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Catchword for “Bucktown”

Catchword: Bucktown

Filed Under: New York City, Hip-Hop

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Ever wonder who originally coined the phrase “Bucktown,” the slang which has since become synonymous in the Urban landscape to describe the concrete borough? That’s right, Smif N Wesson’s Tek & Steele. Yet, there is so much more to Brooklyn, New York than meets the eye.

Article or Document Title:
“Tek & Steele Return With ‘Smif N Wess: Reloaded’” (URL)

Author:
“Dave”

(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Rap News Direct

Date of Publication:
Aug. 1, 2005

This catchword has yet to be researched.

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