Rico Recklezz Explains Chicago Slang: "Foe Nem", "Merch", "Therm", "Dad"

In this brief clip from Rico Recklezz's interview with VladTV, the animated Chicago MC breaks down Windy City slang. Vlad learns the meanings of the words and phrases, "Foe nem," "therm," "dad," and, "merch." Rico then explains that "thot" is a term that originated in Chicago, even though cities like Atlanta and New York tried to claim it. Rico also entertains Vlad with his attempts at New York and Atlanta accents. Watch above.

[@pharaoh6625]

Vlad sound like he can't wait to tell his white homies all the new slang he learned

[@-Datboijj-]

Pharoah 07 lmao

[@vrenegadee]

😂😂😂😂

[@ChaseJim]

Pharoah 07 "dude you won't guess what i learned today bro"

[@FatP904]

Pharoah 07 dead 😂😂

[@Chronos17771]

Pharoah 07 "Vlad sound like he can't wait to tell Mysonne all the new slang he learned" fixed that for you

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

"Use it in a sentence" 😂😂😂

[@wutnigga4217]

😂 spelling bee ass vlad "for them"

[@ChrisJWatts504TV]

@ Cameron J - Lmaooo!

[@ILOVEYOU-tg4kz]

Cameron J lol W

[@marthajones4468]

like they at school lol

[@doodlebob8587]

read this soon as he said it

[@user-us9ph9jw1g]

chicago came up with gang gang, ofn and opps if you hear that lingo in any other city just kno chicago did it first

[@user-us9ph9jw1g]

flawda boi. nihga hell naw new york still using that old ass b slang and shit fuck outta here drill music was chicago not ny

[@HaitianPrynce]

Meez ftc Go listen To Kush Blicky , 22Gz, JEZZ gasoline they use Chicago slang nigga

[@gloedup150]

flawda boi lmao Chicago created opps thot gang gang all that shit stop it Keef got the world using Chicago slang

[@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu]

No one says "ayo B" in New York you obviously hang around fucking lames or haven't been here in quite some time. And people have been saying "gang gang" and "opps" all over the fucking world. lord may we put our youth in school instead of watching DJ Vlad.

[@HaitianPrynce]

GLO • ENT No they didn't they popularized it you really it ain't niggas from other cities been saying that like Waka Flocka been saying Gang gang before Chief Keef Nigga stop it

[@johnsongtf683]

I just lost 1,000,000 brain cells on Foe Nem.

[@Glxzock]

Elgin merch it😂

[@Emoney559]

Elgin merch it

[@carlxn2731]

You don’t even have that much brain cells jk

[@zo6rwhp]

TMS Splxsh u lying lmao

[@Glxzock]

Jorge rick Martinez wym,im from chicago southside doe😂

[@thetruth680]

“IT COULD BE YOU 😳👉🏼 YOU COULD BE 4Nem” 😂😭😭😭⚰️

[@alexgamby1]

The Truth severely underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrLilp031]

On god this shit is 😭😭

[@stephon_M]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@eb2604]

Vlad sus

[@kittensquidgame4138]

I was finna comment this😭

[@senseifrozone2269]

All the UK drill rappers taking notes.

[@Lborjetz]

SENSEI FROZONE that’s just cap

[@TH3N3W3RA]

Loool funny thing is im from the UK and couple guys i know try speaking with chicago slang and dont wanna tell us what it means lmao its hilarious

[@MrMiD.Life.Crisis]

Is there any drill rappers in UK? Also have you heard there's UK 'bloods an crips'? Hope you're all good.

[@danielcortez2280]

No cap. They stay swiping.

[@dqualen]

STZ _Saintz cap is american slang too 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@MrJaccTrippa]

CPD mustve called Vlad directly for some specific intel. SMFH

[@christopherjones7353]

im dying laughing over here

[@WWeRockFan1001]

Jacc Trippa OH SHIT...NOW THEY KNOW THEY CODE LINGO AND SHIT 😂 😂 😂

[@FatP904]

Jacc Trippa lmfaoo bruh I'm crying 😂😂😭

[@PPCCO.]

