This new word, "clout"....

[Elle Seven]

The song is “Never Keeping Secrets”

That's the one ☺

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

I got my clout goggles on rn , +5 clout

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

OP mad he got no clout on his block

 

[TRY GOD]

You just mad you aint a part of Clout Gang

 

[606onit]

All of a sudden?



And every year I gain clout and my name sprouts
Some brothers'd still be virgins if the crack never came out


Big L

It's used in a new way now mainly referring to social media fame.

Groupies use it too

the definition of clout
That's the EXACT SAME context though, just on different platforms. The definition nor context changed at all.

Informal. pull; strong influence; muscle, especially political power:
a wealthy campaign contributor with clout at city hall.

That's like saying "I'm driving down the road." has different meaning if u are driving a Kansas dirt path in 1950 or a German autoban in 2017. ROAD is ROAD

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

And I know he got clout, look at his mouth, that nikka got so many golds

-Trick Daddy Im a Thug

 

[The BasedFather]

 

[Kilgore Trout]

They’re using it correctly, though.

I grew up in Miami using that word. Mostly as a synonym for popular or being accepted by the right, prosperous social circles.

Ex: Tee got clout in this hood.

I feel like the no jumper podcast repopularized it

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

NaS used it on Illmatic and It Was Written:trillmatic:

 

[West Coast Avenger]

...........

 

[Darth Nubian]

Be tired of words that have been in common use for over a quarter of a century brehs.

 

[J.E.T.S]

I hate y'all nikkas

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I got my clout goggles on rn , +5 clout

:36365:

 

[How Sway?]

#freecloutlord

 

[GrindMode]

the word....clout is new?