Hip-Hop & Drill Slang
Slang from hip-hop and drill culture.
14 terms
A distorted, cowbell-driven electronic genre rooted in 90s Memphis rap. Exploded on TikTok in 2021–2…
A hip-hop sub-genre with dark, sparse beats and aggressive, often violent lyrics. Chicago drill birt…
Standard English: water dripping; a small slow drop. The slang style sense is metaphorical (style "d…
A song specifically attacking another artist. The art form has produced legendary records — "Hit 'Em…
(AAVE, New York, hip-hop, _, slang) alone, by oneself, without a companion.
Prison slang for a rapist — a highly charged term within incarcerated communities, where sex offende…
(colloquial, uncommon) In a conspicuous way.
In US hip-hop slang, 'illy' means cool, fresh, or impressively skilled -- a positive intensifier wit…
(South Africa, Botswana) A subgenre of hip hop music popular in Southern Africa.
AAVE slang with roots in Southern hip-hop that originally meant a short person or a young woman, but…
A non-official release used by rappers to build buzz outside the album system. Originally cassette t…
(US, hip-hop, and, rap, _, slang) A Ferrari automobile.
Showing off — wealth, status, accomplishments, or muscles. Usually social-media-coded.
To scrounge, to obtain in an unintended fashion, to scrape together.