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DBM stands for dope.boy.magic, a Chicago clothing company that Dally Auston modeled for in their lookbook:

http://issuu.com/peterperez1/docs/dbm_lookbook/3?e=10607755/6494571

Rap Example

Caleb James in “That’s Wave”:

Rest in fits, DBM everyday
That’s wave

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Like thot, it is a generic term used to describe a girl. It is actually unrelated with getting “head”

King Louie explains further in this interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egseHA-nb0w&t=1m28s

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Thot, deriving from “that hoe over there,” is a term used to describe a promiscuous female.

Rap Example

Chance The Rapper in “Confident”:

Thots twerk for the Goodfellas
She money dance with the money team

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Bop is a genre of music characterized by its mix between rap and upbeat pop music that can be danced to.

Bopping is also a dance centered around the shuffling of your legs. Dally Auston explains bopping in his verified spotlight plus Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa show you how it’s done

Dlow popularized the dance with his song “Dlow Shuffle” and corresponding video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVcpLuAAm4o#t=0

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“B” has taken a life of its own and become a very generic term for anyone you’re talking to, but it mainly is a replacement word for bro or homie. It’s mainly used in the New York area but has taken precedence in slang all over the country.

Let Chief Keef explain, (kinda):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTH8Fj9S3fA&t=2m6s

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Also stylized as “3Hunna”, it is a faction/block of the Black Disciples gang that Chief Keef and his GBE label associate themselves with.

They often shout it out as an ad-lib and Keef has a song by the name – “3Hunna”

It is also used similar to the slang term “100” which means to be 100% real or true – you could say they are three times as real

Rap Example

Kanye West’s controversial lines in “Black Skinhead”:

I keep it 300, like the Romans
300 bitches, where the Trojans?

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A much more fun and expressive way to say “no.” Often used to describe things you “don’t like”

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Breaking down Chicago slang and examples of its use in Rap

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“Blowing smoke” in this song means these women are generally talking out of their… derrieres. Everyone says they’re going to leave their jobs and their little town someday, but no one ever really means it. Meanwhile, the narrator is telling Janie and Brenda that their problems will all be okay, but she doesn’t really mean it. In fact, she probably doesn’t even care whether everything will be okay, it’s all just gossip to her. She’s just telling them what they want to hear.

It also carries a secondary literal meaning throughout the song as the ladies referenced in the song are smoking cigarettes while they gossip.

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