Meanings
- not comparableslangRelaxed and carefree.
What'z up baby boy? Hope everything is aiight on ya end! Me, I'm chillin' like a villain.
2004, Shannon Holmes, Never Go Home Again - A Novel2 more examples
What's up, homies, here I am chillin' like a villain. Stay up and keep representing the Sur. Tell the homegirls I said what's up.
1998, Park Avenue Design (publisher), Low Rider - Volume 20, page 173Last time I remember, I was chillin' like a villain. I had me a girl, couple a hot gigs, stuff in the pipeline that was going to bring da house down.
2009, H. M. Naqvi, Home Boy - A Novel, page 111
Origin
Chosen for the rhyme. First attested in 1991 in "Tonite" by DJ Quik (recorded in 1990), although there are indications it was used earlier by LL Cool J or Ice-T.
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