hood rich
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Meaning · English
Exhibiting flamboyant spending habits, while doing nothing to improve one’s living conditions.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Finally, we must change the “Hood Rich” mentality. The rap group Cash Money described this mentality perfectly when they sung about not being able to pay rent or bills but dri
Quoted attestation: 2005, Malcolm D Carter, $7 an Hour Ain't No Job: The Second Emancipation of the Black Race, Sundog, Limited, →ISBN, page 43,
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “hood rich” mean?
Exhibiting flamboyant spending habits, while doing nothing to improve one’s living conditions.
Is “hood rich” formal or informal?
hood rich is generally slang.