"Turn up" being the catch phrase of the year just further reminds us, that no matter if cali is on top or not, nikkas from other regions stay bitin the slang and culture from there.
Turn Up= Started in LA, been used for atleast 3 decades
Hater= started in oakland, been used for like 50 years
Gangsta rap and its many illegitimate children.(trap/drill just for example...)
Crips/Bloods: Started in LA like 50 years ago, in every single state now.
Crips and Bloods in hip hop: LA rappers did this in 80s, fast forward to present, and the biggest rappers in the world have all claimed or repped blood at one point in time. The blood hand sign becomes the most popular instagram/facebook pose for 2011/2012, over 40 years after the gang was formed
Rappers geting tatted up. Pac was the first rapper to get tatted up liek that, way bacc in the 90s. Fast forward, everyone and they mama(not just rappers) is tryna get inkd up
Showing off whips, hoz, and rims in they video: Trend set by LA rappers, by early 2000s became a regular thing in hip hop to do, and still is.
Getting females to sing hooks on your rap songs. Made popular by LA, again jacked by the industry.
"with the shyts"- another popular phrase, to a lesser extent. Started in the bay, stolen by Chicago, now spreading to other cities.

Turn Up= Started in LA, been used for atleast 3 decades

Hater= started in oakland, been used for like 50 years
Gangsta rap and its many illegitimate children.(trap/drill just for example...)
Crips/Bloods: Started in LA like 50 years ago, in every single state now.
Crips and Bloods in hip hop: LA rappers did this in 80s, fast forward to present, and the biggest rappers in the world have all claimed or repped blood at one point in time. The blood hand sign becomes the most popular instagram/facebook pose for 2011/2012, over 40 years after the gang was formed

Rappers geting tatted up. Pac was the first rapper to get tatted up liek that, way bacc in the 90s. Fast forward, everyone and they mama(not just rappers) is tryna get inkd up
Showing off whips, hoz, and rims in they video: Trend set by LA rappers, by early 2000s became a regular thing in hip hop to do, and still is.
Getting females to sing hooks on your rap songs. Made popular by LA, again jacked by the industry.
"with the shyts"- another popular phrase, to a lesser extent. Started in the bay, stolen by Chicago, now spreading to other cities.
