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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Mar 2019
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      When did people start saying "fam"? Urban dictionary has an entry dated 2003, but I think I really only started hearing it a lot after 2013-14 or so... was I just late to notice or is there an evolutionary story there?

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    2. Erik Berlin‏Verified account @sferik 20 Mar 2019
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      You are extremely late. 😜 “Fam” was widespread in mainstream hip-hop lyrics throughout the 1990s. I’ll add examples to this thread as they come to me…

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    3. Erik Berlin‏Verified account @sferik 20 Mar 2019
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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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    4. Erik Berlin‏Verified account @sferik 20 Mar 2019
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      1997 - Little Ghetto Boys by Wu-Tang Clan “Remember when his mans got there, the whole shit was set up Shut up, whole fam want the science and the letter … Hair salon, treating shorty like Quran Her fam major swing kingpins you won’t dare front on”https://genius.com/3538511 

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    5. Erik Berlin‏Verified account @sferik 20 Mar 2019
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      1993 - Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G. “Biggie Smalls the biggest man Rocking on and on in ninety-three, Easy Mo Bee Third Eye and the rest of the Bad Boy fam I don’t wanna see no crying at my funeral.”https://genius.com/275390 

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    6. Erik Berlin‏Verified account @sferik 20 Mar 2019
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      1996 - Long Island Degrees and Wonce Again Long Island by De La Soul “I ougtta say my fam calls me Merce” https://genius.com/3507341  “I can stress the makin’ of loot to feed the fam While the voices impersonate the true who I am”https://genius.com/3507344 

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    7. Erik Berlin‏Verified account @sferik 20 Mar 2019
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      1996 - Nas is Coming by Nas “Snatched the symbol, tied his hands to make examples Substantial amounts you owe to the fam” (Genius says “firm” but I’m pretty sure it’s “fam”.)https://genius.com/236950 

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Mar 2019
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      Ah so my exposure is more white than late I think...? I don't really listen to music or follow music trends, but I started hearing my younger millennial white friends use it only a few years back. Sounds like it crossed over fully from black culture to white more recently.

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        1. The Circular Ruins‏ @Circular_Ruins 20 Mar 2019
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          Fam as an abbreviation for family is old. I think it's the use of fam in singular direct address that's more recent. I first heard that form in the mid-2000s; it became widespread w/ the barbershop meme.

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