Jacc Trippa 😂😂😂

[@universalalmamater6634]

Jacc Trippa lol right I was thinkin same thing!!! they just spilling all the beans an street eticate...I wouldnt be suprised if vlad sell these tapes to cpd

[@HaitianPrynce]

NY drill rappers watching this writing everything down so they can copy it and said they created rap so they own Drill music to

[@broadwayblack5782]

flawda boi now I can agree with you on this one

[@HaitianPrynce]

Bobby Brooks We cool now

[@misha2.097]

flawda boi ...cmon flawda boy NY got its own lingo like nowhere else. and each hood is different and we got the more hoods than the whole state of Illionois and FL do put together. dont forget NYC is 5 burrows. brooklyn got bedsta, flatbush, brownsville, each all with they own lingo

[@maddhyper9736]

flawda boi *NAH* you just a florida fuck boy that talks about chicago & NY cus ain't shit poppin in your hood

[@francisboafo2436]

GTFO witcho lame ass

[@Prem-ux5sd]

Vlad to his white homies after this: “Hey what’s up foe nem 🙋‍♂️” 💀

[@carlalbertmathieu468]

😂😂😂

[@Handsoffblackgirls]

😂😂😂😂💯

[@codeinecowboy8607]

“Hello my fellow foe nems!”

[@CASHPABLOG]

"yooo this right here my best 4nem"

[@wildbill9270]

😂😂😂😂

[@blacksheep9278]

They chemistry is iconic.

[@garrettcrews2329]

Straight up give these boys a podcast I'm listening

[@donotlookatmychannel5527]

@@garrettcrews2329 on foenem 💯

[@Mayhamsdead]

Their*

[@mercyallblk4478]

Born in raised in Chicago never used DAD 😒😒

[@mercyallblk4478]

Truuu but I'm black too

[@gloedup150]

Doobie _Allblk right that shit sound gay lmao

[@thelittestlightskinnigga8507]

GLO • ENT That's their slang tho bruh😂㊙💯

[@MONEYPOWERRESPECT773]

GoldenBoiiProduction that's some GD shit

[@ricosuave2760]

Doobie _Allblk yo pops wasn't around huh lol mine either. used to hate that word. I ain't neva call anather nigga dad ever f dat.

[@ZEFFENWULF]

He needs to get rid of the fucking grill. Thit got him thounding like Mike Tyson. Theriously.

[@death24314]

The Incognegro 😂😂😂

[@Kai-vc5gb]

The Incognegro got me dead bro

[@KnownForTrolling]

foe nem, tweakin, saying bro 10x in one sentence, flexin, gang shit man, gang gang, saying man 10x in one sentence, Goofy, Lackin, Opps, Thot, is all chicago slang tbh

[@alexjonesbones4753]

Goof or goofy ain't Chicago slang. Goofy come from Canadian prisons and jails. If you someone call you a goof you better be ready to fight, stab, or shoot

[@lvlupent.7334]

NAW MERCH IT

[@angelinar663]

Say less

[@brettp5237]

@@alexjonesbones4753 no cap i’m in canada and you don’t fuck around with that word

[@alexgarcia-kg1ob]

@@brettp5237 goofy ass nigga

[@Mrabo007]

Now every internet gangsta gonna think he is from chicago lol

[@isiahaf1359]

Jazz I done noticed how everyone in the comments section of these videos are all of a sudden from Chicago out of no where

[@isiahaf1359]

Jazz and they try to talk tough....thought I was the only one to notice

[@atl9775]

HondaThaGod lmao "ofn grave shorty" i always see this. Nigga name kayden in montana suburbs. Then on there youtube page there name is like "big bdk" or "051k fuck ___".

[@mrdeplorable3097]

On foe nem

[@mr.november7456]

Fucking right..lol pull up to sonics and be like get me a chicago dog bitch on 4 nem! With some onion rings if not we gone slide!

[@Cbwoi1]

Fvck callin another man dad lool

[@Shroooms]

gay asl

[@exit9baby]

Louisiana Say Lil Daddy

[@alexjonesbones4753]

Even if a nigga like a father figure you call em yo og

[@NOTORIOUSYG]

G what’s this name 😂

[@delon777]

it’s not like that g 😂

[@michaelchinn2188]

"What's a goofy?..." You.

