bigspizz;1771612; said:8 balls are crank....The word "baller" came WAY after the early days of "pushing" rock cocaine....Cocaine came from not the hood FYI....Rocks were/are referred to as Hubbas, Hubs, Rocks, Boulders, Soup, Ya Yo, Ya, Girl, (boy is heroine), Etc....Baller was made by the corporate America/media and then adopted by studio rappers (extensions of "the man"..) 8ball is not crack or coke and is no way related to the spawning of the word "baller"....The word is versatile and it is a simile.....
I first heard the term "baller" in the early 90's.... the "crack craze" was in the early to mid 80s..... well i guess my sources are incorrect but it made much sense to me since many negative stereotypes or terms are adopted my main stream society as "cool or trendy"........