Even as hip-hop moved away from its urban roots, its “commodification” in mainstream pop nurtured the legend of the “gangster bad man,” Osumare said. “The hoodie has become one of those ...

Every time you see a mugging on a surveillance camera or they get the old lady in the alcove, it’s a kid wearing a hoodie. You have to recognize that this whole stylizing yourself as a gangsta ...

Essex Police have used the so-called 'gang injunctions' to prevent thugs from the drug-dealing C17 group from hiding their faces POLICE have launched an unprecedented crackdown on gangs - even ...

As part of sentencing, police applied for a Serious Crime Prevention Order which bans them from wearing hoods nears shops, banks and cash vans Corkovic argued he needed a hoodie for work and to ...

“I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was.” He added: "You have to recognize that this whole stylizing yourself as a gangsta, you’re ...

or that there are reasons for wearing a hoodie other than “looking gangsta,” or that this is America, and we have the right to “look gangsta.” Geraldo’s comments are akin to blaming a ...

A gangster tried to stop a judge from hitting him with a hoodie ban – so he could keep his head dry from Manchester’s rain. Jason Corkovic’s lawyer told Manchester Crown Court the ruling was ...