha nine
nickel" -- Method Man with Capleton (Wings of the morning [??]).
nigga
(n) Curseword used originally by white people, taken over by black people as a name
to show their proudness, and take off the edge; positive: "my nigga": my friend.
I don't want to be called yo nigga" -- Public Enemy (Yo nigga [??]).
nina
1) (n) [neenyah] Spanish for girl of 5 years or less. Chica is a teenage girl.
2) (n) [neenah] 9mm. Mixture of correct Spanish pronounciation of the i and NYC or
Southern dialect ponounciation of the final -er as -ah of the word "niner". Cuz if I got
my nina then you know I'm straight trippin'" -- Dr. Dre (The Chronic [1992]).
nino
(n) Spanish term for godfather, as in Nino Brown.From the movie "The Godfather".
Also Nino Brown in New Jack City.
no diggety
(interj) No doubt, no question.
NOI
(n) Nation Of Islam. "Elijah is alive, Louis Farrakhan, NOI" -- Ice Cube (Enemy
[1993]).
Now Rule
(n) New Rochelle NY, a suburb of NYC, borders Mount Vernon. Origin of Grand Puba and
Brand Nubian.
nucker
1) (n) A stupid person. Possible a combination of Numb Skull/Fucker, or maybe
derived from knuckle head.
2) (n) Ones best friend. "You call your nigger 'nucker'" -- Digital Underground (if
it wasn't for the rapping [??]).
nutt
(n) Good sex. "Gimme that nutt" -- Eazy-E (It's on Dr. Dre 187 um killa [1993]).
nuttin'
(n) Nothing. "Nine times outta ten, she's givin' up nuttin'" -- N.W.A. (I ain't tha
one [1988])
Nyquil
(n) Cold medicine that basically puts you to sleep, so you won't stay up all night
coughing. "Knock ya out like Nyquil" -- Ice Cube(?)
O
(n) An ounce of marijuana.
O'Malley
(n) An Irish name, pointing to the traditionally strong represented Irish in the
LAPD. "Gonna put a slug in captain O'Malley" -- Cypress Hill (We ain't goin' out like
that [1993]).
O-1-2
(n) The O stands for Oakland, the 1-2 for a left-right combination punch. "Up in
Oakland you might get the O-1-2" -- Father Dom (??? [??]).
O-Town
(n) Orlando.
O.E.
(n) Short for Old English, a kind of malt liquor. "Coolin' on the corner with a
bottle of O.E." -- Beastie Boys (Time to get ill [1986]).
O.G.
1) (n) Original gangster, which you become when you 'advertise' a gang. People
should talk about you and link your name with the things you done in the past. This
includes killings, driveby shootings, spending time in jail, and living up to your
name. "O.G. Original Gangster" -- Ice T. (Original Gangster [1991]).
2) (adj) True; original.
3) (n) Someone who is true to the game, who never sold out.
O.J.
1) (n) Reference to a big car: erstwhile football star and all-around adman O.J.
Simpson does Hertz commercials featuring Ford and Lincoln Mercury cars. Used on
Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight.
2) (n) To pull an O.J. on someone: to set someone up, to plant evidence.
O.P.P.
1) (n) Other people's pussy.
2) (n) Other people's penis.
3) (n) Other people's property.
Oaktown, the big O, the O
(n) Oakland, California. The Westside O and the Eastside O stand for West and East
Oakland. Home of Too $hort and Luniz.
on swo
(adv) Increasing in size, often used in prisons to describe a weight lifter. "My
bank roll's on swo" -- Snoop Doggy Dogg (??? [??]).
one love
(n) (interj.) Farewell bidding, like "peace".
one-time
(n) Police officer. Refered to as one-time as you have one time or one chance to get
out of the situation alive. "One-time because it's my life on the line" -- Ice Cube
(??? [??]).
oowop
(n) An uzi semi-automatic gun.
oreo
(n) Black person who wants to be white, or people of mixed race. An oreo is a type of
cookie black on the outside with white cream filling inside. "A message to the oreo
cookie" -- Ice Cube (Turn off the radio [1990]).
Osdorp
(n) Amsterdam (the Netherlands) hood where the foundations of the Dutch
underground, hardcore hiphop scene were laid. Rap artists such as Jason, West Klan and
first and foremost The Osdorp Posse are from that part of Amsterdam.
other level
(n) A higher degree of consciousness satisfaction; beyond the average. "Grip it
on that other level" -- Geto Boys (On that other level [1992]).
ox piece
(n) Home-made type of gun that people make in the prisons. "I heared you blew a nigga
with an ox for the phone piece" -- Nas (One love)
P
1) (n) Partner, friend.
2) (n) Pussy. "The P is free" -- BDP (The P is free) 3) (n) Posse.
P-Dog
(n) Paris. "P-Dog comin' up, I'm staying low" -- Paris (The devil made me do it).
P-funk
(n) Music of the George Clinton time period. Parliament Funkadelic was a group in
that era and it included such artists as George Clinton and Bootsy Collins.
P-Town
(n) Paterson.
P.E.
(n) Public Enemy.
P.O.D.
1) (n) Paid on delivery.
2) (n) Passed over-dosed; a deceased person due to an drug over-dose.
P.S.K.
(n) Park Side Killers, Philadelphia gang of which Schoolly D. used to be a member.
"P.S.K., we're makin' that green" -- Schoolly D. (P.S.K. (what does it mean?)).
PA, PAT
(n) Port Arthur, Texas. Referred to throughout UGK and Point Blank albums.
pad
(n) House, home, place where you live. "It's like that and its like this I took her to
the pad and we started to kiss..." -- Eazy-E (Gimme that nutt [??]).
paddle
(n) Gun. "Say why ya creep without a muthaphuckin paddle" -- Lady or Rage (Lyrical
Gangbang [1992]).
pancake
(v) Hydraulics maneuver where a car goes from all wheels high to all wheels low.
"Pancake, front-to-back, side-to-side, and all that shit" -- Dr. Dre (Let me ride
[1992]).
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papes/papers
(n) Money. "...and we're getting papers, three months later we run our own caper"
-- Boogie Down Productions (Love's gonna getcha [1990]).
parlaying
(v) West coast slang for partying or having a good time. Comes from the French word
"parler", which means talking.
Pat Duke
1) (n) Patty Duke, an old sitcom television show. "On the stoop doing the Pat Duke" --
Ol' Dirty Bastard (Don't you know [1994]).
2) (n) A popular dance style from the late 80's.
peace
1) (n) That's what rap is all about for all you mentally challenged.
2) (interj) Farewell bidding.
peckerwood
(n) Derogatory term for a white person.
peeling
(n) What comes off when peeling a cap. "The bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin'"
-- Ice Cube (Steady mobbin' [1991]) Note that Cube is paraphrasing a Parliament
line, where GC says "The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill", but the way he
says it, "pill" comes out sounding like peel".
peeling caps
(v) Killing someone by shooting him, shots to the head often disfigure it in such a
way that the cranium is "peeled back". "One wrong move and your cap's peeled" --
Ice T. (O.G. original gangster).
peep
(v) Check this out (as in peep this).
peeps
(n) People. "To all my peeps who didn't make it" -- Nas (The world is yours [1994]).
pen
(n) Penitentiary, jail. "To all of my peoples in the pens, keep ya head up" -- Lost
Boyz (Lex Coupes, Beamaz and Benz's [??]).
Penelope
(n) Police -- E-40 (???).
pep
(v) To beat someone up. "I'm ready to pep ya".
phat
1) (adj) Rich like butter, really good, extremely well put together. "ATCQ be
putting together some phat beats" -- ??? (???)
2) (adj) If a girl was phat, she had Plenty o' Hips And Thighs, in other words
PHysically ATtractive; old slang. Think 60's or early 70's here. A bit more modern:
Pussy, Hips And Tits or even
Pretty Hot And Tempting.
phat pocket
(n) A person who has a lot of money
Philly
(n) Philadelphia. Home of Schoolly D., Da Youngstas, The Fresh Prince, Tuff Crew,
The Roots, DJ Ghetto, Bahamadia.
pie
(n) Vagina.
piece
1) (n) A firearm.
2) (n) A work of graffiti art (short for masterpiece).
3) (n) Sexual intercourse. "I'm gonna go get me a piece."
pig
(n) Police officer. "pig" as a synonym for policeman" has been around for about two
hundred years (according to "Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and
Unconventional English"). It did, however, disappear in the late nineteenth century (or, as
the dictionary says "go underground" though I'm not sure what they mean by that)
and reappear in common usage around 1960. I know that during Prohibition
speakeasies who had bribed the local police to not bother them were called "blind pigs"
(The Blind Pig bar here in Ann Arbor actually used to be such a place). I suspect that
the term has been used to mean any kind of unpleasant person since humans started
domesticating the things....
pimp
1) (n) Boss of prostitutes.
2) (v) To be a ladies man.
PJ's
(n) The Projects.
plats
(n) Dreadlocks.
play
1) (v) To go along with. "I don't think so. Homey don't play that" -- Homey the Clown in
"In Living Colour".
2) (v) To fool. "You can't buy no relationship. You played yourself." -- Ice-T (You
played yourself [??]).
3) (n) Action.
play ball
(v) To play basketball. "Got a pair that I wear when I'm playin' ball" -- RUN-DMC (My
Adidas).
play yourself
(v) To reveal a weakness, as in poker when you played your cards too early. "No
friends 'cause you dissed 'em too, no money, no crew, you're through. You played
yourself" -- Ice T. (You played yourself)
played out
(n) Old.
player
1) (n) Someone who is "true to the game", ie. someone who never sold out. "To Chuck,
Flava and Griff... You're true players" -- Ice-T (M.V.P.'s).
2) (n) A kind of playboy, so a player is good at picking up honeys.
3) (n) "Players" is a black-oriented adult men's magazine.
player hater
(n) One who despises or speaks ill of another because he does not have any game of his
own.
player's ball
(n) A party for players. Outkast mentions it.
PO
1) (n) Police officer, parole officer or probation officer. "dven pack my gatt when I
go to see my P.O." -- Mobb Deep (The infamous posse [??]).
2) (adj) Piece out.
3) (v) Pissed off, angry.
po-po
(n) The police, from Oakland Police Department. "Yeah it was po-po, and
that's
OPD for those who don't know" -- Raw Fusion (?? [????])
point blank
1) (adj) At close range.
2) (adj) Right now, right here, in your face. Used when someone is trying to prove a
point or something.
Poly Apartments
(n) An apartment project at the west side of Long Beach. Was home for artists like
the Twinz and Warren G: "Poly Apartments for tha niggaz that ain't from the LB" --
The Twinz (Good Times [1995]).
pop
(v) To shoot someone. "I'm a pop a cap in him" -- Jules in the movie "Pulp Fiction"
popping collars
(v) To really show off and signify their importance to others, people pop the
collar of their shirt. <EM>"Around here we pop them collars"</EM> -- Lil Bow Wow
(Bounce with me [2000])
posse
(n) A group of people you hang out with. This doesn't necessarily mean a gang. "They
got too, too, too much posse" -- Public Enemy (Too much posse [??])
pot
(n) See marijuana. "Must have been drinking, 'cause this ain't pot" -- Cypress
Hill and Sonic Youth (Mary Jane [1993]).
potna
(n) Term to address a person, compare partner. "What's now up potna" -- Menace 2
Society.
power U
(n) Vagina. "On top of that you got the good power U" -- Method Man & Mary J. Blige
(You're all I need [1994]).
primo
1) (n) A joint laced with crack, west coast term. The east coast equivalent is
"turbo". See also marijuana.
2) (n) Friend.
3) (n) Nickname for DJ Premier.
Private Stock
(n) A brand of malt liquor.
project gold
(n) Huge gold hoop earrings.
props
(n) An abbreviation of "propers" or proper respects. A show sits on physical and
non-physical props. At an award ceremony the winner gives props: "And I would like to
thank...".
pruno
(n) Wine that inmates make in prison.
psych
1) (n) Dupe. Check out 70's basketball commentary. Dr. J and especially Nate
Archibald used to do dribbling moves to psych out opponents. Psych as in psychological
head trips they threw.
2) (interj) I duped you.
puff lye
(v) To smoke a medicinal herb, i.e. marijuana. "Life's a bitch and then you die,
that's why we puff lye" -- NAS (Life's a bitch and then you die [1994])
pump
1) (n) Pump of a pump-action shotgun "Sawed off shotgun, hand on the pump" -- Cypress
Hill (Hand on the pump [1993])
2) (n) To play music loud.
punani
1) (n) Vagina.
