This.I thought it came from high-cappin like Texas rappers use to say back in the 90s. High-cappin was like lying about being a baller or whatever but you really broke.
I heard it in a few UGK songs before
This.I thought it came from high-cappin like Texas rappers use to say back in the 90s. High-cappin was like lying about being a baller or whatever but you really broke.
high siding and perpin' are gonna come back next lol
Frontin' was used in the 2000s as well.
The word cap is less than 5 years old used in the way to mean someone is lying or over-exaggerating some shyt
There's no such thing as black slang in 2021. All races and ethnicities use that shyt regularly.
And it's hilarious how no one has answered OPs question.![]()

I as well as people I know was using the word frontCap.
That Pharrell song don’t count.
He’s a 90s nikka that was bringing back older slang and it’s already been established how old cap is.
Where is your grandmother from?
I as well as people I know was using the word front
I'm from the east coast idk where you are from
It’s old slang tho. Just a new version. Old nikkas used to say high capping. It meant the same thing as cap does today
That shyt don’t even sound right.
I’m ok with slang since day one. But this is purposefully trying to sound ignorant.
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This.
I heard it in a few UGK songs before
These jive turkeys don’t understand the real you dig?
Sound like some shyt Tariq would say.....
Most cacs won’t understand a single word of this
This.It’s old slang tho. Just a new version. Old nikkas used to say high capping. It meant the same thing as cap does today
You’re joking right?“Dead ass” will never be gentrified tho
Neither will “brick” and “hella”
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Neither will “brick” and “hella”
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Older than that.Frontin' was used in the 2000s as well.
The word cap is less than 5 years old used in the way to mean someone is lying or over-exaggerating some shyt