100

adjective · U.S., urban Black communities (with strong Southern and West Coast hip-hop throu

Auntie

noun · U.S. South, with parallel usage across the African diaspora (West Africa, Caribb

aye

interjection · San Francisco Bay Area, California and Atlanta, Georgia

bag

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta hip-hop scene), spreading nationwide

baller

noun · U.S. — West Coast street scenes (L.A.) and basketball courts nationwide, adopted

ballin

verb · West Coast (South Central/Pomona, CA), spread nationwide through hip-hop

balling

verb · West Coast (South Central/Pomona, CA), spread nationwide through hip-hop

band

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta, Memphis, Houston, Baton Rouge)

bando

noun · Atlanta / U.S. South, later UK

bands

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta, Memphis, Houston, Baton Rouge)

bars

noun · New York City, spreading nationwide through hip-hop culture

bobos

noun · U.S. South / Mid-Atlantic (D.C., Atlanta)

bomb

adjective · U.S. — originating in Black jazz scenes, carried forward through Black urban hip

bout it

adjective · New Orleans, Louisiana (U.S. South)

brazy

adjective · Los Angeles / West Coast, later Chicago

bread

noun · U.S. — Harlem, Kansas City, Chicago jazz circuits

buggin

verb · New York City (Brooklyn/Queens)

burner

noun · U.S. Northeast (New York/Bronx-Queens hip-hop corridor), spread nationwide throu

burner phone

noun · U.S. South (Memphis)

chain

noun · The Bronx, New York — later spreading nationwide through hip hop's mainstream br

chain snatch

phrase · New York City

chain snatched

phrase · New York City

chill

verb · U.S. Northeast, urban

chillin'

verb · New York City (Bronx/Harlem)

clock it

phrase · New York City (Harlem/Christopher Street ballroom scene)

cook

phrase · San Francisco Bay Area, California

cooked

adjective · U.S., urban Black communities

cookin

phrase · San Francisco Bay Area, California

cooking

phrase · San Francisco Bay Area, California

coolin'

verb · U.S. Northeast/Midwest jazz circuits, carried south and west through hip-hop

cornrows

noun · U.S. South

crashout

noun · U.S. South (Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas)

crib

noun · U.S. urban Black communities, especially New York and the wider Northeast corrid

crunk

adjective · U.S. South (Atlanta, Georgia and Memphis, Tennessee)

cuh

noun · Los Angeles / U.S. West Coast, spreading nationwide through Black street and hip

cuz

noun · Los Angeles / U.S. West Coast, spreading nationwide through Black street and hip

dap

noun · verb · Originated among Black G.I.s in Vietnam and the U.S. South and inner-city Northe

dip

verb · U.S. urban Black communities, multi-regional (New York, Midwest, West Coast hip-

dolo

adjective · Queensbridge, Queens, New York

dough

noun · General American, with a especially strong second life in Black urban musical co

dreadlocks

noun · Jamaica, adopted widely in U.S. Black communities

dreads

noun · Jamaica, adopted widely in U.S. Black communities

drop bars

noun · New York City, spreading nationwide through hip-hop culture

fasho

adverb · U.S. South / West Coast (Bay Area, CA)

fresh

adjective · New York City (South Bronx)

frfr

adverb · U.S. nationwide, rooted in Black urban speech communities

fuck boy

noun · New York City (Harlem)

fuckboy

noun · New York City (Harlem)

FWM

phrase · U.S. — urban Black communities nationwide, with strong hip-hop through-lines fro

G

noun · Los Angeles / Compton, California, with parallel East Coast street use

G.O.A.T.

noun · New York City (Harlem streetball, hip-hop) with roots also tracing to Ali's Loui

game

noun · U.S. urban Black communities, with early documentation in Chicago and later curr

get chose

phrase · U.S. urban Black communities, spread nationally via Black Twitter and Instagram

GOAT

noun · New York City (Harlem streetball, hip-hop) with roots also tracing to Ali's Loui

goated

noun · New York City (Harlem streetball, hip-hop) with roots also tracing to Ali's Loui

got bars

noun · New York City, spreading nationwide through hip-hop culture

got it out the mud

idiom · phrase · U.S. South (Louisiana, Georgia, Florida trap scenes) with early adoption in Sout

