I heard in the Late 70’s, a, ‘gang banger’, got out of jail.
His, ‘friends’ were waiting for him.
He lost a lot of weight while in Jail, and his pants didn’t fit.
But he was Used to, having very loose, and too big, prison pants.
(Because he was a small guy, and had become used to,
dropping his pants, and bending over)
When he got out, with his, ’now’, to big pants.
and when he, ’swaggered’ to the car, with his gang banger buddies in,
they all thought he was, ‘kool’, cause he ‘did time’, and had the prison, 'tats'.
And had a, ’new’ way of wearing ‘pants’.
So to be, ‘kool’, also, they started doing the same thing.
Not thinking, that, ‘hanging down, loose pants',
represented that he was someones, B*&$# in Jail.
At least, that is what I was told, is the reason ! Several years ago, at a local Trap range, our Squad finished the round, and were looking at the scores.
I said:
“OK Boys, now lets take up a little collection for our,
‘puller’, because it is apparent he cannot afford the right size pants and hat”.The next week, (And the rest of the season),
he had correctly sized pants, a hat that fit,
and the hat, was facing forward.