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Taylor Gang
[tey-ler gang]
What does听Taylor Gang听mean?
Yeaaahhhh!听It’s young Khalifa, man! The Taylor gang refers to听the rapper听Wiz Khalifa fans and his crew. It’s also the name of Wiz Khalifa’s record label,听Taylor Gang Entertainment. And no, Taylor Swift has yet to be invited in.
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Where does Taylor Gang come from?
Taylor Gang was coined back in 2006 to describe Wiz Khalifa’s “crew” and his growing number of fans. Wiz Khalifa (Cameron Jibril Thomaz), a rap artist known best for his 2011 hit “Black and Yellow,” came up with the name as a tribute to his Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania high school, Taylor Allderdice, as well as a reference to the Chuck Taylor shoes the artist favors.
Taylor Gang is more than just a group identity, though. As Wiz described it in a 2011 interview, Taylor Gang is a way of life involving getting high and making money.
In 2008, Wiz Khalifa started Taylor Gang Entertainment, a music and film production company based in Pittsburgh. His label has signed Juicy J, a member of Three 6 Mafia, and up-and-coming hip-hop artists like Lala Monroe and Tuki Carter. They are all part of the Taylor Gang.
Wiz brought out Taylor Gang, Skies, and Swae Lee. Dude is such a good artist to see live.
鈥� RIUIGIGIS (@RUggles6)
The motto of the whole Taylor gang scene, including the production company, is Taylor Gang or Die, often abbreviated TGOD.
It鈥檚 still Taylor Gang or Die
鈥� don darko. M虏O (@DoniHendrix_iam)
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Who uses Taylor Gang?
Taylor Gang is a gang in the “band of friends” sense of the word.听Wiz Khalifa was a pretty quiet kid in high school and despite his heavy pot-smoking ways, he never got mixed up in criminal gang drama.
The term Taylor Gang can cause some confusion, but the vague definition given to it by Wiz makes that understandable. That ambiguity lets people use it as a reference to the hip-hop collective based in the Taylor Gang Entertainment production company, Wiz Khalifa fans, and the lifestyle Wiz is promoting鈥擟hucks and all.
Just wanna say I love y’all my friends Taylors, no matter where y’all are from, we’re family, same bllod, same shit, Taylor Gang worldwide 馃馃従馃 Roll some smoke some and fuck wit RP2 馃悏
鈥� Ken茅_TGOD (@xGameAnime)
For the Taylor Gang, we got the 1970鈥檚 Letterman pack going for R999 a pair, cop a pair and stay taylored
鈥� Ntokozo Mahlobo (@datkidROBO)
Taylor Gang released two mixtapes as a collective in 2014 and 2016, involving Taylor Gang or听Taylor Gang or Die in their titles.
Wiz Khalifa and his whole scene isn’t as popular today as he was in the late 2000s and early 2010s, but he still has a huge following鈥攅ven if they’re just a bit nostalgic.
Saw a dude wearing a Taylor Gang or Die shirt today. Glad 2008 is back in style.
鈥� Shayla馃憫 (@shayculp)
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