2) (n) Sex, this is used more commonly.
3) (n) A Jamaican dance, the art of moving your stomach and behind on the dancefloor.
punk
1) (n) A person related to the Punk movement or the Punk music.
2) (n) A stupid, usually irritating person. "Motherfuck you and your punk ass ghetto
bird." -- Ice Cube (Ghetto Bird [1993]).
pussy
(n) Vagina.
puta/puto
1) (n) Prostitute.
2) (n) Asshole. "How you like me now, puto" -- Cypress Hill (Locotes [??]).
Q Vo
(interj) Shout out, Chicano slang. The term comes from old Mexican movies
(musicales). "Q Vo, a qui'stoy MC Kid Frost" -- Kid Frost (La Raza [1991]).
Q.B.
1) (n) Short for Queensbridge.
2) (n) Short for Queen Bitch, or Queen Bee as Lil' Kim refers to herself. Queen Bee was a
character from the blaxploitation movie "Dolemite".
Quad City
(n) Orlando. Home of Quad City DJ's, 95 South, 69 Boyz and DJ Magic Mike.
quarter-O
1) (n) Quarter ounce (= oz.) of weed.
2) (n) 40 oz. of beer.
Queens
(n) New York City borough. RUN-DMC are often referred to as the Kings from Queens.
Queensbridge
(n) The name of a six building (six stories each) housing project in Long Island
City (NY), a section of Queens. 40 side and 41st side refer to the 40th street side of
the buildings 41st street side of the buildings. Home of Nas and Mobb Deep.
R.T.D.
(n) Rough, tough and dangerous: a bus that travels in the ghetto is called because
people are getting robbed or mugged on a regular basis. The former name for the Los
Angeles County Mass Transit (Bus) was Rapid Transit District.
rab
(n) Short for rabbi. "Told a rab get off the rag" -- Public Enemy (Welcome to the
Terrordome[1991])
rat
(v) To betray. "Why did Judas rat to Romans while Jesus slept?" -- Genius (4th
chamber)
rat pack
(n) A bum rush. "Like some pussy, or in fact, a bum rush, but we call it rat pack, on a
nigga for nothing at all" -- N.W.A. (Gangsta, gangsta [1988]).
raw
(adj) Showing the pure essence of pure hip hop.
real McCoy
1) (n) The orignal, not a fake. One real McCoy was a late 19th century boxer who fought
under the name Kid McCoy and was so good that other fighters adopted the name,
whereupon he had to bill himself as "the real McCoy". Or, it was Scotch whisky, made by A. &
M. MacKay of Glasgow. In the UK the saying is "the real MacKay". Another idea is
that the expression came from heroin originating from Macao (Dictionary of
Cliches, pg.215). Yet another explanation is the American scientist Eligah McCoy,
who had several inventions well known throughout the African American
community in America. If you owned anything during those days, you wanted it to be "the
real McCoy".
2) (n) A 1967 Jazz CD by McCoy Tyner, a pianist.
really doe
(interj) Wrong spelling of "Really though", used to emphasize a point. Ice Cube
(Really doe).
red rum
(n) Murder spelled backwards.
reefer
(n) See marijuana. (1920s-1960s) Marijuana wrapped in cigarette paper, may be a
variant of Mexican "grefa" (Juba to Jive, pg. 380).
reel to reel
1) (n) Really real.
2) (n) Reality.
3) (n) The big tape used for studio recording and the machine that runs it.
Remy Martin
(n) A brand of cognac. "I've got to get the chronic, some Remy Martin, and my soda
pop" -- Dr. Dre (Let me ride [1992]).
represent
(v) New big hip-hop word. Means just what you think it means. "Represent!" -- NAS
(Represent [1994])
ricket
(n) Derogatory term for a member of the Crips, an L.A. gang.
ride
(n) A vehicle. "So we rode in his ride" -- Ice-T (Bitches 2 [??]).
rift
(v) See step to.
rip
(v) Old street slang - to steal, stolen, to take agressively.
road dog
(n) A good friend, someone who you always hang out with. "Yo dick on hard, for
fuckin' your road doggs" -- Dr. Dre (The Chronic [1992]).
rock
1) (n) Crack.
2) (v) To have sexual intercourse.
3) (n) Biblical. Alcatraz, Jamaica...
4) (v) To wear, "I was rocking my brand new Nikes".
5) (n) Diamond. "And them rings you wearin' look like they got a few rocks on 'em" --
Eminem (Rock
Bottom [1998])
rock star
(n) Crack addict
rocket
1) (n) A joint (see marijuana).
2) (v) To blast off into a high when smoking a joint.
Rodney King
1) (n) Rodney King was beaten up by police when he was placed under arrest. The whole
incident was videotaped, leading to the infamous "Rodney King trials", where the
police officers were under trial for assault and battering. The outcome of the trial
was not satisfactory to many people in LA, leading to the LA riots of 1992.
2) (n) To pull a Rodney King: To initiate police brutality. "He'll probably pull me
over and I laugh, pull a Rodney King and I'll blast at his punk ass" -- Tupac
(Souljah's Revenge [1993]).
roll
1) (v) To hang with a given person or crowd. "I'm rollin' with the new jack crew" --
Ice-T (Newjack hustler [1991]).
2) (v) To roll on someone means to beat someone up.
3) (v) To roll a joint.
4) (v) To drive one's car in the neighborhood with a certain style or finesse.
roll up
(v) To arrive on a scene.
rollie
(n) Rolling papers.
Rolling 60's
(n) Notorious South Central Crip set.
Roly-O
(n) An expensive Rolex watch. "She got the matching Roly-O" -- Hot Boys (I Need A Hot
Girl [????])
ruff neck
(n) A round the way guy that keeps it real and knows the streets. "Gotta what yo gotta
get a ruff neck" -- MC Lyte (Ruff neck [??]).
rush
1) (v) Bogard, physically assault.
2) (v) After taking drugs , one often gets a rush
ruthless
1) (adj) Tough, hard, stopping at nothing. "Drop him in his tracks so hip that I am
ruthless" - Eazy-E (It's on Dr. Dre 187 um killa [1993])
2) (n) Ruthless Records is Eazy-E's record company.
S1W
(n) The Security of the First World; the military dancers on stage with Public
Enemy at their concerts.
SA
(n) Wrong spelling of the Mexican word ese, which means dude. "SA's cool, don't
fuck with them boys" - Ice Cube (Really Doe).
sack chaser
(n) Woman using a man for money.
Sactown
(n) Sacramento, California.
sagging deuce
(n) A lowered Cadillac car.
scarface
(n) A scarface is someone who is a gangster or models themselves on the character of
Tony Montana in the film "Scarface"(1983). Scarface is one of the most
influential films with regard to hip-hop. Many of the samples used on rap albums are from
Scarface. Many phrases you hear used by rappers are copied verbatim from Scarface.
Examples include The Geto Boys album (Geto Boys) the hook for "Fuck Em' All" is sampled
from Scarface. The sample at the beginning of the Kool G Rap song "Fast Life" is from
Scarface. The rapper Scarface took his name from the film.
scheme
(v) To plan to do something to get someones money, most often by cheating. "And the
girls that been scheming, gonna get creamed when I" -- The Gravediggaz (Tonite is a
special nite [1995]).
school
(n) A specific era in hiphop history. There have been many discussions about the
difference between the "Old School" and the New School". One accepted view was put to
words in alt.rap by Charles L. Isbell:
<BLOCKQUOTE> All of time can be divided
pretty easily this way:<P> - Everything before "Run DMC" (Run DMC [1984])<BR> -
Everything before "It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back" (Public Enemy
[1988])<P> It gets harder after that, but maybe you'd have to label parallel movements
with stuff like:<P> + Everything before "Straight Outta Compton" (NWA [1988])
and "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" (Ice Cube [1990]) for the West Coast Gangsta
Movement<BR> + Everything before "3 Feet High And Rising" (De La Soul [1989]) and "Low End
Theory" (A Tribe Called Quest [1991]) for the Jazz/Bohemian Movement<P> Others seem
to think we're about to enter the Everything before "93 'Til Infinity" (Souls of
Mischief [1993]) era for the Ascendency of Hieroglyphics, but I'll reserve judgement
on that.<P> There are also several dark moments: MC Hammer ushered in the HipPop
Era and Vanilla "No I really used to be rich; May I take your order?" Ice ushered in
something unspeakable (Snow, if nothing else).<P> Hmmmmm, here's a way to pass the
time: what are the key moments/movements and what albums/artists best represent
them? How have they influenced the direction of rap? Making no value judgements,
I'd have to say that the four most influential hiphop moments/movements are the
ones I listed above and for obvious reasons.</BLOCKQUOTE>
Scooby Doo
1) (n) The cartoon character.
2) (n) A blunt. "Scooby Doo, where the fuck are you?" -- Cypress Hill (??? [??]).
3) (n) The B-side on Lick a Shot (US).
scope
1) (v) Look at something. "Scope that bitch"
2) (v) Stare down someone.
scrap a lick
(v) As in "can't scrap a lick", meaning, can't put up a fight, has a poor fighting
ability. From Dr. Dre (Fuck wit Dre day).
scratch
(n) Money, loot. "Scrilla scratch paper" -- E-40 (One love [??]).
screw
(v) To play a hip-hop record at a slower speed, said to accentuate the bass and
facilitate mixes with ballads. Also screw mixes, get my screw on. Originated in the late
80's, when Fresh Records released 12" singles at 45 rpm. Many DJ's missed the speed
designation and mistakenly played it at the slower 33 rpm speed. Many listeners began to
intentionally request those records (esp. Mantronix's "Fresh is the Word") at the slow
speed. Now done with CD players with variable pitch (or vinyl).
scrilla
(n) Money, loot. "Scrilla scratch paper" -- E-40 (One love [??]).
Seatown
(n) Seattle.
sell out
(n) Doing something purely for the financial gain, Selling your soul. "Should Ice
Cube sell out? You say hell no!" -- Ice Cube (When will they shoot? [??]).
sense
(n) An abbreviation of the word "sinsemellia", which is a form o marijuana that has
no seeds, because it is isolated from male pollen during te blooming process.
Instead of making seeds, the marijuana plant makes more THC, hence this "sense" is
more potent, and generally better than standard ganja.
serve
1) (v) To defeat an opponent with skill.
2) (v) To deliver a subpoena
set
1) (n) A denomination of one of the larger gangs, a set is not necessarily friendly
with other sets in the same gang. "Baby girl asked me what set am I claiming" - Sir
MixaLot (Rapper's Reputation)
2) (n) The group of songs in a concert by a specific performer.
set tripping
(v) Killing someone in your own gang, but who is in a different set. i.e. a different
street but in the same gang.
shackles
(n) Handcuffs.
shank
(n) A custom made knife as used in prisons, made from whatever materials are
available. "You better grab your shank, cuz ain't no fistfight" -- Dr. Dre (Lil' ghetto
boy [??]).
Shaton
(n) Shaton or Shaitan is an Arabic word meaning "devil". "At night the evil armies
of Shaton don't play" -- Fugees (Family business [1996]).
Shea Town
(n) New York, from Shea stadium.
sherm
(n) Under the influence of drugs. "Smokin' dope is like a sherm high niggaz think
they learned to fly" -- 2Pac (Hit
'Em Up [1998]) or "Niggaz gettin' shermed out" -
2Pac (To Live And Die In L.A. [1996])
sherm stick
(n) Marijuana dipped in embalming fluid.
shife
(adj) See mark or newjack. A rookie or one who purports to be more than he is. "And he
knew he was shife, he knew he was hype" -- Bust Down (Nasty bitch (intro) [1993]).
shimmy
(n) See booty. "Shimmy shimmy ya!" - Ol' Dirty Bastard (Shimmy shimmy ya [1995]).
sholda than show
(interj) Surer than sure.
shook one
(n) Individual who acts like he is tough, but when things get hectic or tense, he
gets scared and acts like the punk he really is. They have been shook up by the
reality and are labeled shook ones. "Shook ones" -- Mobb Deep (Shook ones pt. II
[1995]).
short
(n) Vehicle.
shorty
1) (n) Little person.
2) (n) Female, like baby or honey. "I got myself a shorty, I got myself a forty" --
Wu-Tang Clan (Method Man).
3) (n) A seven ounce bottle of beer.
shotty
(n) Shotgun.
show and prove
(v) Demonstrate.
show case
(v) To carry out a fraud.
siamese
(n) A person who acts two-faced.
sike
(n) See psych.
simp
1) (n) Derived from simpleton, used for rhyming with pimp. "Short baby I ain't no
simp, but the nigga in the suit ain't nothin' but a pimp" -- Too $hort (Cocktales
[??]).
