Who invented "know what i'm sayin"?

[Ethnic Cleansing]

Its a hip hop cliche' ... But where did it really originate from

 

[Buckeye Fever]

No rapper says that shyt more than Krayzie Bone

 

[Banned Account12]

cacs always on here trynna dig deep into meanings of terms/slang of hiphop on here

 

[Big Mel]

LL COOL J OWNED IT

 

[A.J.Soprano]

That phrase needs to be banned from the black community



in any convo u can hear a n1gga say that sh1t atleast 5 times during a sentence

 

[RajWatts]

in the 70's & 80's it was "ya dig" then it evolved into "know what im sayin" which evolved into "nahmean"

but this right here my personal fav

 

[ThaRealness]

That phrase is cool but have u ever met someone who uses it too fukking seriously?

that shyt is unbearable

 

[Ethnic Cleansing]

cacs always on here trynna dig deep into meanings of terms/slang of hiphop on here

 

[DaveyDave]

No rapper says that shyt more than Krayzie Bone

I've seen some Large Professor interviews and I swear he says that shyt 8 times in every sentence

 

[Ethnic Cleansing]

in the 70's & 80's it was "ya dig" then it evolved into "know what im sayin" which evolved into "nahmean"

but this right here my personal fav

Juvenile - U Understand - YouTube

u forgot about the further evolution into knowwhatamtalkinbout or seewhatimsayin

 

[observe]

That's old Bay Area slang..

 

[A.J.Soprano]

There should be a law that states that you're only allowed to use that phrase once every 10 minutes. Violators get fined.

 

[Awesome Wells]

I've seen some Large Professor interviews and I swear he says that shyt 8 times in every sentence

Large Pro still sounds like he's stuck in 1991.

Dude is a damn time machine for old slang.