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How did sagging pants start?

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Sagging is thought to have begun in US Prisons where prison dudes would sagg their pants so that other prison dudes would tell that there gay and want to do things to each other!

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When and how did the sagging of pants start?
It all started in prison and it was a sign of what happened in prison. It adressed that you were gay and ready.
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Can you get arrested for sagging your pants?
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