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What Does Crunk Mean?
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What Does Crunk Mean?

Crunk … what does it mean? There’s a bunch of different definitions floating around, but the common thread is hip hop music and culture. Specifically, the hip hop music and culture of the southern United States, more commonly referred to as the Dirty South. Read on and discover a variety of definitions for crunk … some make sense and some just sound ... well, CRUNK!!

1. To have a good time. Long as everybody get crunk in the drop -- Lil Bow Wow (Bounce with me [2000].

2. To get crazy drunk. Originally, this term comes from the words crazy and funk. As opposed to popular opinion, crunk has had no relation to being coked up and drunk until recently. Because if its similarity of terminal sound with the word drunk many rappers have used it in reference with being crazy and under the influence. This and the intrinsical association with hard partying has brought about its association with alcohol.

3. A style of music most commonly made by rap artists from the southern states, aka the Dirty South. Some crunk artists (or groups) are Lil' Jon, Lil' Scrappy, Trillville, and David Banner.

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Music & Lyrics
In the hip hop world, "crunk" rappers have been criticized for lacking any lyrical content and all using essentially the same beats and styles. Others, while agreeing that the subject of the lyrics are all more or less identical, say that the music is specifically designed for the rowdy clubs in which it thrives, and serves this purpose admirably.

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Hip Hop Artists
Lil' Jon, the self-proclaimed and widely acknowledged "King of Crunk", is synonymous with the Crunk lifestyle, having popularized the term in the hip-hop world. Lil' Jon was the winner of the 2003 American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Band, Duo, or Group and 2003 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards for both Artist of the Year and Video of the Year.

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