"Dem Boyz" is a raw, trunk-rattling Southern gangsta rap anthem by Atlanta-based hip-hop supergroup Boyz N Da Hood (comprising members Jeezy, Jody Breeze, Big Duke, and Gorilla Zoe, though formed with Ice Cube's West Coast label connection). Released on May 17, 2005, as the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album, the track served as a defining manifesto for the mid-2000s street-rap resurgence and a quintessential blueprint for modern trap music.
