THE SLANG WORDS IN JAY-Z’S SONG LYRICS

The study deals with the Slang Words that consist of various slang, abbreviate words, slang that is used in American television program, and the particular phrase and idom. The objectives of this research were to find out the types of slang words that is used in Jay-Z’s song lyrics and to describe the dominant one type of slang words. This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The sources of the data were taken fom Jay-Z’s album Unfinished Business. and the data were 7 lyrics of Jay-Z’s song lyrics. After analyzing, it was found that there were 107 slang words in Jay-Z’s song lyrics. The findings of this research were found that various slang 4 (3.74%), abbreviate words 73 (68.22%), slang that is used in American television program 27 (25.23%) and the particular phrase and idiom 3 (2.81%). Abbreviate words 73 (68.22%) becomes the dominant type of slang words in Jay-z’s song lyrics.