2) (v) To sing and pimp. From Boyz II Men (Simpin' ain't easy).
sister
(n) Woman of the same group; friend.
skank
(n) A scandalous woman.
skeezer
(n) See freak. "If you wanna know what a skeezer is, it's a girl who's on my jock cause
I'm in showbiz" -- LL Cool J. (??? [??]).
skill
(n) General ability; ability on the microphone.
skins
1) (n) The lips of the vagina. "She likes to bend over and then she spreads the skins" --
Brand Nubian (Slow down [1990]).
2) (n) Condom.
3) (n) Rolling papers.
skirt
(n) A female.
skitzing
(v) Acting bizarre or crazy, from schizophrenic.
skully
(v) Getting oral sex performed. "My buddy, daz dilly, we gettin' skully" - Kurupt
(My Buddy [1998]).
skunk
(n) A medium grade and smelly form of marijuana.
slab
1) (n) The ground; to lower a car to the slab: to lower down. "I'm breaking em down to the
slab" -- Rage (The chronic [1992]).
2) (n) Crack.
slamming
1) (adj) Dynamic.
2) (adj) Something really good/attractive. "And may I say, may I say, that, that
outfit you got on is slammin'" -- L.L. Cool J (MrGoodbar).
slang
(v) The act of selling drugs.
slanted-back
(n) A Caddillac Seville, because of the slanted trunk of the earlier models.
slap skins
1) (v) Slapping hands together.
2) (v) Having sex. Slapping skins, hitting skins, getting skins, etc. Skins being
the skin of the opposite sex.
Slauson
(n) Los Angeles street. "The sun went down when I hit Slauson" -- Dr. Dre (Let Me Ride
[??]).
sleep [on]
(v) Ignore. (v) To be unaware or unprepared. You can creep up on someone while they
are "sleeping" (even if they are awake).
slipping
1) (adj) On the downward trend, losing the edge. "Cause you're slipping!" -- Boogie
Down Productions (You're slipping [1988]).
2) (v) Not paying attention "Yeah I caught that fool slippin' and I smoked him" -- ??
(??? [??]).
slob
(n) Derogatory name for a member of the Bloods, an L.A. gang, used by members of the
Crips, another L.A. gang.
slow your roll
(interj) Slow down whatever you are doing. "Slow ya roll like your leg was broken"
-- Kurupt (For my niggaz and my bitches [1993]).
smacked
(adj) Under the influence of drugs.
smashing
(v) See slapping skins.
smoke
1) (v) Killing someone. "Right then, I knew I had to smoke his ass" -- N.W.A. (Gangsta
gangsta [1988]).
2) (v) To get smoked: to get under the influence of drugs. "I'm in the land gettin'
smoked with my kinfolk" - Tha Luniz (I Got 5 On It [1995])
snap
(n) a form of verbal jestering. Also French and English speaking Africans
especially in Dakar and Paris say 'oh snap' in two contexts. 1) 'oh snap' if you get bagged
on (snapped on) and 2) meaning 'oh shit' as in 'I didn't know' or 'I forgot
something'.
snaps
(n) Money.
sneakers
(n) Sportswear shoes. "I wear my sneakers but I'm not a sneak" -- RUN-DMC (My
Adidas).
snow
(n) Cocaine.
soggy indo
(n) A joint (see marijuana) that has been dipped in PCP or something.
soldier
(n) Non-OG gangbanger.
South Central
(n) Los Angeles area. A very important place for gangsta rap. Origin of a lot of
rappers.
SP-12
(n) The E-MU SP-12 (or SP-1200), a high-end sampling drum machine for rap music
production. These pieces of equipment came out around 1985 and 87 respectively. The SP-12
did not have an internal disk drive, but EMU saw the problems since it only worked
with a Commodore diskdrive. So they made the next model with an internal drive.
Incidentally Ced-Gee of Ultra-Magnetics was the first person in hip-hop to use this
machine which has become one of the most sought after pieces of equipment to date. So
much that EMU has reissued the SP-1200. "Just me, a mic, and an SP-12" -- Young MC
(Album Filler).
spliff
(n) Jamaican marijuana cigarette, see marijuana.
spray
(v) Firing a round of bullets. "Pulled out the uzi, cruised by and sprayed him" --
Ice Cube (Gangsta's Fairytale).
sprung
1) (adj) Erected. "Sprung, niggaz call her lips 'n lungs" -- Ice Cube (Check yo self
[??]).
2) (adj) Obsessed with something.
3) (n) Released on bail by someone else.
squab
(n) Shortened form of "to squabble"; to fight, physicallly confront. "Quick to
squab, always down for the job" -- E-40 featuring Suga T (Sprinkle me [??]).
squash
(v) To end, Squash that beef.
squeeze the trigger
(v) To shoot a gun. "Yo homeboy,squeeze the trigger!" -- Ice T. (squeeze the
trigger) [198?]
St. Ides
(n) A specific brand of maly liquor. Ice Cube and Scarface have done radio
commercials for St. Ides. "Gotta get tha S-T-I-D-E-S, first of tha month" -- Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony (??? [??]).
stab out
(v) To leave.
stack up
(v) Making money, often used in conjunction with paper. <EM>"This kid here is all
about stackin' up"</EM> -- Lil Bow Wow (Bounce with me [2000])
steel
(n) Pistol. "Finger on the trigger with my hand upon the steel" --Cypress Hill
(Hand on the pump [1993])
steez
(n) Style.
step off
(v) Back away from a confrontation.
step to
(v) Engage a confrontation. "So don't step to me 'cause you boys 'll get wacked" --
Ice-T (Power).
step up
(v) See step to.
stilo
(n) Pronounced as "steelo", is a term that like a lot of other hip-hop terms
originated in New York City. It is Spanish, and it means style.
straight
1) (n) Okay.
2) (n) Short for stright up, truly, used for emphasis. "Straight booty" or "straight
wack".
strap
(n) A gun.
strapped
(adj) Strapped in: armed.
strawberry
(n) Someone who willingly exchanges sexual services for drugs. "Strawberry,
Strawberry is the neighbourhood ho" -- N.W.A. (Dopeman [1988]).
stroll
1) (v) To be out on parole. "27 years old, out on parole, stroll." -- Dr. Dre (Lil'
ghetto boy [??]).
2) (n) To drive one's car.
Strong island
(n) Long island.
stunt
1) (n) Sexual act.
2) (n) A person who performs stunts.
3) (n) To pull a stunt, to try something difficult.
stupid
1) (adj) Creative.
2) (adv) Very. "Evil's got the funky beat, a stupid dope loop" -- Ice-T (Fried chicken
[1991]).
sucka
(n) person easily duped.
Sucka Free
(n) San Francisco.
SWASS
(n) Short for "Some wild-ass silly shit".
SWAT
(n) Southwest Atlanta. Home of Outkast, Goodie Mob, Kriss Kross, Parental
Advisory.
Swayze
(n) I'm out of here, I'm ghost. From the movie "Ghost" which features the actor
Patrick Swayze, used for example in a cut by EPMD..
sweat
1) (n) over-patronize.
2) (v) Worry, as in "don't sweat it".
3) (v) Harrass or scrutinize. "There's one or two narcs in the area that's sweatin'
me" -- Digital Underground (Sex packets).
sweet
(adj) Cool, dope, fresh.
swerver
(n) Car.
swing
(n) To have sexual intercourse (Grand Puba).
swing low
(n) To have oral sex (Kool Moe Dee).
switch
(n) Your average toggle switch. Low-riding drivers use them to control the
hydrolics or any other electrical device in their cars. "Rollin' in my fo' with sixteen
switches" Dr. Dre -- (Let Me Ride).
syrup
(n) "Syrup", a popular drink, contains Promethazine With Codiene Cough Syrup,
vodka or rum, Milk of Magnesia (a common medicine for stomache pain), and candy;
usually "Now and Laters" (soft "taffy" style candy)
or "Jolly Ranchers"
(watermelon flavored hard candy) - often served in a baby bottle. Continues the Southern
tradition of the slow "Screw Mixes" originated by DJ
Screw from the early 1990's.
Music is pitched to deliberately slow speeds to portray a warped,
psychedelic
feeling.
tag
1) (n) A persons graffiti nickname.
2) (v) The act of writing graffiti on an object (tagging up).
Tanqueray
(n) A brand of distilled English Gin, used to make cocktail drinks. It was recently
popularized by several rap and also by a very creative advertising campaign in the US,
featuring and elderly white man named Mr. Jenkins: "Mr. Jenkins doesn't understand all
the Hip-hop lyrics at his friend's record release party, but he understands gin
and juice very clearly." is the line that was used. "My homey Dr. Dre came through
with a gang of Tanqueray" -- Snoop Doggy Dogg (Gin and Juice [??]).
tastey
(n) A fly honey.
tax
1) (v) To rob. "Stick up kids are out to tax" -- Gangstarr (Just to get a rep [??]).
2) (v) To take away something after you kick a sucka's ass."and Ima tax that ass like
the government" -- BDK (Pimpin ain't easy).
3) (v) To dig into or estimate, I'm gonna tax that ass.
Tec 9
(n) A 9mm semiautomatic or fully automatic gun made by Infratec. "Every kid's got a
Tec 9 or a handgrenade" -- Ice-T (??? [??]).
thai stick
(n) See marijuana.
thang
(n) Thing; "your own thang": your own way.
The (island of) Shao-Lin
(n) Staten Island, a New York borough. Home of the Wu-Tang clan
The Boogie Bang / The Boogie Down
(n) See Bronx. King Sun mentions it in one of his EPs.
The Boogie Down
(n) The Bronx.
The Bridge
(n) See Queensbridge.
The Burgh
(n) Pittsburgh, PA.
The Get Low
(n) San Francisco. JT the Bigga Figga's group is call GLP: Get Low Players.
Thompson
(n) Tommy gun.
three-wheel motion
(n) Ride upon three wheels with a low rider car. You can see it in videos for "Ain't
nuthin but a G thang" and Today was a good day" [1993]. One of the back corners of the car
is really close to the ground and the opposite corner is picked up off the road.
through
(n) Drunk or high to the point of almost being unconscious.
throw-up
1) (n) A non-complex piece of graffiti usually involving only two colors.
2) (n) To tag your graffiti on something ("Watch my back as I throw up this tag").
thug
(n) Someone who does not have anything but himself. "Livin' life thug style" --
Tupac (To live and die in L.A. [????]).
thump
(v) To engage in a fistfight. "Remember they used to thump, but now they blast,
right?" -- Dr. Dre (Lil' ghetto boy [??]).
tical
(n) See marijuana. "Smoke a bag of tical" -- Method Man (???).
tight
1) (adj) A state of mind, feeling really good at the moment. Straight, legitimate,
all-good.
2) (adj) Cool, dope, fresh.
Timbs
(n) Clothing of the brand "Timberland", a popular hip-hop choice. "Are you
feeling my Timbs, my baggy jeans,
my thug appeal" -- Blaque feat. N-Sync (Bring it
all to me [199?])
tip
1) (n) Penis (Get off my tip).
2) (n) Q-Tip from a Tribe Called Quest
3) (n) The end, the fullest. "To the tip!" -- Schoolly D. (Mr. Big Dick).
Tipper Gore
(n) Tipper, the wife of vice-president Al Gore, has become a synonym for
narrowmindedness. She had to do with the committee that decides which CD's get the "Parental
advisory" stickers. "You gotta be high to believe that you can change the world with a
sticker on a record sleeve" -- Ice-T (Freedom of speech / Just watch what you say
[1991]).
to get your swerve on
(v) A compliment of skill. If you are about to get your swerve on then you are
confidently preparing to enter the conflict. If you got your swerve on it means you
accomplished something skillfully.
toa
(n) Gang pride/love (Polynesian/Maori).
Tony Montana
(n) The character of Tony Montana in the film "Scarface"(1983). "1995 Tony
Montana" -- Ice Cube (Summer Vacation [??]).
toy
1) (n) A poor or beginner graffiti artist.
2) (v) To purposefully write over another graffiti artists work (toy someone out).
3) (n) A sucker.
4) (n) Short for Trouble On Your System.
Tragniew Park Crips
(n) Compton crip set, associated with MC Eiht. "Tragniew Park you say..." -- DJ
Quik (Dollaz & Sense [1994]).
trap
(v) to sell drugs.
tray eight
(n) See 38.
