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   Comment by Muffin on November 16, 2009 at 12:53 pm

   I can give you one specific example. The Notorious B.I.G. used "conversate" in a very popular song in efforts of making it rhyme with his word flow. Because the song become such a hit, many people started to use the word as well. The correct word to use is "converse". This was well over 10 years ago but I have noticed so-called educated people using conversate in their dialogue with others. As recently as last month, I heard it used by a political pundit.

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   Comment by Tapioca on November 16, 2009 at 12:53 pm

   I’d just go with something about slang, since a majority of hip-hop is just rap. Personally I think it’s terrible because of things like "buy you a drank" and other sort of sentences are just flat-out incorrectly said, and people get used to saying them that way.

   Just find a top 10 list of songs and look up the lyrics. Or a 16 year old girl, whichever works.

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   Comment by Christina D on November 16, 2009 at 12:53 pm

   well im in 7th grade but i can help they ruin the english language because yo and sup and other words like that are not real words the words would be used by gangstas and if you look up lyrics by lil wayne or 50 cent and listen to their music you will figure out what i mean.

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   Comment by michiganmegan83 on November 16, 2009 at 12:53 pm

   go to urbandictionary.com
   some of the info on here is explicit, FYI
   but there are a ton of slang words and phrases

   some song lyrics for you
   the above answerer did well with
   "Buy you a drank" I think thats T Pain
   also
   "What you know about dat?" TI What you Know
   "got money, and you know it, take it out your pocket and show it" lil wayne got money
   look up gold digger by Kanye West lots of broken sentences