dome piece

• domepiece, dome-piece

From dome +‎ piece. Possibly modelled on headpiece.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊm.piːs/

dome piece (plural dome pieces)

1. (US, hip-hop slang) head
   • 1993, Wu-Tang Clan, “Clan in da Front”, in Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)‎^[1]:

     Killa Beez all over your fuckin' planet
     36 chambers of death;
     Three-hundred and sixty degrees of perfected styles
     Choppin' off your motherfuckin' dome-piece

   • 1994, Nas, “One Love”, in Illmatic‎^[2]:

     guess who got shot in the dome-piece?
     Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach

   • 1995, Raekwon feat. Masta Killa, RZA, Method Man & Ghostface Killah, “Wu-Gambinos”, in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...‎^[3]:

     Feel the force of impact from the iron side of the gat as I attack the track
     From the blind side of the pack, Starks, pass the chrome
     Watch a nigga get blown out his motherfuckin' dome-piece
     Deceased, laid to rest

   • 1995, Big L, “All Black”, in Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous‎^[4]:

     I steal lives like a stone thief, so leave me alone, chief
     Or catch a buck shot to your dome piece

   • 1996, Heather B, “What Goes On”, in Takin' Mine‎^[5]:

     And there'll be no hand-holdin till the lah gets rolled
     Keep yo steelo real so no lies get told
     Glassy eyes, my Timbos, they beige and untied
     Levi's with no crease, Colombia hair band circle in my dome piece

• “dome-piece”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
• “dome-piece”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.