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Ying Yang Twins On ‘Dr. Phil’ Over Saggy Pants

Monday, January 28, 2008
By: Kenny Rodriguez


Ying Yang TwinsThe Ying Yang Twins are a few of the guests invited to the Dr. Phil Show to debate the growing controversy over the sagging pants trend among hip-hop fans.

The Atlanta rap duo along with Rev. Al Sharpton, Texas politician Dwaine Caraway, and the Hip-Hop Government organization hope to address public concerns, as several cities are considering a ban on wearing saggy jeans.

“Too often, when members of the hip hop community are in the media, it’s for something negative,” said Chris Williams, co-founder of the Hip-Hop Government – which first launched its “Pull ‘Em Up” campaign in 2007.

Williams believes that the trend is often misinterpreted by people outside of urban culture, and young people seeking jobs may be overlooked due to stereotypes.

“It feels good to know that we are being invited because we are recognized for our positive contributions to the community,” Williams said.

The Dr. Phil episode is scheduled to air today, Jan. 28.



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There is a time and place for everything. If youre outside or home or where ever being comfortable then do what you do. Shit, im saggin right now. But when i go to an interveiw or to a home where i dont know the person i pull my sh*t up. F*ck how they feel about it, its just respectful.
Posted by LTL
We are not going to win this battle if the ying yang twins are all we got coming from the hip hop community.
Posted by jwhit
Sag dem sh*ts F*ck wat othas say
Posted by Da King Of Da Concrete
If i want my sh*ts sag and my azz out den whaz up wit dat? don' like it? looks the other way g!
Posted by Mad Azz White Boy
Ima watch the show but in anyway i am not happy that these are the guys that are ganna represent this subject....
Posted by anthony
Itd be funny if they answered every question with "hhaaaaahhh!!"
Posted by shoes&suits
Why in the world would he invite those idiots?
Posted by ehlp
Wow. People act like rock/alternative artists don't sag too. Laws for pants? thats just another racist government policy. So they should make laws against wearing long black coats and black fingernail polish too. Any educated person knows this isn't about style. Some people just like to see us argue amongst each other over trivial things and some black people will do anything to get on tv. Once again as we argue about apples and oranges, white men own the trees.
Posted by J. dot
Another distraction from the real issues that affect the youth. Hip hop (peace, unity, love and having fun via the arts of djing, b-boying, graffiti writing and mcing) has nothing to do with pants sagging. This show is about using dr. Phil (who knows nothing about hip hop) to divide the hip hop government (whom no one in hip hop has heard of) against the ying yang twins (who are one of the worst examples of the effects of commercial rap industry coonage). The ultimate purpose is to help build a case for laying all of society's ills at the doorstep of young black men (who all apparently listen to gangsta rap). Once that case is fully built, the slaughter begins. The solution is to teach the young people the real definition of hip hop (peace, unity, love and having fun) via the arts of djing, b-boying, graffiti writing and mcing. And then it is up to the youth to get their act together and stop giving the enemy a stick to beat them with.
Posted by A-tone, the Hip Hop Historian
"pull 'em up" campaign????? are u F*ck*n kidding me?? its bad enough that these completely igonorant F*cks are tryin to limit the hip-hop vocabulary (which they know nothing about), now theyre tryin change its style?
Posted by nocompetition7
I watched a little of this show, but didn't watch the whole thing because the topic is so childish that it's a waste of time spending more than 3 minutes watching a show on it.
Posted by Patrick
Why is it they always picking the minstrel artists to have a debate on hip hop and the culture??
Posted by dj blendz
..and also about this so-called "hip hop gov't", do they have the blessing and support from the originators(kool herc,bambatta,caz,flash,etc.)??? it's a lotta frauds infiltrating the culture that need to be exposed
Posted by dj blendz
Lmao. I didn't realize there was a "debate" on saggy pants. Well, at least hip-hop is well-represented again. Smh
Posted by Shawn Corleone
Let it go people..
Posted by halwk
