The Meaning Of 'O.G' And It's Origination, What Does O.G Really Mean.

WHERE DOES OG COME FROM ?

While O.G has come to be a hip way of referring or showing respect to someone who's an expert in any facet of life.

It's origins lie in gang culture. According to Steve Champion and former South Central Los Angeles gang member Anthony Ross in 2006, the term first started being used in the early 1970s by the LA-based Original Crips. The term O.G meaning 'ORIGINAL GANGSTER' was derived from the gang's name and initially stood for "WE'RE THE FIRST". Crips members would use O.G abbreviation as a shorthand whan writing which part of the gang they belong to ( e.g., Original Eastside Crip or OG Eastside). 

As the Crips expanded in the 1970s, and many new recruits were coming form different gangs, the definition of the term O.G began to change. An O.G became someone who was deeply devoted to their subset gang, and younger member of the gangs began to use it in reference to the elders. The term 'OG' became so popular that even the Crips's rival gang, the Bloods started using it.

During the 1980s OG began to enter the mainstream with it's use in commercialized rap music. In songs and music videos, an OG was seen as someone in gang culture who was hip and impressive (an exceptional badass), and soon to term was used to describe people in the real world who exemplified those characteristics even when they no gang affiliation. At the same time, the term continued to carry on it's initial meaning in the sense that something was O.G if it was the first of it's kind of unique - that is Original.