What Does "Dead Presidents" Mean?
There was a movie that came out in 1995 called, "Dead Presidents." I always thought it was a movie about an assassination. However, I just discovered that "Dead presidents" actually refers to "Bread," "fat stacks," "Cheddar," "Quacks," or "Scrilla." MONEY!
Lemme break it down for you:
Fat Stacks - A large pile of something, usually weed or money.
#1 Hey man, i haven't blazed up in ages, you got any weed?
#2 Yeh of course, i just got some fat stacks yesterday.
#1 Hey man your wallet's so fat!
#2 Yeh man, i got fat stacks of cash.
Bread/Doe - People work to put bread on the table. Money. Bread. You get the idea.
Fetti - Bastardization of "feria," the Spanish word for money. Used mainly in Northern California.
Cheese/Cheddar/Gouda - When on welfare, people get free Money and Government Cheese. Cheese comes from the term "Government Cheese" but in slang it refers to the "MONEY". Coined by rapper, e-40. Gouda has a double association because it is sold in a big roll with a rubber band around it...just like a wad of drug money.
Quacks - Money. Derived from duckets. The latter would often be shortened to "ducks", which eventually led to "quacks" (being the noise a duck makes).
Scrilla - Paper, Money. derived from the word scroll, which is how paper used to be used was on a scroll. Scroll became scrill, then scrilla; it's more gangsta that way.
- $1 George Washington
- $2 Thomas Jefferson
- $5 Abraham Lincoln
- $10 Alexander Hamilton - Not a president
- $20 Andrew Jackson
- $50 Ulysses S. Grant
- $100 Benjamin Franklin - Not a president
Etymology
The term apparently originated in 1944, in the writing of D. Burley. It was later made popular in hip-hop culture by rapper Rakim the God MC in his 1987 album, Paid in Full.
Other terms for "Money"
Fat Stacks - A large pile of something, usually weed or money.
#1 Hey man, i haven't blazed up in ages, you got any weed?
#2 Yeh of course, i just got some fat stacks yesterday.
#1 Hey man your wallet's so fat!
#2 Yeh man, i got fat stacks of cash.
Bread/Doe - People work to put bread on the table. Money. Bread. You get the idea.
Fetti - Bastardization of "feria," the Spanish word for money. Used mainly in Northern California.
Cheese/Cheddar/Gouda - When on welfare, people get free Money and Government Cheese. Cheese comes from the term "Government Cheese" but in slang it refers to the "MONEY". Coined by rapper, e-40. Gouda has a double association because it is sold in a big roll with a rubber band around it...just like a wad of drug money.
Quacks - Money. Derived from duckets. The latter would often be shortened to "ducks", which eventually led to "quacks" (being the noise a duck makes).
Scrilla - Paper, Money. derived from the word scroll, which is how paper used to be used was on a scroll. Scroll became scrill, then scrilla; it's more gangsta that way.
Thanks for the info. I doubt they'll tell us any of this at the US mint next month. Love the pirate pic of ole Abe.
ReplyDeleteI never made the connection that so many bill men weren't actually presidents! huh.
ReplyDeleteBig Daddy Kane rapped the term "dead presidents" in 1987. I came here trying to discover if the phrase dates back before then.
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