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Hip-hop fashion (also known as rap fashion) refers to the various styles of dress that originated from Urban Black America and inner city youth in cities like New York City, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Being a major part of hip hop culture , it further developed in other cities across the United States, [ 1 ] with each contributing different ...
The style is considered the basis of all Gangsta Walking done in Memphis since the 1980s. Another style requires three or more people hopping around in a circle in a rhythmic motion, while throwing their hands into the air and yelling "Get Buck" or the lyrics to a Buck song. This style of the Gangsta Walk is more commonly referred to as the G ...
In 2014, a mob of 100 to 125 teenagers attacked people at random in a Kroger parking lot during a knockout game-style challenge. [18] They shouted "Fam Mob," the name of a Memphis-based gang. [19] The incident was captured on video that went viral. Eleven people were arrested. According to the police, it was "a flash mob that got out of control ...
Memphis artists released recordings on independent labels. The dominance of New York and Los Angeles's hip hop scenes forced southern artists to form an underground style and sound to compete with the other regions. Artists used a grassroots approach through word-of-mouth in the club scene and mixtapes to promote their music. [8]
Gangsta Boo was raised in the Whitehaven neighborhood and joined Memphis rap collective Three 6 Mafia as a 15-year-old MC phenom in 1994. Gangsta Boo was raised in the Whitehaven neighborhood and ...
Gangsta Boo was born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell on Aug. 7, 1979, in the Whitehaven area of Memphis, Tenn., and began rapping at age 14. In 1994, when she was only 15 years old, she joined the ...
Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Florida—often titled "The Big 5," five states which constitute the "Southern Network" in rap music.
Sagging clothing is a violation of some school dress codes, [3] [18] [19] [20] and the prohibition has been supported in the court system. [21] Two weeks after the "Pants on the Ground" video became popular due to American Idol , a billboard campaign against the style of sagging pants was launched in the Dallas, Texas, area.