[@esosaiyamu2581]

Stupid ass,silly

[@houseofmatrix6174]

Michael Chinn 😹😹😹😹

[@CeoCari]

😂😂😂His Atlanta Impersonation , That's How It Be Down Here 🤙🏾

[@kikitanner8539]

rightttttt😂😂

[@jbw1126]

straight facts 😂😂😂

[@RondoGifted]

Shit sound like Memphis

[@hex2220]

that would make sense tbh, that part of the country sound the same to me bein from the midwest ofn lmao

[@corneliuslegg8562]

Cari outt ch'a

[@blocksfabio3163]

His Atlanta and New York impersonation so funny man rico a fool

[@ualreadyknow2332]

Merch (prove or promise something) Tweakin (crazy/buggin) Cap (frontin/ fakin) Thraxx (loud pack) Lackin (slippin) Twelve (cops) Stain (lick) Man down (caught a body) Change (kill) Opp (enemy) Thot (hoe) Are also slang terms from chicago

[@patrickmeeks1060]

You nailed it

[@BRENENHARRIS]

*Merch* (sworn upon statement)

[@YkKani]

So what does therm mean

[@topshotta2000]

12 is not a chicago slang 12 been used in different citys

[@04pistons23]

All Detroit say is bro and dog 😂

[@detroit-vs-everybody8601]

Sosa Iverson "ham"

[@AA-my5nj]

On tip? Bib? Chicken? Detroit slang go deep

[@imFess]

what up doe shit chillin yeah im big blowed this that cookie? on BIB Knowin' it Omm Truuuuust me You from downtown? lol

[@imFess]

Chicken, Punchin, crud, every block got "the spot" u just not hip

[@shawnt9205]

And I'm hip

[@c.r.edmister5223]

Its good to see theres still humor in Chicago.

[@nawdawg-xx6wz]

Canadian Suburban online drillas taking pages of notes

[@M.000]

nawdawg1245 lmfaooo

[@c.d3373]

Rt 😆😆😆👍

[@momaey24]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 yup every peel region n gta youth swear they super savage now

[@alexjonesbones4753]

My Canadian ass say foe nem all the time because my city full of wanna bee gangster that talk like they from chiraq

[@Djbandit23]

trey patterson Brampton badmon posse lol

[@AceDotCosta]

It was weird hearing people that ain’t 4CH use the term On Foe Nem at first 😂 now it’s universal 😂

[@realpeopleoftheinternet]

These brothers be having fun....You can just tell. That's cool

[@Cb.reese_]

I rather be sonned then calling someone dad

[@Eli-akad]

Rowdyzay 😂

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Rowdyzay W

[@jona1han2k4]

Nah you don’t wanna be sonned; that’s basically being bitched

[@simplefix4721]

Jonathan turner what’s sonned?

[@NicePeech]

He mean girls who call someone they crush on dad /daddy. Not guys calling each other daddy lol

[@kn7cks347]

Detective Vlad at it again trying to decipher the codes

[@therealmrstaten1]

Vlad the internet police

[@josedominguez4119]

Tbh Chicago Slang spread all around the US Its crazy how rico and all the guys made that shit happen props to them🤷🏽‍♂️💯

[@g2theartist]

That Atlanta impression had me dead 😂😂😂

[@keviswalker5705]

Shorty come from Atlanta. Ace me on the square, or bust me down B came from New York.

[@deliriouslyupset2305]

Maybe the lack of father in my life but I just ain't calling no man dad . Period.

[@beautylove200]

😫😂

[@25tonewyork]

This dude interviews be interesting af 😂😂😂

[@hisgrace956]

It was originally on folk and nem. Put that on something. On whatever gang you were in. On whatever your leader was. On my people. On my baby. On my mama. On everything I love. On whatever you hold dear to you. On foe nem

[@twinscoupe]

That Bmw jacket is fire though

[@creepinoutdaziploc3115]

You gotta love the energy and how they play off each other

[@The_Top_Striker]

Chicago is the greatest. I’m so glad I was born here

[@burosangi3855]

The FBI was born in DC 🤡

[@prismaticscamatics2470]

