You are extremely late.
“Fam” was widespread in mainstream hip-hop lyrics throughout the 1990s.
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1999 - Brooklyn by Mos Def “I ain’t sittin’ roadside, that ain’t part of the plan I’m out here for my fam doin all that I can”https://genius.com/1390709
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Fam came back around by being used ironically.
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like a lot of popular slang, relative old AAVE that hip-hop culture/etc gradually brought to the mainstream
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memes.
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I think this definitely kicked it to another levelhttps://knowyourmeme.com/photos/972240-the-barber …
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I can distinctly recall my first time hearing it, 2006
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Was used in US rap from then to describe kin... Later adopted over here to refer to anyone including enemies..
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probably as families starting to deteriorate and fall apart, people had to outsource their need for one
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Somebody get this man a Cliff's Notes for rap culture!
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