Colton, youre right about that ( blacks usin it ).
It seems to be a word of brotherhood and friendship and I tried to use it with my friend Nigel once because I thought I had it down in the right context. I hate the word and it makes me uncomfortable as hell and it took me some nerve to use it.
SO I used it with nigel ( Im white skinned) thinking it would show him that I thought of him as a close buddy. I made sure to use it in the same context I had seen his black friends use it. So, nervously I spit it out there, trying to span cultures in one single word and he just stpooed dead and stared me in the eye.
I was convinced I had just insulted him, and worse, hurt him. Then he bust out laughing his ass off and told me I said it like such a honkey that maybe just 'Nigel' would be better from now on. He got a good kick out of the look on my face!
He also said ig his friends heard me say it , without understanding my relationship to him, they would beat me down. So I wasnt allowed in the 'club' haha.
Great guy to hang with, Funny as hell. But I could never understand a single word he said when he spoke with his black friends.
Anyway, Im rambling.( sorry KingKronic )

Btw I like 'bounty'.