To represent the city or neighborhood you come from.
Don't be ashamed to throw ya hood up now after all dat shit u was talking.
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To throw up your gang sign. For example, different gangs run different neighborhoods, so throwing up their sign represents the hood they own.
Blood: "Wat you ride niggah?! Throw ya hood up!!"
Crip: "McKinley Av muthafucka!!"
Blood: CK!! *pumps lead into the guy who threw up the wrong hood*
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