been a minute 

long period of not talking to somebody

"whats up dawg"
"it's been a minute"

been a minute by jes&bran September 26, 2008

its been a minute

similiar to saying its been a while,

Drake uses it in his song, "From Time" with Jhene Aiko

"Hey man its been a minute since we last saw each other!"

its been a minute by Jackstallion April 27, 2016

It's been a hot minute 

Another way of saying It's been a long time.

Dereck: Yo John! It's been a hot minute since I last see ya.

It's been a hot minute by datboi101lol March 10, 2021