SAGGING...From Prison Fashion To The World Of Trending Fashion....How did we get here?

There is a trend i have never been able to comprehend. It's called sagging. A very weird phenomenal that has some how gotten very popular with our youths. It could be defined as wearing pants below the waist so that undergarments are showing...Really! Who in the world wants to see a man's dirty draws...(drawers)? Definitely, not me!



Theory has it that sagging originated in the prison system. Belts are not allowed to be worn by prisoners because they can be used as weapons or as a means to committing suicide. As a result, the pants are not able to stay up, thereby riding low on prisoner's hips.

 There is a even  more disturbing theory. It says that sagging is a way of signifying to other prisoners that they (The saggers) are either sexually available, or that they have been taken by other prisoners......Wooooooooooo! So why is this crazy trend being emulated?

Well, it began with Rap/Hip-Hop artist like Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, 50Cent, Ja Rule, DMX, Late 2Pac and many more adopting the crazy look in the 90's & 2000's which quickly became popular with the youths. Arguably, the biggest promoter of this trend right now is Justin Bieber. This child can't seem to keep his pants up.Unfortunately, kids see this,and they think it's cool because their little Idol endorses it.

Here is Ice Prince, a Nigerian artist at a recent function in Lagos.

What is the message here bro? Are you saying that it's cool to go to jail? Did you forget that other young men are looking up to you as a role model. Did you not know that you're someone's idol and that kids are easily swayed by their idols?

 This trend needs to go back to wherever it came from. It's not cool and it's unacceptable to continue to promote it......

 The great, Martin Luther King (Jr), Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela and living legend, Wole Soyinka never dressed up like this.I am yet to see a photo of a young Barack Obama in some hill-fitting pants, too large to stay up his waist. These great men got our attention by what they have to offer "upstairs" If you know what i mean. And our world became better for it......So, quit it with that nonsense and pull your pants up!!!