▁One ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁uses ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁in ▁hip ▁hop ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁song ▁" New ▁York ▁New ▁York " ▁by ▁Grand master ▁Flash ▁and ▁the ▁Fur ious ▁Five ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁Res pond ing ▁to ▁accus ations ▁of ▁rac ism ▁after ▁referring ▁to ▁" nig gers " ▁in ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁G uns ▁N ' ▁Ros es ▁song , ▁" One ▁in ▁a ▁Mill ion ", ▁A xl ▁Rose ▁stated : ▁" I ▁was ▁p iss ed ▁off ▁about ▁some ▁black ▁people ▁that ▁were ▁trying ▁to ▁rob ▁me . ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁ins ult ▁those ▁particular ▁black ▁people . ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁want ▁to ▁support ▁rac ism ." ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁white ▁n igger ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁music , ▁most ▁not ably ▁in ▁El vis ▁Cost ello ' s ▁song ▁" O liver ' s ▁Army ", ▁see ▁below . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 s ▁the ▁word ▁n igger ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁with ▁increasing ▁frequency ▁by ▁African ▁Americans ▁amongst ▁themselves ▁or ▁in ▁self - expression , ▁the ▁most ▁common ▁swe ar ▁word ▁in ▁hip ▁hop ▁music ▁lyr ics . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁word ▁that ▁is ▁heard ▁daily ▁by ▁millions ▁of ▁all ▁races ▁world wide ▁who ▁listen ▁to ▁un c ens ored ▁hip ▁hop ▁and ▁other ▁music ▁gen res , ▁while ▁being ▁soci ally ▁un accept able ▁for ▁anyone ▁but ▁African ▁Americans ▁to ▁utter . ▁Co ates ▁suggested ▁that ▁it ▁continues