nathan, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

nathan n.

[? pron. of SE]

(US black teen) nothing.

1983		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 4: nathan – mock pronounciation of nothing.
2002		‘Touré’ Portable Promised Land (ms.) 158: We Words (My Favorite Things) [...] You’re damn skippy. You’ll get nathan. You ripped it. You be illin.