"keep it real"

[Mary Bucholtz]

It's an African American English expression that's widely used in hip hop 
culture. From there it's spread to a large number of speech communities 
around the world.

Mary

--On Friday, July 11, 2008 2:23 PM +0100 Sarah Colvin 
<sarah.colvin at ED.AC.UK> wrote:

>
> Can anybody give me a reference or advise me re. the history, use, and
> meaning of the phrase "keep it real"?
> Thanks,
> Sarah Colvin
>
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> University of Edinburgh
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