Tips for being more hips and with it.

Current Events

Bell bottoms
Leisure suits
Cocaine, speed, quaaludes
Use AAVE, but make sure it's from 40-50 years ago so you know it aged well

That should basically do it.
I gotta be righteous, I gotta be me, I gotta be conscious, I gotta be free, I gotta be able, I gotta attack, I gotta be stable, I gotta be black.