From Local to Universal: “What Up Doe?”, The Origin of a Classic Catchphrase

Reblogged from AllHipHop.com:

If you are from Detroit and are in your mid-40s or younger, it was probably the first slang phrase you ever learned:

“What Up Doe?!”

If you are from outside of the Land of Mile Roads, you have probably heard the expression somewhere before. Ever wonder where it came from?

“What Up Doe?” is recognized on the website, www.UrbanDictionary.com, and defined as “a greeting amongst people in an urban setting.

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I learned this slang spending my summers in Detroit. Shout out to 8 Mile & Picadilly. Them Detroit gangstas were Notorious!

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