Trenton
(n) Home of the old schoolrappers, PRT.
trick
(n) Short for trick bitch. Derives from the turning tricks action of oral
sex/doggy style of a prostitute. Can be used to acknowledge any sort of woman. More than
often used as "slut", but a replacement for "bitch" will work too.
trill
(adj) Rough, street-wise person; "Trill ass nigga" -- Underground Kingz (The
Southern way [1992], also on Too hard to swallow [1994]).
triple beam
(n) Balanced scales for weighing with three grades of weights, originally used to
measure gold, it is more commonly used to measure drugs. "You learned about your
triple beam from me" -- Ice Cube (Dr. Frankenstein [1998])
tripping
1) (v) Literally making a misstep, figuratively doing something wrong.
2) (v) Responding to the effects of narcotics.
3) (v) Freak for any reason. "Don't start tripping, or we'll go toe to toe" -- ??
truck jewelry
(n) big gold jewelry.
true that
(interj) See word is bond.
trump
(n) To have lots of money, like billionaire Donald Trump. 2) (n) In certain card
games the highest ranking suit is called trump (e.g. spades). When a person has
nothing but trump cards in his hand it is referred to as being 'trump tight'. "cause
Snoop dog is trump tight like the virgin-surgeon" -- Snoop Dogg (Tha Shiznit [??])
TTP
(n) Tree Top Piru, a notorious Compton Blood set, associated with DJ Quik
(addressed to MC Eiht) "Westside Trees sprayin' all tha fleas" -- DJ Quik (Dollaz+Sense
[1995]).
turbo
(n) A joint laced with crack, east coast term. The west coast equivalent is
"primo". See also marijuana.
turn (it) out
1) (v) To make records.
2) (v) To have sexual intercourse with.
twenty sack
(n) One gram of marijuana, which costs $20. See marijuana. From Nas (NY state of
mind).
twisted
(n) Drunk.
uncle L.
(n) L.L. Cool J. "Like uncle L. said, I'm rippin' up shows" -- Public Enemy (Shut 'em
down).
uncle tom
1) (n) A black man who wants to be white. From the book Uncle Tom's Cabin.
2) (n) A tattle-taler; a person who befriends another only to deceive him, usually in
the workplace.
Union Square
1) (n) A park in New York City on Broadway between 14th and 16th(?). Origin of Kid n
Play.
2) (n) A hip-hop club from the late 1980's in the above area. The name of this routine is
called live at Union Square. - KRS One
up north trip
(n) Being sent to jail. "Up north trip" -- Mobb Deep (?? [??]).
UPT
(n) Uptown New Orleans
Uptown
(n) The word uptown originated in the New York city train stations. As you leave
downtown Manhattan the trains direct you to Uptown. Uptown includes Harlem, East
Harlem, Washinton Heights, Inwood and (sometimes) the South Bronx.
USG
(n) United States Ghettos (Onyx).
uzi
(n) Israeli semi-automatic gun. "Hold it, rock! Miuzi weighs a ton" -- Public
Enemy (Miuzi weighs a ton).
V-Town
(n) Vallejo, California. Home of E-40.
Vacaville
(n) Nothern California Prison (Too $hort).
vacuum lungs
(n) Taking a deep smoke. "Cause fools be havin' them vacuum lungs" -- The Luniz
(I've got 5 on it [??]).
vato
(n) East LA hispanic slang, meaning homeboy. "Vato, cholo, call us what you will"
-- Kid Frost (La Raza [1990]).
Vegas
1) (n) High quality speaker units mabe by Cerwin-Vega, used in car and hi-fi systems.
"Going to school with the Vegas on my earlobe" -- Da Luniz (I got 5 on it [1995]).
2) (n) A marijuana sigarette rolled in Garcia Vegas (a brand of cigar) papers.
Versace
(n) Clothing label. "I stay laced cuz my body got Versace taste" -- Monifa (I miss
you (come back home) [1995]).
vest
(n) Condom. "Pack a vest for your jimmy in the city of sex" -- 2Pac (California Love
[1995])
vexed
(v) Very angry.
VIP Records
(n) Famous Long Beach record store where a lot of current stars first sold their
demo tapes. Snoop was standing on it in his "Who am I?" video. "Let's journey to the
VIP for the latest hits" -- Domino (Long Beach Thang [1993]).
VMB
(n) Video Music Box, a NYC hip-hop video music show.
wack
1) (adj) Negative: crazy or weird. Mostly this is meant
2) (v) To kill someone. "So don't step to me 'cause you boys'll get wacked" -- Ice-T
(Power).
watching Andy Griffith
(v) refers to masturbating. Martin Lawrence (You so crazy).
wax
1) (n) Record album(s). "And we put it on wax, it's the new style" -- Beastie Boys (The
New Style [1986]).
2) (v) Synonym to tax as in "wax his ass" from the black popular "mop up the floor with
your ass".
3) (adj) Describing refinement as in 'waxed, buffed and simonized' from the Mister
Magic radio show.
4) (v) To have sexual intercourse. "Wax that ass" -- Ice Cube (Get off my dick [??]).
5) (v) To make a car appear very shiny.
WBLS
(n) One of the original hip-hop stations in New York City. "BLS, 97, KISS, bounce to
this" -- Craig Mack (??? [??]).
wet
1) (v) Kill someone. As in wet from blood when someone is sprayed. "Now I gotta wetcha"
-- Ice Cube (I'm gonna wetcha)
2) (v) Excite a female.
WHBI-FM (105.9)
(n) The first radio station in New York that had a hip-hop show (Mr. Magic, the
Awesome Two, Afrika Izlam). The station later changed its call letters to WNWK-FM.
wheels of steel
(n) Turntables. "My DJ Code Money on the wheels of steel" -- Schoolly D. (Gucci
time).
whip
(n) A nice looking car. "Some bought me ice, so pay for whips" -- Beanie Sigel (Playa
[????])
Whitestone
(n) Movie theatre in the Bronx - Diamond D.
who ride
1) (v) To get buckwild. "The darkside where the real G's who ride" -- Macadoshish from
Thug Life (Don't get twisted [1994])
2) (n) The who ride is the act of getting wild and crazy, like a riot or an
assassination, or any wild activity.
whodi
(n) Used to address someone as a friend, as in "What's up whodie", in the same way as
words like "homey", "money", "playa" or "dogg".
wigger
(n) A derogatory term for white people usually used by white people.
wild thing
(n) Sexual intercourse. "Hey you two, I was once like you and I loved to do the wild
thing" -- Tone Loc (Wild thing).
wilding
(adj) To act without without rational thought. Wilding was a term not used until
the Central park jogger attack in 1989. The victim in this case was raped, and,
upon being questioned, kids in the neighborhood of the attackers had said that
they had done the "Wild Thing" (after the Tone Loc release). Misinterpreted by
reporters not accustomed to the slurred speech of the attackers, the term wilding was
born out of the NYC media's lust for a catch phrase. (Info from: "Black Studies, Rap
and the Academy" by Houston Baker Jr.) "Across the street you was wilding" -- Nas
(?? [1996])
Willy
1) (n) Penis.
2) (n) Someone with money or status in the neighbourhood, a player or bawler.
wood
(n) Erected penis. "Delivering the wood" stands for having sexual intercourse.
word
1) (n) Biblical (John1:1). "logos": truth.
2) (interj) Exclamation or term of endearment.
word is bond
(interj) Saying this means that what you are saying is absolutely correct, and you
do not have to put up money to prove it, you just say it. The term originates from
the financial markets where hirstorically traders woul tell each other "my word
is bond", i.e. my word is good enough, you don't need it in writing. "Cause I'm
frontin' in my ride, and my word is bond" -- LL Cool J (The boomin' system [1990]).
word up
(n) (interj.) A question like "What's up?", or "What's the word?".
wreck
1) (v) To accomplish something.
2) (v) To destroy or break up. "All they wanted to do is wreck and flex" Public Enemy
(Burn Hollywood, burn [1990]).
3) (v) To show great freestyling skills.
xerox
(v) To copy, from the Rank-Xerox copying machine. "and still they try to xerox" --
Public Enemy (Don't believe the hype [1987]).
y'all
(n) Short for "you all". Also sometimes used for "you", singular.
yak
(n) This is actually the phonetical version of "gnac", as in "cognac". "Dre and
snoop chronic'd out in the 'llac (caddilac), with Doc in the back sippin'
on
'gnac" - Dr. Dre (The Next Episode)
yo
1) (n) You.
2) (n) Your.
3) (interj) To catch attention, as in "Yo! What's up?"
zig zags
(n) Rolling papers. "Send some gin and a pack of zig zags" -- Snoop Doggy Dogg (Pump
pump)
zooted
(adj) Smoked out on weed. "I want to get zooted, nigga" -- Total Devastation (???
[1993]).
zootie
(n) A joint laced with crack.
[cold] hoopin' it
(v) Playing a game of basketball.
[kitty] cat
(n) Vagina.
[to be] high
(v) To be intoxicated by a drug of somekind. Reported other terms for it are:
blazed, blunted, bombed, charged, juiced, skunked, stressed, toked. "I want to get
high, so high" -- Cypress Hill (I want to get high [1993]).
Patrick Atoon
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Andre Barnes, MC (US)
2 Low
Cedric White, MC (US)
2 Scoop
Gary Brown
2 Toon
Elon Holland, producer (US)
2Pac
Lesane Parish Crooks, MC (US)
2Pac was born Lesane Parish Crooks in Brooklyn, NY in 1971 from William Garland and
Afeni Shakur. While still a small child, his mother changed his name to Tupac Amaru
after an Inca Indian revolutionary, "Tupac Amaru", meaning "Shining Serpent".
"Shakur" means "Thankful To God" in Arabic. 2Pac was shot by unknown gunmen and died on
September 13, 1996.
8 Ball
Premro Smith, MC (US)
A-Plus
Adam Carter (Hieroglyphics)
A-T-L
Above the Law
A.B. Money
Anthony Mosley, MC (US)
A.D.L.
Adam Nilsson, MC (Sweden)
A.D.O.R.
Eddie Castellanos
A.G.
Andre Barnes
A.G.Q.
Kevin Riley, MC (US)
A.G.Q. stands for American Genuine Quality.
A.R.E. MC
Coen Grooten, MC (Netherlands)
Abel
Danny Garcia
Ace
Austin Flowers
Ad Rock
Adam Horowitz, MC (US)
Afrika Baby Bam
Nathaniel Hall, MC (US)
Afrika Bambaataa
Lance Aasim, MC (US)
Afrika Islam
Charles Andre Glenn, US producer and DJ.
Ahmad
Ahmad Ali Lewis
Ahozi
Dewitt Johnson
AJ Shine
Joseph Simmons
Akinyele
Akinyele Adams
Ali
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Tribe Called Quest), US MC.
Ali Dee
Ali Theodore, MC (US)
Almighty
Chris Pringle, MC (US)
ALT
Al Trivette, MC (US)
AMG
Jason Lewis, MC (US)
Andrew E.
Andrew Espiritu, MC (Philippines)
Angie B
Angela Brown, MC (US)
Animal
José Diaz
Ant Banks
Anthony Banks, producer and MC (US)
Ant Diddley
Anthony Nelson, MC (US)
Apache
Anthony Teaks, MC (US)
Arabian Prince
Mik Lezan
Asia Born
Thomas Shimura
Assassin
Walter H. Adams
ATCQ
A Tribe Called Quest
AZ
Anthony Cruz
B True
Tim Smith, MC (US / Swedish)
B-Legit
Brandt Jones, MC (US)
B-Legit is the cousin of E-40, Suga T and D-Shot.
B-Real
Louis Freeze, MC (US)
B-Zar
Balthazar Getty
B.G.
Christopher Dorsey
B.R.O. the R.? [Brother Question]
Ahmir Thompson, Drummer (US)
Baby
Brian Williams
Baby D
Dania Birks, MC (US)
Baby Girl
Kim Walsh, MC (US)
Baby Sham
L. Jones
Baby Stase
Stason Betha
Bahamadia
Antonia Reed
Beanie Sigel
Dewight Grant
Bechir
Bechir Eklund, MC (Sweden)
Beenie Man
Anthony Moses David
Benyad
Benjamin Mor
Betty Boo
Alison Clarkson, MC (UK)
Big Bank Hank
Henry Jackson, MC (US)
Big Boi
Antoine Patton, MC (US)
Big Daddy Kane
Antonio Hardy, MC (US)
Big Ed
Edward Knight
Big L
Lamont Coleman
Big L. has deceased.
