Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black) aggressive, provocative talk, often leading to a fight.

1928		C. McKay Home to Harlem 99: Brooklyn ain’t no better than Harlem [...] Theah’s as much shooting-up and cut-up in Prince Street.
1968		‘Sl. of Watts’ in Current Sl. III:2.
1980		J.L. Gwaltney Drylongso xvii: shooting and cutting – noisy, non-violent disputation.