Entry · catalog no. 3416

boosie fade

/ /ˈbusi feɪd/ /BOO-see-fayd

noun · Baton Rouge / South · 2000s

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A high, sharp fade cut low and even on top with the sides taken down close — named for Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie, who wore it as a signature.

“Went to the shop and asked for a boosie fade, lined up crisp.”

Origin & Attribution

Early-2000s Baton Rouge barber culture, popularized by Lil Boosie (Boosie Badazz) around 2004–2005 as he rose in Southern rap. His name attached to the cut as it spread across the South and beyond, and decades later it caught a second life online.

2004

Lil Boosie popularizes the cut during his rise in Southern rap

2020s

Revived widely, including as internet shorthand and meme

Region of origin

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Midwest

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South

The South

Baton Rouge / South · 2000s

Spoken by

The South

$BOOSIEThe Record · cultural traction

▲ Rising

22 yrs

ahead of the mainstream

60/100

peak cultural energy

Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.

Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest

First used

2004

in the culture

Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.

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Citations & Sources

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Lil Boosie's signature high fade — Baton Rouge · c. 2004

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