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did the film Malibu's most wanted kill the "wigger" movement?


lol hate using that word but that's what it has been recognized as. I'm from NYC and I just remember before this movie came out a lot of the white hip-hop fan base that were in there teens and 20's embracing hip-hop so heavy that they even talked harder with the slang and just embraced much of the vibe. I think ive heard this scene was going on in L.A and other major cities as well and even a little in the suburbs but I remember shortly after this movie came out a lot of the white guys in NYC and other places started to look and act more along the lines of the band The strokes, well I mean eventually everybody started dressing like the stokes as time had progressed even the for real hoodlums lol. But yeah do you guys think this movie may have very well killed that whole scene?

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I think it exacerbated it.

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meaning it made it worse or it turned it into a problem?

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Both.

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Both.

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really though? like I had said in my post after the movie I noticed a lot of white male hip-hop fans in there teens and 20's toned down or got rid of a lot of that aesthetic, so how did it make it worse?

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Not really. The white hip hop heads I know in LA stuck to what they love. The difference with them is, they immersed themselves in the culture as opposed to posing with the style of dress and lingo.

I can't think of a single person who ditched hip hop to reinvent themselves as rockers. If they got into say, The Strokes...well then The Strokes will simply be incorporated into their overall love for music.

I'd hate to use a phrase that was mocked in MMW, but they "kept it real".

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What about the movie White Boyz?

All I need is one mic...

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wiggers died when hip hop apparently 'died'

wiggers were nothing more than typical white trend-hoppers
it makes sense they would ditch the baggy cargo pants for skinny jeans when fashion dictated

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