The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be proud. The Oxford English Dictionary has officially admitted the hip-hop term bling-bling into its prestigious pages. Rapper BG coined the word in 1999 in his hit song from the same name and it has been used ever since to explain a lavish lifestyle full of jewels, diamonds and extreme wealth. The song, which featured the Big Tymers, Lil Turk, Lil Wayne & Juvenile, showed up on the rappers album, Chopper City In The Ghetto. On the song, BG rapped, I be that ni**a with the ice on me/ If it cost less than twenty it don’t look right on me/ I stay flossed out all through the week / My money long if you don’t know I’m the B.G. Since, its inception, the song has gone on to be widely used (and overused) as a term for prosperity and material possessions from those that havent generally had access to it. Like bling-bling, the Oxford English Dictionary also allowed jiggy into its ranks last year after the popularity of the term waned.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be proud.
The Oxford English Dictionary has officially admitted the hip-hop term bling-bling into its prestigious pages.
Rapper BG coined the word in 1999 in his hit song from the same name and it has been used ever since to explain a lavish lifestyle full of jewels, diamonds and extreme wealth. The song, which featured the Big Tymers, Lil Turk, Lil Wayne & Juvenile, showed up on the rappers album, Chopper City In The Ghetto.
On the song, BG rapped, I be that ni**a with the ice on me/ If it cost less than twenty it don’t look right on me/ I stay flossed out all through the week
/ My money long if you don’t know I’m the B.G.
Since, its inception, the song has gone on to be widely used (and overused) as a term for prosperity and material possessions from those that havent generally had access to it.
Like bling-bling, the Oxford English Dictionary also allowed jiggy into its ranks last year after the popularity of the term waned.
