Examples of crunk in a Sentence
David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
When Atlanta hip-hop royalty Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, and Lil Jon showed up, the halftime show became noticeably more crunk (Atlanta-speak for electrifying, turnt up).
—Shaun Harper, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Since then, hip-hop has spawned a mass of subgenres – gangsta rap, crunk and trap among them.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
Where records like Stankonia showed the funky soul and crunk artists like Lil Jon showed the rambunctious, abrasive energy, there was T.I. in a baggy t-shirt and a massive fitted hat, speaking intimately to his neighborhood and those like it.
—Caleb Catlin, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023
Memphis is the originator of crunk.
—Sierra Porter, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2022
Pitbull began his career in the early 2000s, recording reggaeton, Latin hip hop, and crunk music under a multitude of labels.
—Dallas News, 5 Oct. 2022
Ciara, Usher, A$AP Rocky and Travis Scott are just a few beneficiaries of crunk’s Midas touch.
—Brooklyn White, Essence, 9 Sep. 2022
Jon brought rowdy Atlanta crunk music to the masses and produced for everyone from Usher and Ciara to Pitbull and, yes, T-Pain.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 June 2021
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Word History
from crunk, word of fluctuating meaning used during the 1990s in lyrics of the rap groups OutKast and Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
2000, in the meaning defined above
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“Crunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crunk. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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