Hip Hop Songs That Influenced Pop Culture Slang

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

"Bootylicious" - When Beyoncé sang "my body is too bootylicious for you...baby," for this 2001 hit, the song's title became the mantra for bodacious body lovers across the globe. However, while Queen Bey helped to mass distribute the word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, credit for the term actually belongs to Snoop Dogg, who first used it in 1992.(Photo: Sony Music)
"20 Dollars" - When rapper/producer Ron Browz dropped his club classic "20 Dollars," everyone knew what "hand-cuffin'" or "cuffin'" meant. "Ether Boy" was against bringing your significant other to the party and demanded $20 for all those caught being "booed up" in the spot. A few years later his Harlem affiliates Cam'ron and Vado kept the momentum with "Cuffin'," featuring Gucci Mane.(Photos from Left: John Ricard / BET, John Ricard / BET, Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
"N---- in Paris" - What's the point of the "z" in "crazy"? Ask Kanye West and Jay Z, there is none. The rappers drafted the word "cray" into the hip hop dictionary in 2011 with this Watch the Throne cut. 'Ye rapped, "That s—t cray" to counter Hov’s "Ball so hard." The line may have been short, but its impact was strong, as people across the world started using "cray" in place of "crazy."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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"20 Dollars" - When rapper/producer Ron Browz dropped his club classic "20 Dollars," everyone knew what "hand-cuffin'" or "cuffin'" meant. "Ether Boy" was against bringing your significant other to the party and demanded $20 for all those caught being "booed up" in the spot. A few years later his Harlem affiliates Cam'ron and Vado kept the momentum with "Cuffin'," featuring Gucci Mane.(Photos from Left: John Ricard / BET, John Ricard / BET, Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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