@@burosangi3855 you was from my seed

[@alexusbaby8929]

"12 coming ERRRR gtfo mane"😂😂😂😂😂5:23

[@TingBunna]

Lol I'd never wanna be partying with Rico off the yayo

[@Snoopandmartha]

Texas slang: "Awwwready"

[@lvlupent.7334]

Yomeseen, Yometalkmaht

[@AJ-dt7kt]

down south *

[@YummieSandifier04]

"stiff" Im from the Chi and moved to Texas a little while ago.... I coach... I would hear the kids say... coach thinks he stiff" lol

[@chevyboyzz4996]

Mfs in Dallas be saying on god I know that been used in Chicago

[@pesopeso2626]

@@YummieSandifier04 lmao

[@UPhoneIFlip]

Is this a comedy skit?

[@longlivela7963]

Yes

[@Shamonsnipes]

@@longlivela7963 no this is a interview

[@ericg1100]

sadly no, these are grown adult “men”

[@vavag8752]

No we talk like this

[@vavag8752]

LongLiveLA it’s not

[@rjlock]

I feel like a kid in english class again. I felt like I needed to start taking notes halfway thru

[@gtoney]

😂😃😂🤣 he not lying out west always using shorty on foe nem

[@blocksfabio3163]

Rico need his on tv show

[@yourotherbrother8]

Can’t lie every explanation was on point on foe nem grave 🤟🏾💯🤣

[@troytheboy202]

in d.c we use "barred" like they use "merch"

[@TheIcemanthomas]

forgot joe

[@Eihthype]

James-Earl Bonez Ok.I was wonder that about if Joe died out.I from the D and that been over 20 hear Joe any I instant new the was from the Chitown.Like D niggas " WHAT UP DOE!!! or Dog ( this universal now)

[@lion-orichie398]

James, you look Homosexual...

[@TheOfficialDOP]

And buke, don't hear that much anymore either. Chicago also say bogus a lot too, there's a lot more in our dictionary that just what they was talking about

[@peterarnold9093]

That must be the new slang If somebody say on foe and them I think they mean "folks! or fo(4ch) on Stone! I don't here the multitude saying on foe..... He going to get somebody fucked up saying that foe and them too the wrong person. They fucking with yall.

[@Quaczar1]

Omg when he impersonated Atlanta I was dyin' laughing bc that's exactly how they sound. But when he did NY I was astonished bc he sounded just like a New Yorker. I didn't know we were that easy to impersonate lol 😂

[@MackMainSupreme]

Atlanta sounds like Memphis, they always stealing Memphis swag mane.

[@thegodinhere]

i kno a dude frm the chi..he say "bogus" every 5 wrds😩..idk if its sum chi shyt?..or just him tho

[@Theseniqqaswintholdm]

thegodinhere man you "bogus as hell"

[@goldenage773]

thegodinhere that's an older Chicago slang term

[@DefianceDesigners]

i feel like everyone in chicago says that shit lowkey

[@keonbrown7093]

You “petty” folks😂😂

[@thelittestlightskinnigga8507]

Every artist from the inner city needs to come on VladTV And do ah breakdown on their cities slang words bruh 😂㊙💯

[@Nnoreaga]

foenem which literally means (folks and them, 4 and them) etc nem (and them)

[@HealthDiets]

this what are they talking about

[@Nnoreaga]

@@HealthDiets they dont know bro trying to tell them

[@rrealaaron]

is it just me or did this man say "on joesph coleman" (lil Jojo) LMAOOOOO

[@kinglouiethegreat1034]

Gas definitely from Atlanta. 2 Chain’s. Vlad took the word’s I was gonna say.

[@NR-gp2il]

Everyone be saying Gas now

[@Aliejha]

I live in East Chicago and this is soooooo true

[@bartsimpson506]

Aliejha ec indiana?

[@LilPaulfrmClaraSt]

London some damn where 😭

[@308mysticalche3]

Chicago always be in my heart bruh. On foenem.