Gucci

adjective · U.S. South (Atlanta)

gyatt

interjection · U.S. South (Black Vernacular English), spread nationally via Black Twitter and l

hang

verb · Harlem, New York, spreading through Black urban communities nationwide via jazz

hatin

verb · San Francisco Bay Area / West Coast, later nationwide

hating

verb · San Francisco Bay Area / West Coast, later nationwide

hey big head

phrase · U.S. South (family usage) / nationwide (Black Twitter meme usage)

hit a lick

phrase · U.S. South (Houston, Texas hip-hop scene), later carried nationwide

hit me up

phrase · U.S. urban Black communities, nationwide

hmu

phrase · U.S. urban Black communities, nationwide

homie

noun · U.S. South, carried into Detroit, Chicago, and other Northern and Western cities

hood

noun · U.S. South Side Chicago originally, later Los Angeles and nationwide Black urban

hooptie

noun · West Coast (Seattle/Pacific Northwest and California), spreading nationwide via

hoopty

noun · West Coast (Seattle/Pacific Northwest and California), spreading nationwide via

Issa

phrase · U.S. South (Atlanta)

J's

noun · U.S. urban centers, especially the Northeast, Midwest, and South

jit

noun · Florida (Tampa Bay, South Florida) and the wider U.S. South

Js

noun · U.S. urban centers, especially the Northeast, Midwest, and South

keep it one hunnid

idiom · phrase · U.S. South / West Coast, spreading nationwide via hip-hop

kicks

noun · Northeast U.S. (New York), spreading nationwide via Black urban and hip-hop cult

know what I'm saying

phrase · U.S. South, spread nationwide via the Great Migration and Black urban communitie

Knuck If You Buck

phrase · U.S. South (Atlanta, Georgia)

lame

adjective · U.S. — jazz circuits of New York, Chicago, and Kansas City, later nationwide Bla

let her cook

phrase · San Francisco Bay Area, California

let him cook

phrase · San Francisco Bay Area, California

lit

adjective · U.S. South and East Coast hip-hop scenes, spreading nationwide

locs

noun · U.S. South and Afro-Caribbean diaspora (Jamaica), with the terminology shift cen

ma dukes

noun · New York (Brooklyn) and Detroit hip-hop communities

mack

noun · verb · U.S. South (New Orleans origin point) and nationwide Black urban centers

mane

interjection · U.S. South (Memphis, TN); later Bay Area, California

mayne

interjection · U.S. South (Memphis, TN); later Bay Area, California

OG

noun · Los Angeles / South Central, spreading nationwide through Black hip-hop networks

old head

noun · Philadelphia, spread nationwide through Black communities

on god

interjection · U.S. South / urban Black communities nationwide

on one

phrase · U.S., broadly Black American vernacular with strong hip-hop-era ties to the West

ONG

interjection · Nationwide, via Black Twitter and hip-hop

opps

noun · Chicago (South Side), later New York and UK drill scenes

out the mud

idiom · phrase · U.S. South (Louisiana/Atlanta trap corridor), later nationwide

outchea

adverb · U.S. South (Gulf Coast hip-hop corridor and South Carolina/Georgia Lowcountry Se

overstand

verb · Jamaica (Rastafari origin); Northeast U.S. Black and Caribbean-American communit

partner

noun · U.S. South (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Memphis corridor)

patna

noun · U.S. South (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Memphis corridor)

pause

interjection · Harlem, New York City

peep

verb · U.S. urban Black communities, especially New York and the West Coast

playa hatin

noun · San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland/Richmond), later carried into Memphis and New Or

player hater

noun · San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland/Richmond), later carried into Memphis and New Or

player hating

noun · San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland/Richmond), later carried into Memphis and New Or

plug

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta/Gulf Coast trap scene), spreading nationwide

pocket watch

verb · U.S. South (Atlanta trap scene) with early circulation via Black Twitter and the

pocket watching

verb · U.S. South (Atlanta trap scene) with early circulation via Black Twitter and the

poppin bottles

phrase · U.S. South (New Orleans, Atlanta)

popping bottles

phrase · U.S. South (New Orleans, Atlanta)

