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Hip-Hop Slang From the 1990s to Never Forget

[ad_1] Even if rap fans' formative years weren't in the 1990s, the slang popularized during that era is still alive and well—especially in hip-hop. So, whether someone's the age of 17 or 37, words such as "dope," "bling" and "boo" are very much a part of the daily lexicon.Some of the terms’ origins are harder to trace than others, but it's unanimously agreed E-40 and Mac Dre introduced "thizz" to the Bay Area, while Beastie Boys conjured up "def" as a way to pay tribute to their former label, Def Jam Recordings, in the late 1980s (although they weren't necessarily the first to use it). "Ill," another commonly used word among rappers, was consistently...