A place where some African American folk ususally claim they are from. They usually aspire to fantacies of escaping from "the hood" but most fail. However some actually do manage to escape from this 'hood' through their talents in the Rap and hip-hop industry.
The hood is also an area of heavy crime, and corrupt police force. Hoods are usually owned by organized crime organizations known as Street gangs. Which deal in the drug trade, prostitution, and theft.
Recently, hoods are becoming not only something of the African American race, but something of all races and cultures including hispanics, whites, etc, this hood-mentality has been spread through the increasing popularity of Rap and Hip-hop music, "gangster culture", and the underfunding of the police force allowed by the government.
The hood is also an area of heavy crime, and corrupt police force. Hoods are usually owned by organized crime organizations known as Street gangs. Which deal in the drug trade, prostitution, and theft.
Recently, hoods are becoming not only something of the African American race, but something of all races and cultures including hispanics, whites, etc, this hood-mentality has been spread through the increasing popularity of Rap and Hip-hop music, "gangster culture", and the underfunding of the police force allowed by the government.
by Jorggle May 23, 2006
A ganster slang word derrived from neighborhood, usually talking about the ghetto or where all the gangsters and thugs live.
by GangstaBoi February 20, 2006
A shortened term for neighborhood
by Compton_Crip February 12, 2006
n.
1. Derived from the word neighborhood. Usually refers to an undesirable area: gangsters are from the “hood”; wankstas are from the suburbs.
2. A district or area with distinctive characteristics: a neighborhood of fine homes; an ethnic hood.
3. The area above a woman’s vagina: that cluck gots her hood pierced.
1. Derived from the word neighborhood. Usually refers to an undesirable area: gangsters are from the “hood”; wankstas are from the suburbs.
2. A district or area with distinctive characteristics: a neighborhood of fine homes; an ethnic hood.
3. The area above a woman’s vagina: that cluck gots her hood pierced.
"Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin nothin in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't sayin shit"
-Eazy E
You come talkin that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin nothin in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't sayin shit"
-Eazy E
by Matt Hoyt February 10, 2004
The hood is a working class area.
It can be an urban ghetto or a suburb. It depends on which country we're dealing with.
In the USA it is primary the urban ghettos that are called "the hood", but in other countries (in Europe for instance) the suburbs is actually the place, where most people from the lower social classes live. The suburbs will be the hood in these areas.
The area does not have to be dominated by apartment buildings to be called "The hood". It is all about the social class of the population.
It can be an urban ghetto or a suburb. It depends on which country we're dealing with.
In the USA it is primary the urban ghettos that are called "the hood", but in other countries (in Europe for instance) the suburbs is actually the place, where most people from the lower social classes live. The suburbs will be the hood in these areas.
The area does not have to be dominated by apartment buildings to be called "The hood". It is all about the social class of the population.
"Ain't nothing good in the hood
I'd run away from this bitch and never come back if I could"
- 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson)
I'd run away from this bitch and never come back if I could"
- 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson)
by MJ-DK February 25, 2008
The hood is a lower income crime riddled area. An unsafe place to live. Residents usually live in fear of life from day to day. Not a 'nice' place to live.
by blos December 30, 2008
yawd man:wha a gwan today mad dread?
mad dread: mi about fi go to jackie she tell mi say she want some hood fi her birthday
yawd man: for real
mad dread: mi about fi go to jackie she tell mi say she want some hood fi her birthday
yawd man: for real
by MAD MAX DI DREAD January 16, 2007