A Basic Summary Of Hip Hop Attire

By Rashad Brown


More than time, the several dance styles of hip hop have greatly influenced the dress sense of people inside the hip hop community. Restrictive clothing was a hindrance when performing the moves of dances for example break-dancing. The dancers needed baggy clothing that allowed their bodies to move freely.

Not only is baggy clothing important, but footwear at the same time. So sneakers became the preferred shoe for the hip hop community. And it is not challenging to locate young folks who follow this style of dress. But, it could not be clear why the pants of the hip hop individuals are not fastened on their waists but significantly lower.

This style did not result from the dance styles of the 'Hip Hop' culture but from a far more dubious source, 1 that numerous of these young male students are totally unaware of. This style originated in the prisons. Sadly, there's a high percentage of young minorities which are incarcerated at some point in their life. As soon as behind these locked doors prison officials generally get rid of inmates' belts for obvious factors.

Sadly, a large proportion of young minority individuals invest time in jail whilst still extremely young. The prisons have a normal of denying prisoners their belts as these are commonly utilized in suicides. Because prisoners do not have belts, they could be forced to wear their pants low as they had absolutely nothing to secure them with. When returned to their homes, the prisoners adopted this as a trend and created it well-liked.

This style became common with young males without their realizing they were emulating a style that had originated in prison. I by no means am implying that if these young males had recognized the origin of this style that this style would not have become so well-known. If 1 talks to any one who has been incarcerated they'll substantiate the reality that this style has been in prisons for many years.

At this point in my unit I would like to examine the rap music business nowadays. Even although rap is proportionally far more popular among blacks, its primary audience is white and lives inside the suburbs according to David Samuels in his write-up within the November 11, 1991 problem of "The New Republic."

The article was titled "The Rap on Rap: the 'Black Music' that Is not Either". Samuels attempts to substantiate this truth by revealing that the number one selling record in 1991 according to Billboard Magazine was Niggaz4life, a celebration of gang rape and other violence by the group N.W.A. (Niggers With Attitude).

At that time, Billboard magazine had began a far more precise way of counting the number of record sales. This was carried out by using bar codes that exactly where then scanned each time a record was sold. This was a considerably simpler and much more precise method than depending on record stores to accurately declare their numbers of sold records.

Samuels went on to state that the a lot more rappers had been packaged as violent black criminals the bigger the white audience became. I don't think any 1 can account for the popularity of rap to a white audience no a lot more than one could account for the popularity of the black entertainment inside the 'speakeasies' to the white audiences of the late 1920s and 1930s. Apart from the attraction which exists for some thing which is taboo or forbidden by one's social group.




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