pour one out

phrase · Los Angeles / South Central, spreading nationwide through hip-hop

pretty boy

noun · U.S. urban Black communities, nationwide (with strong Midwest boxing-gym and Sou

prettyboy

noun · U.S. urban Black communities, nationwide (with strong Midwest boxing-gym and Sou

pull

verb · U.S. South and Northern urban Black communities, with strong Black Twitter circu

pull up

phrase · U.S. South and East Coast, urban Black communities nationwide

pulling

verb · U.S. South and Northern urban Black communities, with strong Black Twitter circu

racks

noun · San Francisco Bay Area, California, spreading through Atlanta trap

raise up

phrase · U.S. South

redbone

noun · U.S. South (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Gulf Coast), spread nationwide

rock

verb · U.S. South (blues origin); South Bronx, New York City (hip-hop codification)

say less

interjection · U.S. (nationwide Black vernacular), with a notable Toronto/Caribbean-diaspora am

shamone

interjection · Chicago gospel-soul circuit (Staple Singers), rooted in the wider Southern Black

shawty

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta, Georgia, with roots in wider AAVE)

shook

adjective · New York (Queensbridge, Queens) origin, nationwide Black vernacular use

shordy

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta, Georgia, with roots in wider AAVE)

shout out

phrase · New York City (Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn)

soft

adjective · U.S. urban centers, prison culture, later hip-hop nationwide

stuntin

verb · New Orleans / U.S. South, spread nationwide via hip-hop

stunting

verb · New Orleans / U.S. South, spread nationwide via hip-hop

sus

adjective · U.S. nationwide (Black internet/social media), with an earlier, distinct British

suspect

adjective · U.S. nationwide (Black internet/social media), with an earlier, distinct British

swag

noun · originated New York hip-hop scenes, spread nationwide through rap and later West

talk yo shit

phrase · U.S. South / nationwide Black urban communities

talk your shit

phrase · U.S. South / nationwide Black urban communities

tap in

phrase · Sacramento, California (Oak Park), spreading through West Coast and national hip

the ancestors

noun · U.S. South (with strong through-lines in the Gullah/Lowcountry and Kongo-influen

the bag

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta hip-hop scene), spreading nationwide

the bomb

adjective · U.S. — originating in Black jazz scenes, carried forward through Black urban hip

the opps

noun · Chicago (South Side), later New York and UK drill scenes

the plug

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta/Gulf Coast trap scene), spreading nationwide

the trap

noun · Atlanta, Georgia / U.S. South

trap

noun · Atlanta, Georgia / U.S. South

trap queen

noun · U.S. South (Atlanta trap scene) with major popularization out of Paterson, New J

trappin

noun · Atlanta, Georgia / U.S. South

trapping

noun · Atlanta, Georgia / U.S. South

turn up

verb · U.S. South (Atlanta, Memphis)

turnt

adjective · U.S. South (Atlanta)

tweakin

verb · Chicago, spreading nationwide through Black street and hip-hop networks

tweaking

verb · Chicago, spreading nationwide through Black street and hip-hop networks

twerk

verb · New Orleans, Louisiana, with a parallel Atlanta strip-club lineage

twin

noun · Chicago (West Side), spreading through Atlanta

washed

adjective · U.S. urban centers, especially New York City and Atlanta hip-hop scenes

washed up

adjective · U.S. urban centers, especially New York City and Atlanta hip-hop scenes

waves

noun · U.S., nationwide within Black communities, with strong roots in the U.S. South a

we outchea

adverb · U.S. South (Gulf Coast hip-hop corridor and South Carolina/Georgia Lowcountry Se

whaddup

interjection · Philadelphia; U.S. nationwide

whassup

interjection · Philadelphia; U.S. nationwide

what you on

idiom · phrase · U.S., urban Black communities nationwide

what's up

interjection · Philadelphia; U.S. nationwide

word up

interjection · New York (Harlem and the Bronx)

ya boy

phrase · U.S. nationwide, with strong roots in Black radio and hip-hop scenes on both coa

ya feel me

phrase · U.S. nationwide, with strong roots in New York and the East Coast rap scene

yeen

auxiliary · U.S. South (Atlanta, Georgia and the Deep South)

you feel me

phrase · U.S. South and West Coast, with roots in general African American speech nationw