$ - Power and money  

0-0 - Double ought buck shot (shot gun)

000 - Blood

 

001 - Blood love

006 - Silence (used by Black Gangster Disciples)

013 - Get him; assault someone  (Bloods)

023 - Watch your back (Bloods)

025 - What rank are you (Bloods)

031 - I am Blood

041 - Kill the Crip (Bloods)

13 - 13th letter of the alphabet-"M"; may be used for

marijuana or methamphetamine

13 or XIII or X3 - Symbolizes gangs of Hispanic heritage

showing allegiance to Southern California; Sureño 13, Sur 13

13 1/2 - Represents: 12 jurors, one judge, half-ass chance

14 or XIV or X4 - Used by Hispanic gangs for Northern

California (14th letter of alphabet - N) - Norteño 14, Norte 14

18 - 18th Street Gang

18th Street - Hispanic Los Angeles street gang - aligned with

Mexican Mafia

100 Proof - The real thing

 

187 - California penal code for murder ; may be seen in graffiti as a threat that someone will be killed i.e. 187 John Doe; may also be worn as a tattoo

 

1 AD 7 - See 187 above

 

211 - California penal code - robbery ; also Crip term meaning Blood Killer

(2nd and 11th letters of alphabet - B K

212 - NY City telephone area code (Manhattan); also  Blood term 

(Tampa, FL) meaning Blood Love

274 - Black Gangster Disciples (2nd, 7th and 4th letters of alphabet) - B.G.D.)

2-15-19 - Brothers of Struggle (2nd 15th and 19th letters of alphabet) - B.O.S.

2-7-4-14 - Code for Black Gangster Disciples Nation (B.G.D.N.- 2nd, 7th, 4th and 14th letters of alphabet)

23/24 - Inmates on lockup - 23 out of 24 hours each day

24/7 or 247 - Constantly - 24 hours per day, 7 days a week

26ers - Two Sixers - Chicago street gang

 

3 - 3rd letter of alphabet: C - frequently used by Bloods to replace the letter C in words to disrespect the Crips i.e. Bla3k, Mi3key 3obras

 

3C - 3=trey plus C - forms Spanish word trece meaning the number 13 

3 R's - Respect, Reputation, Revenge

311 - Used by Bloods meaning Crip Killer (3rd and 11th letters of alphabet - 

C K

 

312 - Crip Love - 3rd and 12th letters of alphabet - C L

360 - Folk Nation - numbers representing "full circle of knowledge"

360 degrees - A "pure" Black Gangster Disciple

40's - 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor

 

410 - Gangster Disciple code for "Folks in battle"

 

420 - Gangster Disciple code for "Disciple trouble" or "Disciples in trouble";  Also refers to the time of day "pot" smokers light up; sometimes seen in graffiti

415's - Gang name taken from the telephone area code for San Francisco, CA area

5 - Number symbolic to People Nation

The following slang terms are Blood terms, used to disrespect Crips and the Folk Nation

5 BAGGIN 6/ HANGIN
5 FLAGGIN 6/ DRAGGIN
5 POPPIN 6/ DROPPIN
5 BUCKIN 6/ DUCKIN
5 FLYIN 6/ DIEIN
5 ALIVE 6/ MUST DIE
5 cKlippin 6 DRIPPIN`
5 GUNNIN`6 RUNNIN`
5 PIMPIN` 6 LIMPIN`
5 LEADIN` 6 BLEADIN`

 

5 in the sky.....6 must die - Revenge; a People Nation member was killed - a retaliation against the Folks Nation will take place

5%, 5%er - Five Percenters

5 Percent - Five Percenters

5 Point Star - Symbolic to the People Nation

5 Poppin,  6 Droppin - People Nation - Term used to disrespect gangs in the Folks Nation; People Nation (5) members shooting at Folk Nation (6)members

5-0 - The police

 

510 - Oakland, CA area code; used by some to identify the location of their gang or set

