Definitions
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- adjective slang
Rambunctious , loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior. - adjective slang Of or relating to the hyphy subgenre of rap music
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Examples
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The word hyphy had been in local circulation for several years before Rick Rock and Federation guest rapper E-40 decided to cash in on it with a single.
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I'm voting yes, even if it were not well written, well put together and interesting which it is, the fact the word "hyphy" gets used at all within a strucutred scenario gets the "my generation" vote.
Reader Response Bruce Schauble 2006
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Erick Harris and his friends made a "hyphy" music video over the summer that caught the administration's attention, according to Erick's father, Mike Harris.
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Erick Harris and his friends made a "hyphy" music video over the summer that caught the administration's attention, according to Erick's father, Mike Harris.
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Erick Harris and his friends made a "hyphy" music video over the summer that caught the administration's attention, according to Erick's father, Mike Harris.
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These other two videos are trying to be to "hyphy" and hardcore.
Oregon Commentator 2009
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Next up was Keak Da Sneak. an Oakland rapper who is credited with coining the name "hyphy" for the Bay Area hip-hop movement.
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The popularization of ghost riding the whip is a byproduct of the popularity of Bay Area music and hyphy culture in general. heh
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Although his sound is gangsta rap, and Bay Area hyphy (hyperactive), Young Bari uses no profanity.
Len Hollie: Bay Area Rappers Return to NYC Looking For a Win 2010
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Although his sound is gangsta rap, and Bay Area hyphy (hyperactive), Young Bari uses no profanity.
Len Hollie: Bay Area Rappers Return to NYC Looking For a Win 2010
goatboy commented on the word hyphy
Invented by rapper Keak Da Sneak to describe someone who is "over-the-top"
From wikipedia:
"His mother would often tell him he was hyperactive. He would repeat the word "hyper" as "hyphy"."
Now used to describe a music/dance genre associated with the Bay Area hip hop culture.
January 29, 2008