[@mikewitdaOBS]

you gotta keep getting​ Rico in on interviews he is funny as shit

[@quietstorm2995]

y are they so entertaining Rico just crazy af

[@vernonhuffman3595]

“Dad” has been an Appalachian term for decades. It’s exactly how he explained it but country folks used it to show friendship as a whole. “Ol’Dad here would die for me. He’s a good man.” I’ve used it my whole life here in West Virginia just because I always heard it. Maybe Chicago gangs running meth down here picked it up and took it back hahaha

[@bobbybrake119]

100% correct. It's because the black population in Chicago primarily originated in the Appalachian states as slaves. When they were freed they went northwest, and now we see why Chicago has such a dense black population. It's their culture, not ours, but everything they say, including their accent, is from deep south scotch-irish Americans prior to 1900.

[@baileyayyy5085]

@@bobbybrake119 claiming Chicago slang is all originally Scottish is straight cap lmao

[@zayway63rd7]

​@@bobbybrake119it's some truth in that statement but I'd even say later years like 1940s-70s.. When alot of our folks went more towards the Midwest and Cali... Look at Milwaukee Detroit Chicago Gary Flint etc.. Deep roots from the south

[@BX_Blixxy_7-4.]

As old as this video is, as much as Chicago culture has fucked these young niggas heads up all over the Country, Chicago still NEEDS to get they RESPECT and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for EVERYTHING they have attributed to “Rap Culture”!!!!! Every city doing “Drill” music now, 90% of slang used is Chicago slang! From “Goofy, Spin da block, Drill, Savage, Demon, 12, pole, stick” and so much more! Nobody was saying none of that shot before Chicago got big! Give them the respect for it!

[@tyjaiwilliams7683]

Vlad trying to say foe nem got me dead 😂😂💀💀

[@jayfunny9291]

Fournem, foenem, fornem , FOENEM, ohhh 4nem FOENEM

[@justinekorvin4826]

“On first grade” that one is funny because I don’t know the meaning

[@kaylorsheridan7267]

This shit was entertaining tho. Had me laughin frfr

[@blazaybla22]

If the next GTA were in Chicago, Rico Recklezz would be a character, specifically one of the characters that send you out on the wildest missions that never actually pay anything like yo I just killed 150 people so this dude could steal his cousin's BBQ sauce recipe

[@38gambino]

Rico look happy asf telling us the slang 😂😂😂💯

[@uzumak1sage]

damn, chris tucker is in serious character in this interview

[@johnman717]

I'm not boutta be calling any mufucka "dad" lmao

[@markdavisjr4026]

I just like RICO reckless interviews that's it

[@seankaine2411]

Buford jokes i remember when my boy pulled up to checkers and asked for a big Buford i choked on my blunt dying. Couldn't believe that was a real burger 😂😂

[@ftwdamfseyg]

In New York we call our brother sun” Cuz he shine like one!!!

[@marcusderon2771]

Reckless: YOU COULD BE FOE NEM VLAD!! VLAD: NO WAY REALLY I CAN!!!! 😳😯 😊...

[@philly440]

wtf did i just watch

[@anastacio210]

My high ass CRYING

[@Master51506]

They also made the word "Opp" for Opposition. The word "THOT" is way bigger than you people think, you got people in spain rapping over chicago drill rap songs, etc. Im French Canadian and i've been listening to this shit since 2012, early 2012, before JOJO & LA Died... Just to say that "Thot" is said everywhere in the entire world.

[@Guwoppebk]

Kalgara 'Canon White' BDK nah this ain’t right. How you gonn live in Canada but claim bdk and be rocking red like that? Lmao gtfo

[@ripyungbruh8157]

Kalgara 'Canon White' BDK i hope the people who say it understand the roots. Also it's kinda funny that you like gd artists and I only fuck with bd artists.

[@chicityobrien2755]

@@Guwoppebk colors really don't mean shit no more in Chicago. Motherfukers where what they want. Color bangin more for the Latinos.

[@kellzmoney123]

Free Ewol Ewol Ewol

[@Maafa-iy4rw]

I call my brother *sun* cuz he shine like one. Mofos confuse "son" for "sun".