Big Mike
Mike Barnett, Producer (US)
Big Money Odis
Odis Valentine, MC (US)
Big Nose
T. Alston, MC (US)
Big Noyd
Terance Perry
Big Punisher
Christopher Carlos Rios
Big Scoob/Scoob Lover
Johnnie Jackson, MC (US)
Biggie Smalls
Christopher Wallace
Bionic
Jeff Tetteh, MC (UK)
Biscuit
Steve Walker, MC (US)
Biz Markie
Marcel Hall, MC (US)
Biznizz
Billy Ntimih, DJ (UK)
Bizzy Bone
Byron McCane
Black C
Christian Mathews, MC (US)
Black Radical MKII
Felix Joseph, MC (UK)
Black Rob
Robert Ross
Black Thought
Tariq Trotter, MC (US)
Blackhead
Roberto Martorell, Producer and DJ (Sweden)
Blacktoven
Anthony Ransom, Producer (US)
Blaxuede
James Combs
Blondie
Gwen Chisholm, MC (US)
Blowfly
Clarence Reid, MC (US)
Bobby Jimmy
Russ Parr, MC (US)
Bobby Steels
Robert Diggs
A.k.a. Prince Rakeem the RZA.
Bobcat
Bobby Irving, Producer, DJ and MC (US)
Bokie Loc
Andrew Edwards
Bon Rock
Diane Hawkins, US MC.
Bon Rock
Tania Battiste, US MC.
Boogie Mack
Marqui Vaughn, US MC.
Bootie Brown
Romye Robinson (Pharcyde), US MC.
Boots
R. Riley (The Coup)
Boroc
Mark Makonie (DoveShack)
Bosco Money
Keith Carabello (Downtown Science), US MC.
Boss
Lichelle Laws, US MC.
Boulevard Rod
Rob Adams (Knight of the Turntables), US DJ.
Bounty Killer
Rodney Basil Pryce
Brains
James De Shannon Davis, US MC.
Breeze
Morgan Rodriguez, US MC.
Broadcaster D
Andreas Melin (One Eye-Q=Young Wizdom), Swedish producer and journalist.
Broadway
Dion Barnes
Broadway
Dion Broad, US MC.
Brother D
Daryl Aamaa Nubyahn, US MC.
Brother J
Jason Hunter (X-Clan/Dark Sun Rider)
Brother Lynch Hung
Kevin Mann
Brother Marquis
Mark Ross (2 Live Crew), US MC.
Buckshot Shorty
Kenyatta Blake, MC (US)
Buckwild
Anthony Best
Buddah Monk
Ellery Chambers
Buju Banton
Mark Myrie
Bullet
Robert Harris.
Burzootie
Jay Burzootie, US producer.
Bushwick Bill
Richard Steven Shaw (Geto Boys), US MC.
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Smith
Trevor's son is called Tahiem Smith.
Bustop
Ronald Watkin (Operation From The Bottom)
Butterfly
Ishmael Butler (Digable Planets), US MC
Buzz B
Shorn Braithwaite, UK MC.
C-Bo
Shawn Thomas
C-Knight
A. Blount (DoveShack)
C-Knowledge
Craig Irving (Digable Planets)
C-Murder
Corey Miller
Cam'ron
Cameron Giles
Canibus
Germaine Williams
Capital Q
Frank Lennon Alert (Dream Warriors), Canadian MC.
Capleton
Corey Bailey
Capone
Kiam Holley
Cappadonna
Darly Hill
Captain Sav Em
Kevein Dickson
Casanova Rud
Erik Rudnicki, US MC.
Cash Money
Jerome Hewlett, US DJ.
Casual
John Owens (Hieroglyphics), US MC.
Ced Gee
Cedric Miller (Ultramagnetic MC's), US MC and producer.
Celly Cel
M. McCarver (Sick Wid It Records)
Cha Cha
Paris Fluellen
Cham
Amir Chamdin (Infinite Mass), Swedish MC.
Champ MC
Kimberly Johnson, US MCska.
Chango
Glenn Everett.
Chap
Charles Kelly, US DJ.
Charli Baltimore
Tiffany Lane
Cheeze Dogg
Milton Cheek (Dogg Pound Posse)
Cheryl the Pearle
Cheryl Cook (Sequence), US MC.
Chill
Vernon Johnson (Eihthype Crew)
Chill Rob G
Robert Frazier, US MC.
Chilli
Rozonda Thomas (TLC)
Chilly Dogg
Cheeko Wells (Dogg Pound Posse)
Chino XL
Derek Barbosa, MC (US)
Chip Fu
Roderick Roachford
Choclair
K. Blake
Chocolate
Mario Johnson, US MC.
Chopmaster J
Jimi Dight (Digital Underground/Force One Network), US musician.
Chubb Rock
Richard Simpson, US MC.
Chuck D
Carlton Ridenhour (Public Enemy), US MC.
Chuck Nice
Walter Griggs (Three Times Dope), US MC.
Chuck Nice
Charles Johnson (Kool Rock Jay), US MC.
Chunky A
Arsenio Hall, US MC, actor and TV host.
CL Smooth
Corey Penn, US MC.
Clay D
Clay Elwood Dixson, US MC.
Cleff
Jean Wyclef, US MC.
Clever Jeff
Jeff Jones, US musician.
Cli-N-Tel
Marquette Hawkins, producer.
CMG
Carla Green (Conscious Daughters), US MC.
Cold 187um
Gregory Hutchinson (Above the Law), US MC.
Cold Cut
Matt Black, UK DJ and producer.
Common
Rasheed Lynn, MC (US)
Common is no longer known as Common Sense, due to a lawsuit.
Cool C
Chris Coney (C.E.B.), US MC.
Coolio
Artis Ivey Jr., MC (US)
Count
Fredrick Linton, US MC.
Count Bass-D
Dwight Farrell, US MC.
Cowboy
Keith Wiggings (Younger Generation/Furious Five), US MC.
CPU
Colored People United, Seattle based group.
Craig G
Craig Brazile Curry, MC (US)
Crazy Legs
Richie Colon (Rock Steady Crew), US breakdancer.
Cruelsta
Cyrus Melchor, US MC.
Crunch
Aaron Brown, US MC.
Cut Creator
Bryan Philpot, DJ (US)
Cut Creator is LL Cool J's DJ
D Style
Darryl White.
D Wade
Dennis Wade, US manager.
D Zire
Dee Barnes (Body & Soul), US MC.
D Zire
Darren Zire, DJ (UK)
D-Nasty
Daryl W. Monroe (The UBC)
D-Nice
Derrick Jones, US MC.
D-Shot
D. Stevens (The Click), brother of E-40 and Suga T, cousin of B-Legit and Mac Mall.
D-Square
Dwayne Sumal (Boogie Down Productions)
Da Brat
Shawntae Harris, MC (US)
Da Grinch
Clayton D. Arnold
Daddy Freddy
S. Frederick Small
Daddy Mack
Chris Smith (Kris Kross), US MC.
Daddy-O
Glenn Bolton
Dana Dane
D. McCleese
Dangerous Dame
Damon Williams
Danny Boy
Daniel O'Connor (House of Pain)
Dark Boy
Imani Wilcox, US MC.
Darkman
Brian Michell, UK MC.
Dat Nigga Daz
Delmar Arnaud, producer (US)
Davy D.
David Reeves, US producer and MC.
Dayz
Michael Ghaffari, US DJ and producer.
Daz Dillenger
Des Arnaud
Daze
Tyree Lopes
Dazzy Dee
Lidell Williams, US MC.
De De
Denise Lopez, Swedish MC.
De'1
Martin Crawford
Dee
Donald Newmam (K II S), US MC.
Dee
Irene Moore (Boss), US DJ and MC.
Dee
Dante L. Miller (Menace Clan)
Def Jef
Jeffery Fortson, US MC.
Del tha Funky Homosapien
Teren Delvon Jones, US MC. Founding member of the Hieroglyphics.
Demon D
Darren Chamberlain, UK MC.
Derek B.
Derek Boland, UK MC.
Destro
Dante Barton, US producer.
Detroit Dray
Andra Hines, US MC.
Dev
Devin Copeland, US MC.
Devante Swing
Donald DeVante Degrate (Jodeci)
Devastating Tito
Tito Dones (Fearless Four), US MC.
Devil O
Tyson Lyn
Diamond
Joe Kirkland
Diamond J
Julian Small, UK MC.
Diamond X
Dyonna Lewis (Silk Tymes Leather)
Diesel
Jeff Ray, US MC.
Dimples D
Smith, Crystal, US MC.
DJ Akshun Luv
R. Williams, US DJ.
DJ Daddy
Richard Lawson, US DJ.
DJ Eddie F.
Edward Ferrell, US DJ.
DJ Fuze
David Elliot (Digital Underground/Raw Fusion), US DJ.
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Jeffrey Townes (Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince), US DJ.
DJ Lethal
Leor DiMant (House of Pain), US DJ.
DJ Magic Mike
Michael Hampton, US DJ.
DJ Mark The 45 King
Mark James, US DJ.
DJ Muggs
Lawrence Muggerud, DJ (US)
DJ Premier
Chris Martin, DJ (US)
DJ Quik
David Blake, MC (US)
DJ Rhyme
Dyenell de Leon Alfaro, DJ, MC, producer (Philippines)
DJ Scratch
George Spivey (EPMD), US DJ.
DJ Shadow
Josh Davis
DJ Slip
Terry K. Allen (Compton's Most Wanted)
DJ Tat Money
Terrance Alan Thomas (DJ for Steady B and Kwamé), US DJ/producer.
DJ Woody Wood
Duerward Beale (Three Times Dope)
DJ Yella
Antoine Carraby (World Class Wreckin' Cru / N.W.A.), US MC and
DMC
Darryl McDaniels, MC (US)
DMX
Earl Simmons
Dodge
Roger Drakes (Dodge City Productions), UK MC.
Doitall
Dupre Kelly (Lords of the Underground)
Domino
Darren Siguenza (Hiero One)
Domino
Shawn Ivey (Outburst Records)
Donald D.
Donald Lamont
Doo-Wop
R. Gonzalez
Doodlebug
Craig Irving, US MC.
Doug E. Fresh
Douglas Davis, MC (US)
Dove
Dave Jolicoeur (De La Soul), US MC.
DPG
Dogg Pound Gangstaz
Dr Butcher
Andrew Venable, US DJ.
Dr C
William Craaford (Just D), Swedish rapper.
DR Period
D. Pittman
Dr. Ace
Charles Trahan (Young & Restless)
Dr. Dre
Andre Young, MC (US)
Dre is Warren G's half-brother, they share the same mother.
Dr. Dre
Andre Brown, VJ (US)
Dr. Dre is VJ for "Yo MTV Raps".
Dr. Jay
Jay Gervev
Dr. Jeckyll
Andre Harrell (Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde), US MC.
Drag-On
Mel Smalls
Drayz
Andre Weston (Das EFX), US MC.
Dre
Andre Benjamin (Outkast), US MC.
Dres
Andres Titus (Black Sheep), US MC.
Dru Down
Darnel Robinson
Duke
Anthony Hilaire, UK MC.
Duke Bootee
Edward Fletcher, US MC.
E Devious
Marco Ennis (Almighty RSO)
E Rock
Eric Taylor (5th Ward Boys), US MC.
E Swift
Eric Brooks, MC, producer (US)
E-40
Earl Stevens (The Click), brother of D-Shot and Suga T, cousin of B-Legit and Mac Mall.
Easy Lee
Theodore Moye, US DJ.
Easy Mo Bee
Osten Harvey Jr, producer (US)
(Rappin' Is Fundamental)
Eazy-E.
Eric Wright (N.W.A.), US MC.
Ecstacy
John Fletcher (Whodini)
Ed Lover
James Roberts, US MC.
Ed O.G.
Edward Anderson (Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs), US MC.
Eddie F
Eddie Ferell, US MC and DJ.
Elesse
S. Skolnick (Sham & The Professor)
Eminem
Marshall Mathers, MC (US)
Also known as Slim Shady.
Enviable Young Elect
Marcel Graumans (Prophets of Truth), Dutch MC.
EPMD
Eric and Parish Makin' Dollars
Eric B.
Louis Eric Barrier, DJ, MC (US)
Esham
Rsham(?) Smith. Stands for East Side Hoes And Money, often duets with his brother, James Smith.
Eskispectacular
Ian P. Richmond (The UBC)
Essence
Peter Essence (1), US DJ and producer.
Est
Robert Waller
Eve
Eve Jihan Jefferson, MC (US)
Everlast
Erik Schrody, MC (US)
Evil Dee
Eward Dewgarde (Da Beatminerz)
Extra P.
