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I have it on authority from inner city school teachers that the pants-down look originated as a gang thing, specifically, a signifier of having done prison time.  There are a variety of explanations: no belts in prison, erm, rape, and using the color of your boxers to signify your gang affiliation.  

But it became cool and everyone emmulated it.  

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 03:19:31 PM EST
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I was always amazed at the speed with which gang baseball cap signals (colour, position on head) spread as a meme around the world.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 03:22:36 PM EST
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Yep, thats it origin.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson
by NearlyNormal on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 04:38:42 PM EST
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