"YG" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: YGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} YG (plural YGs)
  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Initialism of young gangster. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: young gangster Related terms: OG

Inflected forms

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