William Paul Mitchell
Eye
Bobby Simmons, US producer.
EZ Elpee
L. Porter
EZ Mo Be
Osten Harvey, US producer.
EZ Rock
Rodney Bryce (Rob Base & EZ Rock), US DJ.
Fab Five Freddy
Fred Braithwaite, US video producer, grafitti artist and MTV VJ.
Falcon
Christian Falk, Swedish producer and musician.
Fam
Abdullah Barr, US MC.
Fashion
Berntony Smalls (The Beatnuts), US MC.
Fat Joe
Joseph Cartagena
Fatal
J. Burgos
Fatlip
Derek Stewart (Pharcyde), US MC.
Fesu
Yusef Cross, US MC.
Fiend
Ricky Jones
Fila Fresh Crew
Old school West coast group: Fresh K, Dr. Rock and The D.O.C. The group was featured in the 1986 compil
Flavor Flav
William Drayton (Public Enemy), US MC.
Flesh-N-Bone
Stanly Howse
Fliptop
Kevin White (Operation From The Bustop)
Foxy Brown
Inga Marchand, MC (US)
FrancisM
Francis Magalona, Philippines MC., Rapper, Singer, Actor, MTV VJ, Song writer, producer (Manila, Philippines)
Frank Nitty
Franchot Hayes (Menace To Society), US MC.
Frankie Cutlass
Francis Michael Parker
Freaky Tah
Raymond Rogers
Freddy Bo
Fredrick Robinson Sr. (Tha M.O.B.B.), US MC.
Freedom
Frederick B. Williams (C+C Music Factory)
Fresh Kid Ice
Chris Wongwon (2 Live Crew), US MC.
Frosty Freeze
Wayne Frost (Rock Steady Crew), US breakdancer.
Funkmaster Flex
Aston Taylor
Funkmaster Wizard Wiz
Eric Lockett, US MC.
Fusion
Matt Hanson, UK MC.
G-Whiz
Glen Parrish (Heavy D & The Boyz), US dancer.
Galaxy
George Llado (Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde), US DJ.
Gangsta D
D. Barnett (SecondIINone)
Gangsta Pat
Patrick Hall, US MC.
Genius / GZA
Gary Grice
Gerardo
Gerardo Mejia III, US MC.
Ghostface Killah
Dennis Coles, MC (US)
Gift Of Gab
Tim Parker (Blackalicious)
Ginuwine
Elgin Lumpkin
Go Mack
Arthur Goodman (Above the Law), US MC.
Goldy
Mhisani Miller (Dangerous Crew)
Grand Puba
Maxwell Dixon, MC (US)
(Masters Of Ceremony/Brand Nubians)
Grandmaster Caz
Curtis Fisher (Cold Crush Brothers), US MC.
Grandmaster Dee
Drew Carter (Whodini), US DJ.
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler, US DJ.
Grandmaster Lonz
Alonzo Williams (World Class Wreckin' Crew)
Grandmaster Spin
Chris Forte, US DJ.
Grandmixer D.ST.
Derek Howells, US DJ.
Grandmixer Muggs
Larry Muggerud (7A3/Cypress Hill), US DJ.
Grandwizard Theodore Livingston
Theodore Livingston, US DJ.
Great Peso
Mitchell Grant (Fearless Four), US MC.
Greg Nice
Gregory Mays, MC (US)
Greg Valentine
G. Cordew, MC (US)
(Onyx Crew)
Gripp
Perry Rayson (South Central Cartel), US DJ.
Gripsta
Brandy Nicole, US MC.
Gurra G
Gustav Lund (Just D), Swedish DJ and MC.
Guru
Keith Elam, MC (US)
Keith went earlier by the name of "Keithy E".
Guru stands for "Gifted Unlimited
Rhymes Universal".
Hakeem X
Jermaine Benton, US MC.
Half A Mill
Jasun Ward
Hammer
See MC Hammer
Harmony
Pamela Scott
Hashim
Jerry Calliste Jr., US Producer.
Havikk
Brian West (South Central Cartel), US MC.
Havoc
Cary Calvin
Head
Nick Hallam (Stereo MC's), UK DJ.
Headliner
Tim Barnwell (Arrested Development), US DJ.
Heather B
Heather B. Gardner, MC (US)
Heavy D.
Dwight Myers, MC (US)
Hitman Howie Tee
Howard Thompson, US DJ and producer.
Homocide
Bennie Herron, US DJ.
HOP
House of Pain
Hub
Leonard Hubbard (Roots), US bassplayer.
Human Beatbox
Darren Robinson (Fat Boys), US MC (deceased).
Humpty Hump
Edward Humphrey III
Humpty Hump
Greg Jacobs (Humpty=Shock)
Huntburykillfinn
Andrew Ward, UK MC.
Hurby Luv Bug
Hurby Azor, US producer.
Hurricane
Wendell Fyte, DJ, MC (US)
(Beastie Boys, Afros, Davy D)
Hurricane G
Gloria Rodriguez
Ice Cream Tee
Bettina Clark, MC (US)
Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson, MC (US)
Ice Dogg
Clinton Kelly III, MC (US)
(Tha M.O.B.B.)
Ice-T
Tracy Marrow, US MC.
Icey Jaye
Jay McGowan
Imani
Emandu Wilcox
Infra Red
Oscar Franzén (Sherlock), MC (Sweden)
Inspectah Deck
Jason Hunter, MC (US)
Isis
Lin Que Ayoung, MC (US)
Izzy-Ice
I. Francois
J Mega
L. Troupe, MC (US)
(Onyx Crew)
J Ro
James Robinson, MC (US)
J-Groove
James Carson (Hobo Junction), US Producer.
J-Groove
James Carson (Hobo Junction), US Producer.
J-Live
J. Cadet
J-Live
J. Cadet
J-Sw!ft
J. Martinez
J. Quest
John Raimundi, US MC.
J. Quest
John Raimundi, US MC.
J.Z.
Shawn Carter
Ja Rule
Jeffery Atkins
Jadakiss
Jason Phillips
Jah Skilz
Jalali Carthorn (Five Footer Crew, G-Funk Era), US MC.
Jah Skilz is a part of Warren G's Dove Shack.
Jalil
Jalil Hutchins (Whodini)
Jam Master Jay
Jason Mizell (Run-DMC), US DJ.
Jammin' James
James Carter, US producer.
Jammin' James
James Carter, US producer.
Jay-Z
Shawn Carter
Jay-Z
J. Jackson (Hobo Junction), US DJ.
Jaydee
J. Yancey
Jayo Felony
James Savage
Jazzy Jay
Jayson Byas, US producer.
Jazzy Jeff
Jeff Miree, DJ (US)
JC 001
Jason Coleman, UK MC.
JDL
Jerry D. Lewis (Cold Crush Brothers), US MC.
Jekill
K. Hicks (Mannish)
Jellybean
John Benitez, US producer.
Jeru the Damaja
Kendrick Jeru Davis, MC (US)
Jez
J. Livingston (Variation), US MC.
Jive
S. Blanton (Mannish)
JJ
John Tajeda (Blood of Abraham), US DJ.
Jo-Jo
Joel Hailey (Jodeci)
Jock Box
Jacque Harrison (Skinny boys), US MC.
Jocko
Douglas Henderson, US radio DJ.
Johnny Blaze
See Method Man.
Johnny Cash
John Rolle (X Men), US DJ.
Johnny P.
Orville Morgan
Jon B
Jonathon David Buck (US)
Born November 11, 1974, which makes him a scorpio. He was born in Rhode Island but
currently lives in
Pasadena, California has lived there since he was 4. His
siblings are an older sister, Deborah (violinist); a younger brother, Kevin who is in
the "They don't know" video. His father is a music professor and his mother is a
concert pianist.
Jonny Z
John Zazueta
JR
Darron Strand (Rappin' Is Fundamental), US MC.
Jugg Mugg
Dexter Johnson, US MC.
Juju
Jerry Tineo
Just Ice
Joseph Williams Jr., US MC.
Juvenile
Terius Grey
K Dee
Darrell Johnson, US MC.
K-Ci
Cedric Hailey (Jodeci)
K-Cut
Kevin McKenzie (Main Source), US MC and DJ.
K-Def
Kevin Hansford
K-Snap
Devin Hookfin.
K-Solo
Kevin Madison, US MC.
K.G.
Keir Gist (Naughty By Nature), US MC.
Kalonji The Immortal
K. Coleman
Kam
Craig A. Miller, US MC.
Kane
David Garcia
Kaos
Gregory Scott (South Central Cartel), US DJ.
Kaos
Mark Freitas
Kaution
Malik Wilson
Kay Gee
Kier Gist (Naughty by Nature)
KC Flightt
F. Toson Jr.
Keithy E
See Guru.
Ken Dawg
Kendon Anthony
Kenny Love
Kenneth Tonge.
Kid
Christopher Reid (Kid 'N Play), US MC.
Kid Capri
Derek Love
Kid Creole
Nathaniel Glover (Younger Generation/Furious Five), US MC.
Kid Disater
Darrell Johnson (Stereo Crew/C.I.A.), US MC.
Kid Frost
Arturo Mollina Jr., MC (US)
Kid Ice
Chris Wong (2 Live Crew), US MC.
Kid Sensation
Steven Spence, US MC.
Killa
Keila Stewart
Killa Priest
Walter Reed
King Ad-Rock
Adam Horovitz (Beastie Boys)
King Just
Adrian Angevin, US MC.
King Tee
Roger McBride
Kiss AMC
Anne Marie Copeland, UK MC.
KK
K. McDonald (SecondIINone)
Km.G the Illustrator
Kevin Dulley (Above the Law), US MC.
Knumskull
Garrick Husband, US MC.
Kool G Rap
Nathaniel Wilson, MC (US)
Kool Herc
Clive Campbell, US DJ.
Kool Keith
Keith Thornton (Ultramagnetic MC's/Rhythm X/Dr Octagon/Sinister 6000), US MC.
Kool Moe Dee
Mohandes DeWeese (Treacherous Three), US MC.
Kool Rock Jay
Leo Dupree Ramsey Jr. (Kool Rock Jay), US MC.
Kool Rock Ski
Damon Wimbley (Fat Boys), US MC.
KP
Rod Kirkpatrick, US producer.
Krash Slaughta
Paul Smith, English DJ.
Krayzie Bone
Anthony Henderson
Krazy Drayz
Andre Weston (Das EFX)
Krazy Eddie
Eddie Thompson (Fearless Four), US MC.
KRS One
Lawrence Krisna Parker
KRS-One stands for "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone".
Kurious
Jorge Alvarez, US MC.
Kurrupt
Ricardo Brown
Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Walker, US MC.
Kut Mighty Swift
Reggie Lalanne (Side FX), US DJ.
Kwamé
Kwamé Holland (A New Beginning)
L.A. Jay
John Barnes III
L.A. Star
Lisa Ali, US MC.
L.L. Cool J
James Todd Smith, US MC. It is short for Ladies Love Cool James.
LA Luv
Phillip Gayle, Canadian DJ.
La The Darkman
Lason Jackson
Lady of Rage
Robin Yvette Allen, MC (US)
Ladybug
Mary Ann Vierra, US MC.
Laquan
Kenneth Green, US MC.
Large Professor
William Paul Mitchell, US MC and producer.
Large Professor
William Paul Mitchell
Lateef the Truth Speaker
Lateef Daumont
Formerly known as Lateef the Dread Piper
Lauryn
Lauryn Hill (Fugees), MC (US)
Layzie Bone
Steve Howse (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
LBC
Long Beach Click
Leather
Jocelyn Rabon (Silk Tymes Leather)
Left Eye
Lisa Lopez
Len
Leonard Moore (Success N Effect), US DJ.
LeShuan
LeShuan William, US MC.
Lett Loose
Lloyd E. Taylor (Blood of Abraham), US DJ.
Leviti
L. King (The guy that did "One Luv" with E-40)
Lil Bow Wow
Shad Moss, MC (US)
Lil Dap
James Heath (Group Home)
Lil Fame
Jamel Grinnage
Lil Thug
Rashad Franklin
Lil' Kim
Kimberly Denise Jones, MC (US)
Lil' Wayne
D'Wayne Carter
Lil1/2Dead
Mr. Carpenter
Little Daddy Shane
Clayton Hardy
Little Indian
Germaine Douglas
Lo Life
Richard Nash (5th Ward Boys), US MC.
Lonnie B.
L. Battle
Lonnie Love
Alonzo Brown, US MC.
Lord Albaski
Kurtis Addison (Flavor Unit), US MC.
Lord Black
David Doutryer, US MC.
