>According to Lil B, based was a negative term from his childhood that people would use to call others simple, stupid, or basic. It’s a shortening of basehead, which is a pejorative term used to refer to a person who freebases cocaine. Lil B has reclaimed “based” to have positive implications: “Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive.“ BasedGod is how Lil B refers to himself in many songs, and he’s further adopted the name throughout his social media and public persona.
