Original Gangster,” which, at its peak, was #7 on 1991’s Billboard rap charts.
Cypress Hill, apparently, was using OG in its sense of. There also exists a popular strain of weed known as OG Kush. The origin of the strain’s name is debated, but according to Amsterdam-based cannabis-seed seller DNA Genetics, who’s responsible for marketing OG Kush seeds, the strain originally went by a different name, but was renamed OG Kush by the popular 1990s LA rap group Cypress Hill.