An article I read today for class so exactly describes the typical hip-hop culture outfit for males that it made me chuckle. Perhaps you are not as nerdy to enjoy it as much as I did. I apologize for the offensive language in the article's title."Clean, oversized, carefully put together clothing is central to a hip-hop identity for African-American boys who identify with hip-hop culture. Richard Majors calls this presentation of self a 'cool pose' consisting of 'unique, expressive and conspicuous styles of demeanor, speech, gesture, clothing, hairstyle, walk, stance and handshake,' ...(Majors, 2001:211). Pants are usually several sizes too big, hanging low on a boy's waist, usually revealing a pair of boxers beneath. Shirts and sweaters are similarly oversized, often hanging down to a boy's knees. Tags are frequently left on baseball hats worn slightly askew and sit perched high on the head. Meticulously clean, unlaced athletic shoes with rolled up socks under the tongue complete a typical hip-hop outfit."
C.J. Pascoe in his article "'Dude, You're a Fag': Adolescent Masculinity and the Fag Discourse" in the publication called Sexualities
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