#hip-hop
174 words tagged “hip-hop”
Driving into a rival area looking for trouble — or, in production, the signature gliding 808 bass.
Acting wild, going overboard, or behaving unreasonably.
Impressive, tough, or excellent — especially music or a look.
Your home or place — where you live and chill.
An instrumental made to sound like a specific artist — and a meme format for 'this gives off ___ energy.'
Stealing somebody's rhymes, moves, or style and trying to pass it off as your own.
A stylish, confident woman who's sharp, sure of herself, and dressed to kill.
Lyrics, especially clever or hard-hitting ones — 'he's got bars.'
Your word is your unbreakable promise, a vow of total truth and honor.
When someone's saying something disrespectful, unreasonable, or out of pocket.
Stylish, attractive, and effortlessly cool — looking good and knowing it.
Someone relentlessly focused on making money — chasing the bag above all else.
A weak, fake rapper with no skills, the kind of MC real ones eat alive on the mic.
Money — chasing paper means chasing cash.
Luxurious, high-class, or fancy — living or acting upscale; from bourgeois.
Someone who resents your success instead of getting their own.
A tune that's genuinely good — or a whole sound/aesthetic that's catching on.
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To disrespect or insult someone — a put-down, often in a song.
Delivering a look so strong you're 'serving' it up like a runway moment.
Excellent, cool, and top-quality — a hip-hop term of high praise.
Stacks of cash — from the rubber bands around bundles of bills; a "band" is $1,000.
Excellent, amazing, or extremely good.
Your close group of friends.
"Let's get it" — a hype ad-lib popularized by Lil Uzi Vert.
Those short shouts and tags a rapper layers behind the main vocal — 'skrrt,' 'yeah,' 'gang' and the like.
To support an artist obsessively and loyally — or the devoted fan who does it.
The people who've been with you from the very beginning.
Cash money — green like a head of lettuce.
So good it's almost wrong, the kind of skill that flips 'sick' into a compliment.
Internet-ironic term for the cartoonishly menacing, meme-driven side of drill culture.
A loyal crew member down to put in work — pronounced like 'hitter' without the hard ending.
A situation that's lit — any scene that's exciting, hyped, and popping off.
Loud, messy, or unrefined — sometimes an insult, sometimes a self-aware, fun descriptor.
To show off your money, style, or success — flexing for the audience.
A smashed-together way of saying 'talking about' that AAVE speakers use all day.
To go all out, give it everything you got, whether on the mic, the floor, or in a battle.
Traitors or untrustworthy people — the plural of paigon in UK road slang.
To call out, get in touch, or shout someone out.
The chaotic crowd zone where everyone slams together — now huge in rap shows too.
The catchy, repeated part of a song — usually the chorus — that hooks you and gets stuck in your head.
A perfect, on-the-money assist that sets a teammate up for an easy bucket.
Even more impressive, wild, or hard than 'mad' — a top-tier UK hype word.
A hot dog — the word blew up as a meme but it actually started as DMV slang for a gun.
Points scored in basketball, especially the smooth, repeatable kind from a real scorer.
An ongoing feud or grudge — in rap, a public conflict often played out through diss tracks.
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Freaking out, overreacting, or acting crazy — your wires are tripping.
Money — a cousin of 'guap,' all about the cash flow.
An acronym for "Slime Love All The Time" — a hip-hop expression of loyalty and solidarity.
An expression of agreement or 'I hear you' from 80s hip-hop culture.
Money, especially a serious amount of it.
A sharp, minimal, well-put-together outfit — nothing flashy, just crisp pieces that quietly look expensive.
Genuinely involved in road life — putting in real work, not just rapping about it.
A car — especially a stylish or expensive one.
To show off — to flaunt money, status, looks, or achievements.
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To go make money or secure a financial win.
A subgenre of hip-hop, or slang for a place where hustling happens.
Highly desirable, hyped clothing or sneakers — the fire pieces everyone wants.
To hang out and relax, or to drop a verse, depending on how you're using it.
Wild, exciting, and amazing — so good it's out of control.
Money, especially a thick stack of it — getting cake means getting paid.
Fully decked out in stylish, expensive-looking clothes and jewelry from head to toe.
A thick roll of cash folded and tied off — a fat wad of bills.
Faking it, putting on a false front to seem tougher or richer.
Hyped, wild, and out of control — usually from drinking, partying, or pure energy.
The absolute best, the standout, the thing everybody's talking about.
Your tight friend from the neighborhood, your ride-or-die from way back.
Your connection — the person who can get you what you need, party or otherwise.
An absolutely fire track — a tune so good it sets the crowd off.
Thousands of dollars in cash — one rack is $1,000.
Selling drugs to make money — the grind drill and trap music document.
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Flashy, expensive jewelry — the sparkle of chains, rings, and diamonds.
To grab the microphone and command the crowd with serious skill and energy.
Overreacting, acting irrational, or saying something wild.
Hyped, rowdy, and turnt — the energy of Southern 2000s rap.
Cash earned from the hustle or grind — money made the hard way.
"On my friends" or "on the gang" — used to swear something is true, like "I swear to God."
Money, cash, paper — a tasty 2000s word for it.
The absolute best — something so good it's explosive.
Your day-one girl from the block, the female counterpart to your homeboy.
Go get the money — stop wasting time and chase that paper.
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Excellent, top quality, the highest grade, flipped from drug slang into pure praise.
The portable stereo you hauled on your shoulder to bring the party with you.
