Fashion will always be a hot topic in Hip Hop circles, especially now with all the trends and designer clothing taking over the scene. During his visit to Gillie Da King and Wallo’s Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast, Young Thug offered up a hot take on the era of skinny jeans.
Wallo said that Birdman told him Young Thug was the first to wear skinny jeans and the Philadelphia native explained he started wearing skinny jeans after his 20-year stint in prison. Thugger chuckled at the statement, ironically rubbing his hands together before Wallo asked him if he’s really the originator of the infamous fashion trend.
“100 percent,” Young Thug said. “I just always felt like baggy shit, like, I don’t feel right when I have on baggy pants. I just feel like I’m naked. It feels like I’m loose. Your pants big as hell, and back then n-ggas weren’t wearing briefs either. N-ggas had the boxers boxers. You have them big ass pants and those boxers like you feel like you butt ass naked.”
At the top of the year, another skinny jeans aficionado, Kid Cudi, announced his new clothing would arrive in summer 2021 on Twitter. While engaging with fans on the social app, one person claimed Cudi had “already created skinny jeans” which he agreed to with a retweet.
“No lies here,” Cudi said before explaining the jeans in his new clothing line will be the “ultimate denims.”
Kid Cudi Takes Credit For Starting The Skinny Jeans Trend As He Readies His Own Clothing Line
It’s a challenging debate for fans siding with Young Thug on this claim. Kid Cudi’s breakout single “Day N Nite” opened the door for emo Hip Hop, and his fashion sense in the video pushed fans away from the Polo’s and Ed Hardy shirts of the mid-’00s and into the skintight era of the 2010s.
Regardless of who fans side with, everyone can agree that both rappers have started trends in the culture with their music and fashion sense.
Gayest challenge of 2021… what’s next, Young Thug gonna challenge Lil Nas X to a Pole Dancing Contest. Smfh.
He gonna say he was the first to ride Satan’s dick and not lil nas x. Hahaha
This gay skinny jeans trend was what had me not listen to any younger rappers for like 5 years. I stuck with the legends and missed the whole drake/Jcole/Logic era. I didn’t give any rappers that wore skinny jeans a chance until the mumble rap era started and the music at least sounded a little more gangsta.
You didn’t listen to they music cause of their outfit? What in the Ru Paul Drag Race..
Just cuz he doesnt f**ck with an era where the artist you stan is a big face doesnt mean to be that defensive keep in mind hiphop is a culture (a sound + images and icons) if you feel the image doesnt fit u feel free to stuck where u feel confort
So rapping like you have a full set of nuts in your mouth is cool? Hate to break it to you but, jumping around in videos, surrounded by dudes, talking bout gunplay, killing somebody else, money, cars, clothes, and loyalty to other dude’s is just as gay if not even more gay as the Skinny Jean wearing emo autotune drill trap shit that was going back then tho.
Um. Imma be real. Lgbtq culture are the true trend setters. The beard thing with the tattoos was established as a sugar daddy/butch/leather daddy thing. The media ran with it. Skinny jeans was their thing. Society ran with it. Now all of a sudden these “straight” artists claiming it as their own. Like they started these trends. You’d be surprised how much fashion sense is jacked from their fashion sense. But now “straight” jacking dudes are claiming it as their original fashion sense. What’s hilarious is dudes sagging tight jeans. The reason sagging existed was bc of the fact that stuff was too big for them. It was a swag. So how do skinny jeans fit in this category? Hate all you want. Say all you want. LGBTQ are trend setters that the media Jack from. Nuff said.
Gay AF
Skaterboarders/bmx riders have been wearing spray on/skin tight jeans since the early 90’s. these fools were 20 years late. This is not even a topic of conversation.
Real g’s only wear baggy jeans.
And I was the first man on Earth who has ever worn pants so I won this very interesting and important competition.
When i look at both this dudes i can only imagine which one’s gonna come out first as non-binary. Bunch of queers
so tired of hearing anything about this lame non rapping rapper. u trash and will always b
I’m thinking Jim Jones dipset days. They started wearing more fitted clothes.
But the Jamaicans had this shit on lock since the 99s n 2000s
Yea cudi introduced skinny’s into hip-hop that’s a fact and Kanye made it super trendy ..skinny jeans are from skate and rock culture …rappers are the new rockstars so it makes sense. Skinny jeans baggy jeans who cares
Wayne, Wayne, Wayne – skinny pants and some vans
And what about Lil B?
Are we forgetting Pharrell?
Skinny’s go way back to glam and hair metal think Axil Rose and Eddie van Halen now is this a conversation of who did it first or who did it first in hip-hop because the lines blur in both conversations.
Skinny Jeans were culturally appropriated by hip-hop culture from the white rock culture which appropriated them from women … no matter who started it … men in skinny jeans are hilarious … and you are lying to everyone, and more importantly, you are lying to yourself if you don’t think skinny jeans and shoes make you look like an unfunny birthday party clown