... 1980's, tracksuits, sheepskin and leather jackets, and name brand sneakers with oversized shoelaces became the style, and the Jheri curl was the typical hairstyle for a rapper. By the 90's hats, chains and dreadlocks constituted the style of choice. When gangster rap started to emerge in LA through NWA and other groups, baggy pants, along with Raider's jerseys and hats, became a symbol ... performers who spoke perfect English and acted respectable in public would put soot on their faces, act dimwitted and self-deprecating, and speak broken English. In Frederick Douglass's anti-slavery n...

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