Meanings
- slangAfrican-American VernacularWhat's going on? What's up?
"What's brackin Blood? Leuders Park Bompton Piru nigga." I ain't know what any of that meant, but I knew it wasn't cool.
2016, Mr Joe McClain Jr, A Black Man Has 9 Lives, Uprock Publications, →ISBN, page 252 more examples
"What's brackin blood?" A deep baritone voice flowed through the speaker. Loud laughs and music could be heard in the background. "You stopping by the party or what? It's a gang of bitches here asking about you. I don't know how long I can hold my boys off. You know these niggas love crackin new pussy."
2019, Genesis Woods, Diamond Mafia: How a Good Girl Set It Off, Blake Karrington Presents, →ISBN, page 189Never ordering from a restaurant again just watched this waiter spit in my food and when I called him out he said "What's bracking blud?" and threw up gang signs. 🤦♂️
2023 December 5, @mariicooks, Twitter, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2024
Origin
From what's cracking, with the initial "C" in cracking replaced with "B" in Blood slang.
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