50/50 - Neutral; non-gang member

5150 - Refers to a California Mental Health code; may be used to indicate the mental status of a person.  May also indicate a threat by using the 5th and 1st letters of the alphabet "E" and "A" and the slang number for police "50" to mean Eradicate All Police

6 - Number symbolic to Folk Nation

6-6-2 - MOB; Numbers represent letters on telephone keypad

6-6-6 - Symbol for Aryan Brotherhood, Folks and Crips; also satanic cults

6 Point Star (of David) - Symbolic to gangs within the Folk Nation

6 Poppin,  5 Droppin - Folk Nation - Term used to disrespect gangs in the People Nation;  Folk Nation (6) members shooting at People Nation (5) members

7 - Refers to the 7th letter of the alphabet "G"; may represent G for Gangster or G for God (Five Percenters)

7-4 - Code for Gangster Disciples (7th & 4th letters of alphabet) - G.D.

 

730 - New York State section of law that deals with mental health evaluations;  used as Bloods code; describes "crazies"

88 - White Supremacist - Heil Hitler (8th letter of alphabet - H)

8-Ball - 1/8 ounce of cocaine; alliance of Crips with the Folk Nation

911 - Warning that police are coming

 

 

Alternative Pronunciation
Used to shorten, alter, or change the sound of a word. Often used for ease of rhyming or to fit into rhythm, such as placing emphasis on the "O" vowel, while dropping the end consontants. Can also be used as self referential humor, by adopting a known variation in pronunciation used in local or regional settings, movies or popular media, dialects, accents, etc, with the end result of an intentional adopted spelling of this pronunciation.

* aight, aite, aw-ite - all right

* axe - ask "I want to axe you a question."

* befo' - before "I told you this befo'.’"

* biatch - bitch

* da' - the "He's da' man."

* dat - that "I love dat."

* dis - this "I love dis."

* down - I'm up for it. "I'm down."

* fitty - fifty "He's fitty years old.'

* flava - flavor

 

* flow - to rap, can also be used as a noun, "Listen to my flow."

 

* flo' - floor

* fo'(1)- for "This is fo' my Aunt."

* fo'(2) - the number four.

* fo'(3) - short for before, or any -fore suffix.

* ho - prostitute, short for whore

* mo' - more "I can't stand it no mo."

* moo' - move "moo’ over there for me."

 

* nigga, niggaz - one's boyz, those one hangs out with

 

* 'sup - what's up

Alternative Spelling
Spelling that alters letters in a word but results in roughly the same pronunciation. The intent is to place more emphasis on a part of the word than in the traditional pronunciation.

* boi - boy
* herre - here, pronounced as "her", introduced by rap artist Nelly in
	song lyrics, "It's getting hot in herre."
* phat - very cool

Conjoined Words

Words that are combined for ease of pronunciation, and to reduce the total number of syllables.

* busta - snitch, "You's a busta."
* fugly - fucking ugly, "She looks fugly."
* hella - hell of "He's hella cool."
* payce - peace "Payce dawg."

Partial Words

Uses part of a word to represent an entire word.

* cuz - short for because
* cuz(2) - a citation what's up cuz? / cousin, especially in Crips
	slang "He's my cuz."
* feds - short for Federal Agents, refers to cops or other law
	enforcement agencies
* popo - cops, short for police
* po' - poor "He's too po' to afford a house."
* sitch - situation

Replacement Suffix

The ending of a word is removed, and replaced with a new suffix used as a substitute, much like Pig latin.

* bizzle - bitch
* fizzle - can be female or fuck
* hizzle(1) - house
* hizzle(2) - hook, as in "Off the hook"
* nizzle - nigga
* rizzle - real
* shiznit - shit
* shizzle - sure
* tizzle - a state of agitation or nervousness

