Hip Hop Songs That Influenced Pop Culture Slang

The rap origins of "bootylicious," "YOLO," "crunk" and more.

Trendsetters - When DJ Kool Herc created hip hop in the 1970's the movement almost immediately began setting trends, as Herc’s new "break beat" style influenced the careers of Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa. Decades later, hip hop is a billion dollar industry with influence over a global audience and leadership in various aspects of pop culture from fashion to cars, spirits and even the English language.Artists like Notorious B.I.G., Lil Jon and Drake have used music to create and coin phrases, which have found a way from lyrics to everyday jargon. Keep reading for a brief hip hop history of some of the artists and songs behind pop culture slang like "no diggity," "bootylicious," "ratchet" and "thot." —Dominique Zonyeé (@DominiqueZonyee)(Photos from Left: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Alexandra Wyman/Getty Images f...
"Love No Thotties" - The term "T.H.O.T." or "That H-e Over There," emerged on the underground Chicago rap scene in 2012 with Katie Got Bandz, Chief Keef and his crew. Katie was one of the first rappers to put the term out there on her track "Ridin Around and We Drillin," but when Keef dropped "Love No Thotties," the following year, "thot" was already gaining usage across the nation. Even Fat Trel shared his disdain for promiscuous women on his track "Thots," and the word already transcends rap generations as Juicy J took it a step further in 2014 with his song "Beautiful Ones," in which he raps, "This is for the THOTs, T-H-O-T." Fabolous has also been known to shout out thots too; he gives them a nod on his "Cuffin Season" remix featuring 50 Cent. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder...
"Grimey" - N.O.R.E. put his twist on the word "grimy," which means covered in dirt, to create the word "grimey," the title of this 2002 track. From the gate, Noreaga comes out throwing shots at his adversaries. On the hook, he reiterates his disdain characterizing them as "grimey," which he chants repeatedly in his rugged tone over the Neptunes' beat. More than 10 years later, the word "grimey" is still used in slang today to describe a conniving person or a "shady" act.(Photo: Thos Robinson/Getty Images)
E-40 @E40 - Tweet: "Didn't nobody sign me, I signed me"Bay Area rapper, E-40 letting the world know that before there was the Internet and social media, he put himself on in the music game. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)"Twerk" - The word "twerking" was introduced in 1993 when DJ Jubilee, from New Orleans, released his dance hit "Do the Jubilee All." On the track, he ad-libbed the word "twerk" to the rhythm beat. However, the word did not catch on until 2000 with the Ying Yang Twins' "Whistle While You Twurk." The rump-busting dance move would gain its claim to fame in 2013 following Miley Cyrus's viral video of her dropping it full-twerk mode at a Juicy J concert. "Twerk" was added to the Oxford Dictionary in August 2013.(Photo: TVT Records)

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"Love No Thotties" - The term "T.H.O.T." or "That H-e Over There," emerged on the underground Chicago rap scene in 2012 with Katie Got Bandz, Chief Keef and his crew. Katie was one of the first rappers to put the term out there on her track "Ridin Around and We Drillin," but when Keef dropped "Love No Thotties," the following year, "thot" was already gaining usage across the nation. Even Fat Trel shared his disdain for promiscuous women on his track "Thots," and the word already transcends rap generations as Juicy J took it a step further in 2014 with his song "Beautiful Ones," in which he raps, "This is for the THOTs, T-H-O-T." Fabolous has also been known to shout out thots too; he gives them a nod on his "Cuffin Season" remix featuring 50 Cent. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder...

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