Entry · catalog no. 4251
that part
/ /ˈðæt ˌpɑrt/ /THAT part
phrase · Black American; California associations strongest · 2010s
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1.
An emphatic agreement that singles out the precise portion of what was just said that the speaker is co-signing. Used alone as a response.
“— They be wanting the culture but not the people. — That part.”
Origin & Attribution
Black American speech, in print by 2013 and mainstreamed in 2016. The earliest dated attestation that can be checked is an Urban Dictionary entry from October 3, 2013, glossing it as putting emphasis on something someone has just said; a later entry marks it as California talk, and California is where the associations are strongest, though no entry from that period marks a region with any authority. ScHoolboy Q of South Central Los Angeles carried it out with THat Part featuring Kanye West, released May 13, 2016, the lead single from Blank Face LP, followed by a Black Hippy remix that July. The phrase is now routinely filed as Gen Z or TikTok slang, which the dates refuse: it is documented three years before TikTok existed anywhere.
2013
Earliest dated written attestation
2016
ScHoolboy Q feat. Kanye West release THat Part
2016
Black Hippy remix with Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide / diaspora
Black American; California associations strongest · 2010s
Spoken by
Black American speakers; heaviest in California and in rap
$THATPAThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Steady3 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
70/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2013
in the culture
Mainstream crossover
2016
search interest spikes
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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@auntiereg
Atlanta, GA
@deltasoul
Memphis, TN
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Citations & Sources
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ScHoolboy Q feat. Kanye West, THat Part, Blank Face LP (TDE/Interscope)
2016
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+ Cite a sourceEarliest dated written attestation, October 3, 2013
2013
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