raza

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 6:33 a.m.

the Mexican people

Categories Terms Of Address

Collocates down with³, hold it down², homie², represent², all about, chrome, dog, down, feel, gangsta, homeboy, hood, in the house, put it down, rep, ride, roll, sit on, straight up, tryna

Domains Spanish

Etymology from the Spanish meaning "race", as in ethnicitypre hip-hop, from the 1920s

Related concepts cholo, ese, fam, peeps, vato

Rhymes casas, chanza, panza, Rastas

Timeline

1990-07-10 Kid Frost "La Raza" [Hispanic Causing Panic]
This is for the raza
1992-04-21 Kid Frost "Mi Vida Loca" [East Side Story]
I'm rolling on the boulevard with the raza
1992 Proper Dos "Hard Tiempo" [Mexican Power]
Instead of driving by, shooting at the raza

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