Lord Finesse
Robert Hall, US MC.
Lord Have Mercy
W. Notise
Lord Jammar
Lorenzo Dechalus (Brand Nubian), US MC.
Lord Jazz
Bruce Colston (Lords of the Underground), US DJ.
Lord of Brightness
Erik Graumans (Prophets of Truth), Dutch MC.
Lord Tariq
Sean Hamilton
LOTUG
Lords of the Underground
Lou Diamonds
See Raekwon the Chef.
Louie Louie
Louis Vegas, US DJ and producer.
Louie Rankin
Leonard Ford
Lovebug Starski
Kevin Smith, US MC.
Low Dogg
Hamza Sheik
Low MB
Sammie Williams (Operation From The Bustop)
LSD
Lord Spencer Nobles
Luke Skyywalker
Luther Campbell, MC (US)
(2 Live Crew)
Luva Gee
Gregory Allen Smith (South Central Cartel), US MC.
LV
Larry Sanders (South Central Cartel), US singer.
Lyrical Lesly
Lesly Lafour
Lyrical Prophet
Jimmy Conway (The Goodfellas Outfit), US MC.
Lyrrad
Darryl Davis.
M16
Miguel Vargas, US MC.
Mac
Mackinley Phipps
Mac Doe
Donald McLeoud
Mac Mall
Jamal Walker (Sick Wid It Records), cousin of E-40, D-Shot and Suga T.
Mack Daddy
Chris Kelly (Kris Kross), US MC.
Mack-10
D. Rolison
Mad CJ Mack
B. Ross
Mad Skillz
D. Lewis
Madkap
Damon Cole
Maestro Fresh Wes
Wesley Williams
Magic
Aywood Magic Johnson
Magic Mike
Michael Hampton, US DJ and rapper.
Magoo
Melvin Barcliff
Majesty
R. Wiggins (Da King & I)
Malik B
Malik Abdul Basit-Smart (The Roots), US MC
Mantronik
Curtis Jahleel (Mantronix), US DJ & producer.
Mark 45 King
Mark James, US producer.
Marley Marl
Marlon Williams, producer (US)
Marquee
M. Ferguson
Martay
Melanie MacKenzie (Martay & DBM), UK MC.
Marvelous
Marvin Berryman (Cash Money & Marvelous), US MC.
Mase
Vincent L. Mason Jr. (De La Soul), US DJ.
Master Ace
Duval Clear
Master G
Guy o'Brien (Sugarhill Gang), US MC.
Master Killa
Jamal Turner
Master Killer
J. Dockery
Master OC
Oscar Rodriquez Jr. (Fearless Four), US DJ.
Master P
Percy Robert Miller
Master P is the owner and CEO of No Limit Records.
He was born in the 3rd Ward
Calliope Projects and
he started his company in Richmond California. His studio is
in Baton Rouge La.
Maximillion
See Genius/GZA.
May May
May May Ali, US MC.
Mazik
D. Saevitz (Blood of Abraham)
MC ADE
Adrian Hines
MC AK
Toby Treptow
MC AK
Christopher J. Bonde, MC (US)
AK owns / runs 101st Airbourne
Productions (www.101airbourne.com) and has
released 9 Hip Hop albums on the underground Milwaukee
scene.
MC Breed
Eric Breed
MC Eiht
Aaron Tyler
MC Eiht doesn't get along quite well with DJ Quik: "A tramp named David, DJ Quik..."
MC Grover
Stuart Groves
MC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell, US MC.
MC JB
Juana Burnes (JJ Fad), US MC.
MC Lyte
Lana Moorer, MC (US)
MC PO
Raimo Rantamaki
MC Pooh
Lawrence Thomas, US MC.
MC Ren
Lorenzo Patterson (N.W.A.), MC, producer (US)
MC Serch
Michael Berrin (3rd Bass), US MC.
MC Shan
Shawn Moltke, US MC.
MC Solaar
Claude Barali, French MC. Claude is a friend of Soon E MC; they grew up together. Both are a member of the
MC Tee
Tooure Embden (Mantronix), US MC.
MC Thick
Stewart Harris
MCA
Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys), US MC.
McGruff
Herbert Brown
MCM
Mark Layman, UK MC.
Mean Gene
Gene Livingston, US DJ.
Mecca
Mary Ann Vierra (Digable Planets)
Mel Low
Melvin Moore, US MC.
Melachi The Nutcracker
J. Felder (Group Home)
Melle Mel
Melvin Glover, US MC.
Mellow Man Ace
Ulpiano Sergio Reyes, US MC.
Melquan
Melvin Keys, US MC.
Memphis Bleek
Malik Cox
Mental Kees
Kees de Koning, Dutch DJ.
Mercedes
Raquel Miller
Method Man
Clifford Smith, MC (US)
Mia X.
Mia Young
Mic Geronimo
Michael McDermon
Michel'le
Tanisha Michel'le Young (Michelle), US MC. She was Dr. Dre's wife.
Michelle
Tanisha Michele Morgan (Bytches With Problems), US MC.
Michie Mee
Michelle McCullock, Canadian MC.
Mighty Mike C
Michael Kevin Clee (Fearless Four), US MC.
Miilkbone
Thomas Wlodarczyka
Mike Air
Michael G. Dolvin (The UBC)
Mike D
Michael Diamond (Beastie Boys), US MC.
Mike G
Michael Small (Jungle Brothers), US MC.
Mike J
Michael Dunn, UK MC.
Militant Mind
Jared Kenny
Minutemix
Jarrett Cordes (PM Dawn), UK DJ.
Miracle Mike
Michael Carriel.
Misfit
Barry Leonard (Rascalz)
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette, MC (US)
Mista Grimm
Rojai Trawick
Mista Lawnge
William McLean (Black Sheep), US MC.
Mix Master Muggs
See DJ Muggs
MJG
Marlon Goodwin
MJG
Marlon Goodwin (8 Ball & MJG), US MC.
Moc Fu
J. Jones
Moe Love
Maurice Smith (Ultramagnetic MC's), US DJ.
Monch
T. McNair (Organized Konfusion)
Money B
Ron Brooks (Raw Fusion/Digital Underground), US MC.
Money Mark
Mark Ramos Nishita, US producer.
Monie Love
Simone Johnson, UK MC.
Mos Def
Dante Smith
Mr. Cheeks
Terrance Kelly
Mr. Dalvin
Dalvin DeGrate (Jodeci). Dalvin is currently dating T-Boz from TLC.
Mr. Funkyman
Al'Terik Wardrick (Lords of the Underground)
Mr. Hyde
Alonzo Brown (Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde), US MC.
Mr. Mike
Michael Walls (South Circle), US MC.
Mr. Mixx
David Hobbs (2 Live Crew), US DJ.
Mr. Servon On
Edward Smith
Mr. Walt
Walter Dewgarde
Ms. Melodie
Ramona Parker (Boogie Down Productions), US MC.
Mystikal
Michael Tyler
N.O. Joe
Joseph Johnson, US producer.
N.W.A.
Niggaz With Attitudes
Nas
Nasir Jones, US MC.
Nate Dogg
Nathan Hale, US MC.
Nate the Great
Jonathon Matthews (Kool Rock Jay), US MC.
Nature
James Baxter
Neb Luv
Danielle Hollis (Five Footer Crew, G-Funk Era)
Nelly
Cornell Haynes Jr., MC (US)
Nic Wiz
N. Loizides
Nick Wiz
Nick Loizides, US producer.
Nikke? Nicole!
Nicole Miller, US producer and MC.
Nikki D
Nichele Strong
Nine Double M
D. Keyes
NME
Brandon Davis
Nokio
Tamir Ruffin
Nonchalant
Tanya Pointer, US MC.
Noodles
See Master Killa.
Noreaga
Victor Santiago
Norty
Norty Cotto, US producer.
Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher Wallace
Numskull
Garrick Husbands
O.C.
Omar Credle, MC (US)
OC
Oscar Edriguez, MC (US)
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Russell Jones
One Eye Q
Ayo Dele Ajaji (One Eye-Q=Young Wizdom), Swedish MC.
Opio
Opio Lindsey (from hieroglifics)
Overlord X
Benjamin Balogun, UK MC.
P-Dog
See Paris
Pal Joey
Joey Longo, US producer.
Panic
Larry Watford, US producer.
Papa D
Daniel Wahgren (Brooklyn Funk Essentials), Swedish MC.
Paris
Oscar Jackson Jr.
Paula Perry
Paula Perry
Payday
Travis Kingdom
Pedda Ped
Peder Ernroth (Just D), Swedish MC.
Pee Wee
P.W. Mollerfors (Sherlock), Swedish MC.
Pee Wee
Ramone Valentine (Digital Underground/Gold Money), US MC.
Pepa
Sandra Denton, MC (US)
Peril-L
Christopher Wang
Pete Nice
Peter J. Nash (3rd Bass), US MC.
Pete Rock
Peter Phillips, DJ, producer (US)
Peter Gunz
Peter Pankey
Peterman
Original name of Rapper Big Mike, solo artist formerly with the Convicts and Geto Boys. Smoke 'em & choke 'em
Pharaohe Monch
T. McNair
Phesto
Damani Thompson (Souls Of Mischief)
Phife
Malik Taylor, MC (US)
Piano Man
Darin Whittington (Digital Underground/Force One Network).
Pinkey
Ray Velazquez, US producer.
Play
Christopher Martin (Kid 'N Play), US MC.
PMD
Parrish J. Smith (EPMD), US MC.
Poc Fu
L. Maturine
Poetic
Anthony Berkly
Poke
Jean Claude Olivier, US producer.
Polarbear
Bjorn Soderberg, Swedish producer.
Pooh-Man
See MC Pooh.
Poppa LQ
Kenneth Green, US MC.
Posdnuos
Kelvin Mercer (De La Soul), US MC.
Pras
Michel Prakazrel, MC (US)
Premier
Chris Martin, US producer.
Pretty Lou
Eric Ruth
Primo
Carlton Martin
Prince Be
Attrell Cordes (PM Dawn), UK MC.
Prince Markie D
Mark Morales (Fat Boys), US producer and MC.
Prince P.
Leonerist Johnson (Young & Restless)
Prince Paul
Paul Huston, Producer (US)
Prince Po(etry)
L. Baskerville
Prince Quick Mix
Manny Napuri
Prince Rakeem the RZA
Robert Diggs
Prince Whipper Whip
James Whipper, US MC.
Principle
Robbie Laskar, UK MC.
Prode'je
Austin Patterson (South Central Cartel), US MC.
Prodigy
Albert Johnson
Professor Griff
Richard Griffin (Public Enemy), US MC.
Professor Lazy Rock
Eric Bridges (Success N Effect), US MC.
Professor X
Lumumba Robert Carson (X Clan), US MC and manager.
Psycho Les
Lester Fernandez, MC (US)
Puba
See Grand Puba.
Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard
T. Horton
Puffy/Puff Daddy
Sean Combs
Q Ball
Qur'an Goodman, US MC.
Q-Tip
Kamal Fareed, MC (US)
Q-Tip changed his name from Jonathan Davis to Kamal Fareed. He converted to Islam
around 1996.
QDIII
Quincy Delight Jones III, US producer and MC.
Queen Latifah
Dana Owens, MC (US)
Quickie
Eric Huntington (Explicit Lyrics)
Raekwon the Chef
Corey Woods (Wu-Tang Clan). Chef stands for Criminals Have to Eat Food.
Rafiyq
Torren Williams.
Rah Digga
Rasheeda Fisher
Rahiem
Guy Todd Williams, US MC.
Rahzel
Rahzel M. Brown
Rake
Keith Rose, US MC.
Rakim
William Griffin, MC (US)
Ralph M.
Ralph Medrano (Funkdoobiest), US DJ.
Rappin' 4-tay
Anthony Forté, MC (US)
Rappin' Ron
Ron Royster, US MC.
Ras Kass
John Austin
Ray Boogie
Ray Ramos (Evil Twins)
Ray Dogg
Raymond Scott (Almighty RSO)
Rayvon
Bruce A.M. Brewster
Raz
Rasmus Lindwall (Rob N Raz), Swedish DJ and producer.
Real Roxanne
Joanne Martinez, US MC.
Real Thorough
R. Taylor
Rebel MC
Mike West, UK MC.
Red Fox
Gareth Shelton
Red Hot Lover Tone
Samuel Barnes
Reddy Red
Collins Lyaseth (Geto Boys), US DJ.
Redhead Kingpin
David Guppy, US MC.
Redman
Reggie Noble, US MC.
Remedee
Debbie Pryce, UK MCska.
