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It comes from the rapper Lil B, who basically came up with it and his nickname is Based God.
Lil B didn't come up with the slang, he only wanted to change the meaning of it.
No cap: This one is rather simple. On twitch there's an emote called Kappa that shows a sarcastic looking man. Thus it's often used as a "I'm being sarcastic/I'm trolling" emote. "Cap" is just a shortened version so "No cap" means "I'm being serious".
Also not true. "Capping" has been a term in rap for decades. The meaning of it has been watered down with the explosive usage of it in 2020 and 2021, but it doesn't stem from Twitch culture.
Capping originally meant you're doing something to flex. You could bring bands of 100s to an event in your pants and someone could say "you're big pocket capping" - you're only bringing so much money around in your pockets to show off, or to boast.
No cap means you're not doing it to flex or anything, it just is what it is. You're not saying or doing something to boast or brag, and you're not exaggerating or lying about it.
When I say it's become watered down, it's because "cap" and "no cap" have become phrases to mean lying or not lying. They no longer refer to why you're doing something, just whether it's true or not.
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