Actions

* bail - leave "I'm gonna bail."
* be - are, am, is - usually refers to location "I be over here." or
	"He be sleeping right now."
* bent - intoxicated
* buggin' - acting in a manner which is not socially acceptable "Why
	she buggin'?"
* bumpin' - to one's liking "That song is bumpin'."
* busta cap - to shoot a gun "I'ma busta cap in yo ass."
* busta move - to act quickly, or to perform a dance move
* bust out(1) - to leave, to exit. "He busted out of the club."
* bust out(2) - to show or introduce something. "He busted out a
	deck of playing cards from his coat pocket."
* chillin' - relaxing. "We chillin' at State and 3rd."
* dime - hot girl
* diss - to show disrespect.
* fittin' or fixin' - going to do something "I'm fittin' to buy me some
	cigarettes."
* gank - to steal "He ganked my ride."
* jet - leave "We gotta jet."
* lunchin' - behaving erratically
* roll out - to leave
* scrap - to fight "We scrapped in the back yard."
* spit - see flow.

Anatomy

* booty - buttocks, especially female

* guns - muscular arms

* puntang, poontang, punanny, pooty, poot - female genitalia

Brand Names & Commercial Trademarks
Learn more about Product Mentions in Rap Music.

* Benz - short for Mercedes Benz, known for luxury automobiles

* Cristal - Roederer Cristal, a brand of champagne

* Lex - short for Lexus, known for luxury automobiles

Consumer Products

* bub - short for bubbly, i.e. champagne
* rims - wheels of a vehicle, often a customized wheel replacing a
	manufacturer wheel, with an appealing design or "bling-bling"
	appearance. Size is also a factor, generally twenty to twenty-four
	inches denotes luxury or extra expense.
* whip - car

Drug Terms

* bud - marijuana
* dime, dimebag, dimesack, sawbuck - a ten dollar "bag" of illicit
	drugs
* ice - crystalized methamphetamine, ice cream, dream catcher
* mac - blunt
* nick, nickel, nickelbag, nickelsack, - a five dollar "bag" of illicit
	drugs
* yayo, yay - cocaine
* weed - buda, shwag, mota, bud, mary jane, dodo, green, fire,
	smoke, peace stick, watar, bluntos
* hydro - dro, dodo, banga, ganja, dank, sticky
* elbow - LB (lb.) pound of illicit drugs
* dub - a twenty dollar "bag" of illicit drugs
* quarter - a twenty five dollar "bag" of illicit drugs
* eight ball - an eight ounce "bag" of illicit drugs
* roll - MDMA, ecstasy pill

Gang Terms

* gangsta - member of a street gang
* playa - someone who is not monogamous / someone who's really
	in, someone who's got a lot of respect
* playa hata - one who has ill feelings towards the actions of a
	playa / someone with no respect, wanksta
* thug - hard core gangster
* wanksta - fake ass gangsta
* P.H.D. - pimping hoes daily
* noassatall - no ass at all
* chillax - chilling while relaxing
* white girl - cocaine, coke, yayo, blow,the shit

Gun Terms

* cap - bullet
* Mac 10, Mac - gun
* nine, nina - 9mm handgun
* piece - gun
* strapped up - holding a gun
* AR - AR 15 machine gun
* K - ak 47
* pump - shotgun
* pistol - gun
* heat - gun
* biscuit - gun
* ruger - gun
* 4 pounda - 40 caliber gun
* 44 - 44 caliber gun

Locations

* areous - area
* crib - place of residence
* hood - neighborhood
* bodega - corner store
* the shops - mall somewhere to go shopping

Numbers

* 313 - from, of, or referring to a Detroit (telephone) area code
* 213 - from, of, or referring to a southern California (telephone)
	area code
* 411 - information, from the telephone directory service in the US
* 420 - marijuana related, from the police code used for possession
	or use of marijuana
* 5-0 - police (referring to the television show Hawaii Five-O)
* 808 - police code for excessive noise pollution, supposedly named
	after a sound system of the same name.
* 730 - the code for crazy
* 247 - all day hustle
* 187 - murder
* 817 - Fort Worth TX,(funkytown, murderworth,and partyworth)
	telephone area code

Concepts

* benjamins - refers to 100 dollar bills after the American president
	Benjamin Franklin, whose face is on them. "It's all about the
	benjamins".
* bling bling - expensive jewelry or other expensive material