hypeman

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A form of hype man — A hip-hop performer responsible for backup rapping and singing and increasing an audience’s excitement with call-and-response chants.

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Meanings

nounhypeman (plural hypemen)

plural hypemen

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hype man.

    What’s engrossing about “I Love New York” is exactly what was engrossing about “Flavor of Love,” the show’s progenitor, which starred Flavor Flav, a reality show veteran and onetime rap hypeman.

    2007 January 15, Virginia Heffernan, “He-Men Strut Stuff to Romance New York”, in New York Times

Origin

From hype + man.

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APA

hypeman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypeman

MLA

“hypeman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypeman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypeman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypeman.

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