[@threedragonstalk2123]

Vlad out here trying to create an ebonics dictionary, you're doing God's work, Vlad

[@UMANEDAKIDD19]

HELL YEAH CAMPBELLTON ZONE 4, BUT I'M A ZONE 1 DUDE, IT'S STILL A WEST SIDE THING THOUGH. ZONE 1 AND ZONE 4. 285 I'M WEST BOUND YEAH I'M FROM THE WEST SIDE IF YOU AIN'T KNOW THAT'S THE BEST SIDE.

[@brokewitwealth7078]

Is it me or has the whole country just become..well country as hell lol..Midwest, up north, west coast all sound country and southern, south has so much influence.

[@uchihaclan77]

I lost brain cells watching this video

[@prairiestategenetixseeds9726]

Onfoe been around Chicago for a long time in juvenile prison as a kid in St. Charles in the 90's it was slang already so it kind of got blended and became universal Chicago slang imo... onfoendem 💯 I was in St Charles IYC with Blood Money/Mario on Cleveland cottage in the late 90's and a bunch of other people our age in the Drill game known as OG's now

[@rarrirooster15]

Lmao " use it in a sentence " vlad da feds

[@chistability5405]

I ain't fo none,I ain't going. Just give my hometown Chicago credit all we saying

[@danny_thabandit3322]

You know Vlad gonna go home and be happy all like "Honey, I learned some new stuff it ain't nothin. But uhh yea... was just chillin with some foe nem... it ain't nothin."

[@dalroache]

A yo son I'm deadarse I book did doze cats that try to come through n finesse da spot on da real b... I finna go out john blaze n send son to da landz da black landz u fell me god? I park DAT cat for tRNA violate n blow up da spot like DAT my g.... I'm leave em slumped dun..... Im a pass through DOLO !! N dump yeard me .....dese twin joints bark vicious...EV thing copastetic....IMA let off on em then I'm ghost SWAZE....dun deal dumped slumped dolo dun....thuroow In da burrows u feel me B.....aight .....ONE... Oui... I'm from the UK how did that sound was that new yorkian?

[@4chwooskie490]

That how everybody talk in Minnesota lol

[@kappaoltjr5743]

Ofn

[@christophershanklin112]

Lmao I gotta hear, a Chicago native and A New York Native talk to each other

[@sevdagoon710]

this is how we look when we explain older folks our slang and what it means 😂

[@jblackkk7075]

I understood it but then again that shitted sounded confusing asf💀💀💀💀😂😂

[@YBETV]

on foe nem This is hilarious

[@brufordtherminson3163]

I'm tired of all of this bulshit. I would really appreciate y'all putting some Spek my name.

[@Humblemumble7]

Vlad, if you don't get some fucking subtitles

[@Sackedup4]

"Aye you wanna hear my Atlanta impression "- Rico

[@CYOnTheBeat]

5:10 LMFAO

[@TyTy-lb3tt]

dad is definitely a Chi word

[@ashleygray3744]

This is the best vlad interview ever🤣🤣🤣

[@HitUhShot]

Let’s go do a Drill Dad

[@dariusthompson1132]

Foe N em tweaking I'mma Busta him up Foe N em tweaking I'mma Busta him up

[@Cb.reese_]

Damn rico why u came for ny like dat😂

[@TH3N3W3RA]

Rico rubbing his fingers so much my man had a lot of tea to spill that day

[@They_not_like_me]

I'm from Chicago so I understand the slang but hearing somebody explaining​ everything in context funny as shit.

[@DontDooTooMuch]

This hit different when you from Chicago 😂😂😂

[@Bigfoot985]

Foe nem came from 4ch (4 corner hustlers) from the west side. Means on 4 corner hustlers nem

[@Twontweakingonfoenem]

Folks aint never said Foe Nem... Thats 4CH terms... These young niggas be saying reckless stuff.. Chicago shorties yelling Blood with red rags now... No structure so its chaos on these chitown streets

[@chicityobrien2755]

Sound like you took that shit right out of a book... Probably got your Google on! 😂😂

[@Twontweakingonfoenem]

@@chicityobrien2755 who me or dude😁

[@gnem6245]

@@Twontweakingonfoenem ain't nobody in Chicago claiming blood

[@Twontweakingonfoenem]

@@gnem6245 Naw folk what I'm saying is these young kats is Lords or Folks but yelling blood this and blood that... These young niggas