Resurrector
See Prince Rakeem the RZA.
Rhythm D
David Weldon, US producer. Ruthless Records main producer.
Rhythm Layer Riccola
Andre Brintley (Menace To Society), US DJ.
Richie Rich
See DJ Daddy
Richie Rich
Richard Serrell
Rob
Robert Wååtz (Rob N Raz), Swedish DJ and producer.
Rob B
Robert Birch (Stereo MC's), UK MC.
Rob Base
Rob Ginyard, US MC.
Rob Quest
Robert McQueen, US producer.
Rob Swift
Rob Aguilar (X-Men), US DJ.
Rob-O
Robert Odindo
Roc Rider
Anthony Williams, US DJ.
Rock Ski
Dele Shekoni, Swedish producer.
Rockwilder
Dana Stinson, US producer.
Rod É
Rodrigo Pencheff (Infinite Mass), Swedish MC and producer.
Rode;
Rodrigo Pencheff (Infinite Mass), Swedish MC and producer.
Rodney P
Rodney Panton, UK MC.
Rollie Fingers
See Inspectah Deck.
Romeo
Dominic Aldridge, US producer.
Ron C
Ronald Pierre Carey, US MC.
Ron Scratch
Ron Walsh, US DJ.
Roxanne Shante
Lolita Shante Gooden, US MC.
Royal Flush
Ramel Govantes
Royce Da 5-9
Royce Montgomery, MC (US)
Ruck
Sean Price
Ruler Master Rock
Greig Rock, US MC.
Run
Joseph Simmons (Run-DMC), US MC. Run's brother, Russel Simmons is the founder of Def Jam records among othe
Rundu
Rod Whitehead (Side FX), US MC.
Saafir
Reggie Gibson
Sadat X
Derrick Murphy, MC (US)
Salt
Cheryl James, MC (US)
Sam Sever
Sam Citrin, US producer.
Sam Sneed
Sam Anderson, MC, producer (US)
Sammy B
Samuel Burwell (Jungle Brothers), US DJ.
Sassy C
Michelle Franklin (JJ Fad), US MC.
Sauce Money
Todd Gaither, MC (US)
Saukrates
Amani Wailoo
Scarface
Brad Jordan, MC (US)
Schoolly D
Jesse B. Weaver Jr., MC (US)
Philidelphia based Schoolly D. was the first gangsta rapper with the song "P.S.K.
(what does it mean?)".
Scorpio
Eddie Morris (Younger Generation/Furious Five), US MC.
Scott La Rock
Scott Sterling (Boogie Down Productions), US DJ.
Sean C
Sean Matthews, US DJ.
See Que
Cherno Jah, Swedish MC.
Sen Dog
Senen Reyes (Cypress Hill), US MC.
Sen Dog was born in Havana, Cuba.
Shabba Ranks
Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon
Shabba Ranks
Clifton Dillon
Shah
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest)
Shallah Raekwon
See Raekwon the Chef.
Sham
K. Gill (Sham & The Professor)
Shawn J-Period
S. Jones
She
Sheila Spencer, US MC.
Sheek
Sean Jacobs
Shinehead
E.C. Aiken Jr.
Shock G/Shockalock
Gregory E. Jacobs (Digital Underground), US MC.
Shockin' Shaun
Shaun Harrison (Skinny boys), US MC.
Shorty
Jerome Washington (Lench Mob), US MC.
Shorty
Zach Flowers (Explicit Lyrics)
Shorty No Mas
Terresa Thompson
Showbiz
Rodney Lemay
Shuga
Chris Liggo.
Shy D
Peter Jones, US MC.
Shyheim the Rugged Child
Shyheim Franklin, MC (US)
Shyne
Jamal Barrows
Silk
Vickie Jordan (Silk Tymes Leather)
Silkk the Shocker
Zyshonne Miller
Simple E
Erica Williams, US MC.
Sinister
Joe Wright, US DJ.
Sir Downset
Daniel Leonard
Sir Jinx
Tony Wheatob (C.I.A.), US MC and producer.
Sir Mix A Lot
Anthony Ray, US MC.
Sir Raphael
John Allen.
Sir Scratch
Shawn McKenzie (Main Source), US DJ.
Sisqo
Mark Andrews
Sister Souljah
Lisa Williamson, US MC.
Skoob
Willie Hines (Das EFX), US MC.
Slangston Hughes
Jason Kemp
Sleek
Kerwin Young, US producer.
Sleepy
Patrik Elofsson, Swedish DJ.
Sleepy John
Johnny Rivers, US producer.
Slice
Michael Brown (Kool Rock Jay), US DJ.
Slick Rick
Ricky Walters, MC (UK / US)
Slim Kid 3
Trevant Hardson (Pharcyde), US MC.
Slugster
Ryan Madayag
Smooth
Juanita Stokes
Smooth
Ira McLaughlin, US MC.
Smooth Bee
Darryl Barnes, MC (US)
Smoothe Da Hustler
D. Smith
Smoove
Kenny Kornegay.
Snoman
LeBaron Frost
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Cordazer Calvin Broadus,, MC (US)
Snow
Darrin O'Brien
Snupe
Duane Lee (Hieroglyphics), US MC.
Son Doobie
Jason Vasquez (Funkdoobiest), US MC.
Son Of Bazerk
Timothy Allen
Soul Man
Kevin Jones, US MC.
Soulja Slim
James Smith
Special Ed
Edward Archer, US MC.
Speech
Todd Thomas (Arrested Development), US MC.
Speed Knock
Fredrik Lundbom (Sherlock), Swedish MC.
Spice 1
Robert Green Jr.
Spinderella
Latoya Silk (first Salt-N-Pepa, later solo), US DJ. Was their first DJ and featured on the first album.
Spinderella
Deedee Roper (Salt-N-Pepa), US DJ. From their second album on.
Spirtit Philled
Philip Hernandez (K II S), US MC.
Spliff Star
W. Lewis
Spoonie Gee
Gabriel Jackson, US MC.
Spunk Bigga
Anthony Blagmon.
Spyder D
Duane Hughes, US MC.
Steady B.
Warren McGlone (C.E.B.), US MC.
Steinski
Steve Stein, US Producer.
Steve
Steve Leonard (Knuckleheadz), US MC.
Sticky Fingaz
Kirk Jones (Onyx), US MC.
Stranger
David Seisay, US/Swedish rapper.
Stretch
Randy Walker (Live Squad), US MC & producer.
Studio Ton
Ton Whiteman (Sick Wid It's producer)
Styles
David Styles
Suga Slimm
Ronald Williams
Suga T
T. Stevens
Sister of E-40 and D-Shot, cousin of B-Legit and Mac Mall.
Super Cat
William Maragh
Super Jay
James Harrison (Skunny Boys), US MC.
Super Lover C
Calente Fredericks
Super Rhymes
Jimmy Spicer
Suzie Q
Susan Banfield (Cookie Crew), UK MC.
Sweat
Lamond Cogdell, US MC.
Sweed LD
Djuana Johnican (Oaktown 357), US MC.
Sweet Id
Djuana Johnican (Oaktown's 357's), US MC.
Sweet Tee
Tanya Winley (Daughter of record label owner Paul), US MC.
Sweets
K. Lyda
Swing
Richard Anthony Silva, US/Swedish MC.
Swizz Beats
Kaseem Dean
T Money
T.J. Kelsie (Original Concept, Yo! MTV Raps), US MC and TV
T Ray
Ray Todd, US producer.
T Ski Valley
T. Cox, US MC.
T-Boz
Tionne Watkins
T-Green
Tony Green (DeathRow's bass player)
Tajai
Tajai Massey (Hieroglyphics)
Talib Kweli
Talib Greene
Tank
Adrian McRae.
Tank West
C. Pettus
Tash
Rico Smith, MC (US)
Also known as CaTASHtrophe.
Teardrop
Darryl Willis, US MC.
Tears
Johnny Johnson, US MC.
Tee
Jay Trujillo (N2 Deep), US MC.
Terminator X
Norman Rogers (Public Enemy), US DJ.
Terrible T
Tabatha King (Oaktown 357), US MC.
Terry T
Terry Butler, US producer.
The D.O.C.
Trey Curry, US MC.
The Fresh Prince
Will Smith, US MC. Actor in TV-series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
The Instrumental Soldier
Khaliq Asharri, US producer.
The Lench Mob
The Lench Mob consists of Ice Cube, Sir Jinx, T-Bone J-Dee Shorty Threi, Big Tom, Wess, Zulu Ed, Heavy,
The Mad Rapper
Derrick Angeletie
The Mystic
Mohammed Bilal
The Sinista ScratchMaster One
Arjan Singh Flora, DJ (US)
The Undercover Brother
Victor Piagneri, DJ, producer (US)
People can e-mail The Undercover Brother at under...@asan.com
Thorough
Rex Robinson (South Circle), US MC.
Three D
Louis King, US DJ.
Thug Life
2-Pac's group: Syke, Macadoshish, Mopreme, The Rated R.
Thugsta
N. Jones
Tim Dog
Timothy Blair, MC (US)
Timbaland
Tim Mosley
Toddy Tee
Todd Howard, US MC.
Tom J
Tom Jiminez (Knuckleheadz), US MC.
Tomahawk Funk
Pachenco, Tyrone (Funkdoobiest), US MC.
Tone Capone
Anthony Gillmour, US producer.
Tone Loc
Anthony Smith, US MC.
Tony D
Tony Dofat
Tony D
Anthony Depulla, US producer.
Tony G
Tony Gonzales, US producer.
Tony O
John Ortiz, US MC.
Tony Rhome
Anthony Johnson (Almighty RSO)
Tony Starks
See Ghostface Killer.
Tony Tee
Anthony Edwards, US MC.
Too $hort
Todd Shaw, MC (US)
Top Dogg
Derek Wade
Top Quality
T. Robinson
Total K-Oss
Anthony Stewart (Above the Law), US MC.
TR Love
Trevor Randolph (Ultramagnetic MC's), US MC.
Tragedy, The Intelligent Hoodlum
Percy Chapman, MC (US)
(Intelligent Hoodlum)
Treach
Anthony Criss, MC (US)
Trick Daddy
Maurice Young
Trigger Tha Gambler
T. Smith
Triple X
Tomie James
Tripploc
Deion Williams (Tha Twinz), US MC.
Trouble
Latasha Rogers, US MC.
Trouble T-Roy
Troy Dickson (Heavy D & The Boyz)
TRS
Ted Smith (Nati Nemesis)
True Blue Killa
Dante Franklin
True Master
Derek Harris, producer (US)
Tunes
Nicolas Lockett, UK MC.
Turbo B.
Benito Benites (Snap)
Turk
Tab Virgil
U-God
Lamont Harris
aka Golden Arms, Lucky Hands.
Uncle L
See L.L. Cool J
Unknown DJ
Andre Manuel, US producer.
Vanilla Ice
Robert van Winkle, US MC.
Vega
Brandon Waite
Verb
Larry Dobson, US MC.
Vinny
Vinny Brown (Naughty by Nature), US MC.
Volume 10
Dino Hawkins, US MC.
Warlock
Darnell Adams (Knight of the Turntables), US DJ.
Warren G.
Warren III Griffin, MC, producer (US)
Warren is Dr. Dre's half-brother, they have the same mother.
Wayniac
DeWayne Williams (Tha Twinz), US MC.
Westside Connection
Willy Calhoun
Whodini
John Fletcher, US MC.
Wi$h Bone
Charles Scruggs
Will Roc
William Griffin, US MC.
Will Smith
Will Smith, MC, actor (US)
Willie D
William Dennis (Geto Boys), US MC.
Willy D.
William Broady (Boogie Down Productions), US MC.
Willy Gunz
William Morris.
Wino
Bryan Dobbs, US DJ.
Wonder Mike
Michael Wright (Sugarhill Gang), US MC.
Woody Wood
Duerward Beale (Three Times Dope), US DJ.
X Ray
Raymond Williams, US DJ.
Ynot
Toni Craig
Yomo
Y. Smith
Young Lay
Lathan Williams, US MC.
Young MC
Marvin Young, US MC.
YoYo
Yolanda Whitaker
Yukmouth
Jerold Ellis Jr., MC (US)
YZ
Anthony Hill, US MC.
Z
Johnny Zunino (N2 Deep), US DJ & producer.
Zak
Zak Tell (Clawfinger), Swedish MC.
Zeb Rock
Sebastian Woolgar (Sherlock), Swedish DJ.
Zev Love X
D. Dumile (KMD)
Zone-TDK
M. Pickett (The Next School)