....to keep my pants from getting caught in the chain on my bmx. So what is the purpose for these limping gangsters?
2007-01-18 19:50:57 · 13 answers · asked by melvinbenjamin 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Sadly, this style isnt going away. You are right it was 8 years ago, but people are STILL doing it even in the winter. You can see the red blotches on those pale white legs.
2007-01-18 20:11:01 · update #1
It is a simple way for the person to indicate that they are not under house arrest--they are not wearing an ankle bracelet.
This serves two purposes:
1. Says to cops "don't harass me. I'm not the house arrest flee-er you're looking for" and
2. indicates that the person thinks they're cool enough to have been arrested (meaning, "the cops think I'm a thug (which is cool) and keep stopping me--don't you think that makes me cool?").
Or...
Rolled up pant legs probably originated in the prison system (maybe Illinois?) as an identification between larger "nations" of gangs. In general, Folk (incl. Crips) tends to pull right and People (incl. Bloods) tends to pull left. It's an easy identifier that does not require any extra paraphernalia (you won't be wearing your kings jersey in prison) and is just subversive enough to prevent being completely stamped out.
This of course spilled over into street activity (or may have originated there, but there are plenty of other ways to signal your affiliation in the street without it) and then into popular culture (esp. music). Favoring one side or the other (such as rolling up one pant leg) is but one of many different signifies within a sometimes elaborate identification system.
2007-01-18 20:03:47 · answer #1 · answered by rush805 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Be extremely confused that a squirrel could get into my pants. And then start screaming. I would probably have ran before, anyway. -RR
2016-05-24 06:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do it to be cool, when we all know 70% of these so called "gangsters" are momma boys, and only imitate what they see on TV.
2007-01-18 19:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I also did that to stop my pants getting stuck in the chain.
2007-01-18 19:54:25 · answer #4 · answered by Fuzzy Wuzzy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nooooo. That stupid fad is back. I was in 9th grade when that was in style. That is more pathetic than the legend of zelda boots -- uggs.
2007-01-18 19:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i saw people doing it like 8 years ago. not now though
2007-01-18 19:53:51 · answer #6 · answered by BUD BUNDY 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I use to dress very urban, but that one I never bothered doing, seemed to stupid to me. Style is old anyways.
2007-01-18 19:53:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they have one leg thats really hot
2007-01-18 19:56:34 · answer #8 · answered by Tapout 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't seen anyone where I live do that in about 10 years......
2007-01-18 19:55:01 · answer #9 · answered by Lolitta 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You already know the answer. They do it to be cool.
2007-01-18 19:53:30 · answer #10 · answered by DiVenanzo™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