I'm trying to figure out what all the gimmicks mean..?

Question

1. rolling up one leg of the trousers
2. letting your pants hang so low that your underwear shows
3. walking with a limp, dragging a leg

a friend told me that it was all jail/prison related and was where the electricity gets connected, the result of having you belt removed so you couldn't hang yourself and pretending you had a ball & chain round your ankle...

is that right,,, ?

Answer 1

I know that some gangs back in the day had one leg rolled up or just a fad. Walking with a limp or dragging a leg could mean that the guy is trying to act tough/cool etc. As for the person having his pants down to his knees....I just thought they crapped their self and the weight was pulling them down.