The screech of tires — an ad-lib for hype, swerving off, or making a getaway.
Top-tier near-flawless diamonds — the clarity grade rappers name-drop to flex how clean their ice is.
Someone willing to do violence for a crew — and in basketball slang, just a player who scores.
Cash earned through your connect — money from the source or the hookup.
Status, success, attention, money, or momentum, especially when someone is actively making things happen.
Connected to the right people — a supplier, the scene, or inside info.
Someone rolling in cash — or the money emoji that flexes it.
An instrumental or beat — Jamaican-derived word that runs through UK street music.
To get something through smooth skill or slick manoeuvring — sometimes by trickery.
A dark, menacing rap subgenre built on sliding 808s and cold, deadpan flows.
Exciting, fun, and full of energy — a lit party is amazing. (Also: intoxicated.)
To level up, take control, and improve your status or finances.
To release new music — and as a noun, the moment a beat kicks in and the song explodes.
The block or area where your enemies — the opps — live and operate.
Money, plain and simple — the cheddar, the paper, the cash.
Get the money, lock in the win, don't fumble the opportunity in front of you.
To buy or grab something, especially a hyped drop you've been waiting on.
Dancing to the breaks with footwork, spins, and freezes, the raw original form of breakdancing.
A huge payday — the kind of money that changes your whole situation.
To make money and provide — everybody at the table getting fed.
Wild, exciting, out of control in the best way.
Acting irrationally, overreacting, or being wrong about something.
Underrated or overlooked — not getting the attention it deserves.
Covered in diamonds and flashy jewelry — dripping in 'ice' from chains to watch.
Effortlessly stylish clothes, jewelry, and overall swagger — looking expensive and put-together.
Impressively hard, skilful, and ruthless — high praise for a verse or beat.
A lie. To 'cap' is to lie; 'no cap' means no lie, for real.
Dressed up sharp in good gear — fully suited and looking the part.
The smooth pitch-bend of an 808 bass — the production move that defines UK drill.
A quick show-off of what you're wearing today, usually a head-to-toe photo or clip.
Pointing finger-guns in the air to salute a hard tune — UK rave appreciation.
A vibe-first rap style with slurred, hard-to-catch lyrics — often a dig, sometimes just a description.
A circle of rappers taking turns freestyling, each one passing the mic and trying to outdo the last.
Short for a Draco pistol — a popular firearm reference in trap and drill lyrics.
Lockdown defense — when you stick to your man so tight he can't breathe.
Late-night reckless energy — going hard, on a track or in the streets.
Someone who buys hyped brands and drops just to flex, often chasing clout over real taste.
Conflict, beef, or a problem with someone — 'who's got smoke?'
To spend a large amount of money on something, no flinching.
A dream piece you've been hunting forever — the holy-grail item of your collection.
To celebrate loudly — and the upward two-palm gesture that goes with it.
Real conversation about money — making it, moving it, multiplying it.
Greatest Of All Time — the best ever at something.
Effortless personal style with attitude — a blend of 'style' and 'ease.'
The blue, frosty face that means literally freezing — or that something is 'cold' as in impressively ruthless.
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Money, cash, paper — a classic West Coast term for the green.
Coded slang for a firearm, especially a long gun — common in drill lyrics to dodge moderation.
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A crossover so nasty the defender slips, stumbles, or falls trying to keep up.
Clean, new, and sharp, the look of somebody stepping out flawless head to toe.
Sharp, crisp, and well put-together — a fit with no clutter and zero flaws.
Rapping off the top of your head — or, confusingly, just a loosely-themed track.
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To rap, especially to deliver bars with skill — 'spit a verse' means lay down some rhymes.
Working hard and consistently toward a goal, especially making money.
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Cool and excellent — or, flipped, annoyed and mad.
To collect a serious amount of money or land a big win.
Excellent, the best, top-tier, the word that named a whole record label.
A break-boy who lived for the breaks, throwing down on cardboard with footwork and freezes.
Influence, fame, or social pull — especially online clout from followers and attention.
Large amounts of money — often a stack means a thousand dollars.
The animal that stands for G.O.A.T. — Greatest Of All Time.
To show up somewhere, often unexpectedly — to make an appearance and let your presence be felt.
Confident style and self-assured attitude — the way you carry your look and yourself.
'For sure' in Snoop Dogg's signature -izzle talk.
An all-purpose 'I agree, for real, truth' — agreement and acknowledgment in one syllable.
Someone loyal enough to stick with you through anything.
Clothes — a classic, slightly retro way to refer to your outfit or wardrobe.
A close friend or loyal ally — a term of endearment popularized in rap, especially YSL.
Removable jeweled mouthpieces — gold, silver, or diamond caps you snap over your teeth.
When a tune goes so hard the DJ spins it straight back from the top.
Kicking back totally relaxed and unbothered, cool with no worries at all.
Bad, lame, or low-quality — the opposite of dope.
A device that makes a pistol fire fully automatic — a heavily referenced and illegal modification in drill.
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Shocked, rattled, or badly shaken — caught off guard emotionally.
A large amount of money — slang for serious cash.
Your enemies, rivals, or opposition — especially a rival crew, gang, or anyone who's against you.
Money in general — borrowing the Spanish word as a casual flex term.
Effortless personal style and confidence — a blend of "style" and "ease."
Showing off your money, status, or wins — putting it on display.
Big money — the more commas in your bank balance, the richer you are.
The red '100' that means total agreement, authenticity, or perfect — keeping it 100.