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I am curious about where the current trend in HipHop for wearing baggy (sagging) pants originated. I've heard that it originated in prison, and another report that it ... Since my first comment on the matter I have found what I believe is another more reasonable source for the origin of hip-hop?s baggy pants trend.
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This cultural phenomenon was started in the prison system and has its roots in prison culture. Prisoners are given generic sizes of pants to wear -san belts, so they don't decide to off themselves - with those sizes too big for the wearer d...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080228083...
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Sagging (fashion) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sagging is the practice of wearing pants or shorts below the waist so as to reveal some or all of the wearer's underwear, this is also referred to as Low-Riding in the UK. Sagging is commonly reporte...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagging_(fashion)
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Trousers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the TrouSerS implementation of the TCG Software Stack, see Trusted Computing Group. Trousers are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles, covering b...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousers
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Sagging pants was never meant to be fashionable. Prisoners wear their pants this low because belts are a popular way to commit suicide by hanging oneself, to hang others, or to use as a weapon in fights. Prisoners are also not allowed to have shoestrings for the same reasons.
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/257484/sagging_pants_...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/257484/sagging_pants_hip_hop_trend_or_prison.html
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Every time I see one of those foul-mouthed gangsta homie pussies talking trash and walking around with their underwear sticking out of their sagging pants, ... While the combination of two facts (homosexuality in prison and falling-down pants worn by inmates) accounts for the origin of the belief that links the one to the other,
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tvnation.blogspot.com/2006/05/gangsta-homies-sagging-pa...
tvnation.blogspot.com/2006/05/gangsta-homies-sagging-pants.html
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Origin: Prison; Purpose: Ease of sexual gratification by the dominate male over the effeminate male. ... The origin of sagging pants began with the idea of showing one's rear end. However then under garments were created yet this remained in fashion.
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ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080228083653AAGNvEy
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This stereotyping may have been due to the controversy surrounding the origin of baggy jeans. Some observers believe that people from the Hip Hop community copied the pants that prisoners were issued while incarcerated and therefore the style became chic.
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www.worldlymind.org/baggy.htm
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And what about the new style of wearing your pants sagging to become the style of the Crips. Wait a minute! Did you say "sagging," like having your behind showing? Let's think about that one a minute!
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www.sonic.net/~doretk/Issues/96-12%20DEC/factfict.html
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