Between the years 1981 and 1985, Hip-Hop was at its heyday. If a New Yorker went to any city in the U.S., the people of that city would know that they were from New York. How would they know? By the way the New Yorker dressed.
There was a distinctive way that Urban kids dressed, and it was not so much what they wore, but how they wore it. For example, you would rock a terry clothe Kangol, and fill it with plastic so that it would be a bubble. Rockin Lee suits with British Walkers or Playboys, Rockin Le tegre shirts and shorts, B.V.D nylons, putting permanent creases in your lees. When it came to sneakers that was a whole different story. Because kids in the Ghetto did not have alot of money to keep buying new sneakers, the object was to preserve the sneaker and continually make it look new. So what we would do is scrub the sides with a toothbrush, and then take this white shoe polish and polish the rubber so it looked new. Then we would take the laces and hand wash them, then, we would iron them so they would look fat. Again, it was not what you rocked that set you apart, because everyone was wearing the style, but it was how you rocked it that made you unique.
In the same way, we as Christ followers are called to be distinct, we are called to stand out and not be like everyone else. In other words when we enter into a place people should know that we are different. In the same way that Hip-Hop, in that era, made sure that they looked tight, we should also make sure that we are rockin our gear (Christianity) tight as well.
Remember, we are called to be salt and light, and we are not called to blend into the culture but to offer hope to the culture, and that hope is only found in Jesus Christ. Don't get it twisted though, we are not better than anyone else, we are just forgiven.
Peace and God Bless.
Dee
"Till the Culture Knows."
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