Wtf.... If you over 18 years old and dont know when to pull your pants up you a dumb F*ck who got a lot to learn and life gonna be hard as hell for you not cuz you dont pull ur pantz up but because you a dumb F*ck. To all the young bois. If your goal in life is to stay in the hood never make more money than you can hold in ur jeans and F*ck chickens for the rest of your life then it dont matter wtf you do just dont get caught. If you want more than that for yourself, then be ready to do what eva it takes to achieve that sh*t, pullen ur pants up to me is not even a F*cken issue to a smart nicca. Who the F*ck needs to discuss that dumb sh*t.
Posted by whatevanicca
I agree wit u whatevanicca. This sh*t is way over blown. Saggy pants.....e on people. Pulling yo damn pants up aint that damn hard. If u a grown man with yo pants hanging off yo ass, u just a jackass.
Posted by Christopher Williams
'"you know what ?"' maybe all the old people should ware saggy pants why us young guys ware ballbusters! man can't the youth do anything fun ,like ware any thing that thay want to0, someone out there please tell doctor phil too take his F*ck*n belt off be 4 his balls implode on his fannnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Bamb.! goldeneze@hellfire.
Posted by 777king
Dr. Phil picked the perfect people to defend the issue
Posted by Shogun
Ltl is a tiphead...if white kids can walk around wit black leather trench coats, peircings, black lipstick, and black makeup after comumbine trench coat mafia, then black kids can wear they style. At least we aint murkin random people in massecres. Holla!!!
Posted by Philly
I put tiphead , they gone change it to tiphead
Posted by Philly
Dikkhead
Posted by Philly
Haaaaaa!!!!!
Posted by Philly
1. I jail u couldn't wear strings or belts. Why? suicide or weapon use. 2. How do u defend ur self & or had 2 run with ur pants around ur ass. 3. Do not want 2 see ur skid marked draws. 4. Certain men will be looking at ur ass. And thats the truth! sorry that's just my opinion.
Posted by Nay
And fellas just like u like to watch our onions/apples,(which ever u prefer), when we walk by us girls/women like 2 watch u 2. Not ur ass or skid marked draws. Now u real men know what i'm talking about u sexy thing u. Holla if u hear me
Posted by Nay
Wut tha hell iz nay talkin bout
Posted by Dominoe Jonez
I like to watch ass n tits iono bout dese n*ggaz just kiddin but like dey said sagging is a form finding somewhere for us as african americans to fit in cuz we don't fi in in amereica same for hip hop itself we need to cope from a lost society that didn't throw us a rope.
Posted by Dominoe Jonez
I'd rather somebody like 50 cent do the debate because the dude is smart, he knows what he is talking about(and i hate 50). He comes prepared and takes the talks serious. Or id rather them get david banner, who does the same thing 50 does. Ying ynag just gon embarrass us and dr. Phil knew that, thats why he invitied them, you get two idiots to represent not only a form of music, but a culture, but i'll wait and see what happens
Posted by pacmizzle
Ying yang...man, why didnt dr.phil invite some people that we can overstand...because, they dont want hip hop to look positive in any way possible...hip hop will never die... Pull up your pants guys, leave that stuff at home...think about your self pride....people pride
Posted by OMNI3000
That is absolutely ridiculous banning the sag of pants...it is a style for a certain type of person..why would somebody want to take away some of the little freedom that we have?
Posted by Jeremy Packee
Dr. Phil is phoney he will jump on anything that will get attention. Sagging is like talking slang. There are places to do and there are places not to do it like work, church and other pkaces where you need to look and act proper. I wana see him go after the white kids wearing black make up
Posted by captian slap a ho
Y'all need to wear dungarees like us in the old country.
Posted by Red neck
Dr.phil needs to try and interview britney spears! why they don't talk about rock stars chokin the sh*t out of there balls with them tight as rhino toe pants!!
Posted by DJ. ILLBOy
All of you young dudes are idiots ... If any of you where g or hood.. Or street the way you talk in ya post... Ask an ol head around ya way about what it meant when you sagged your pants in jail.... It mean your with gettin tagged in ya butt... All the punks wore they pants off they butt....whats so hard about being in the street keeping ya pants up... This real talk... Cus i tell my nephews everyday
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Posted by websince1982
There is a time and place for everything. If you go to a job interview saggin' then you won't get the job- wise up. Chuck d, krs or dead prez would be able to articulate this point better than the tomfoolery duo known as the ying yang twinz. Amerikkka loves to blame hip hop(black folks) for societal ills ie central park/stuart murder in boston, when in fact it's just a reflection of corporate dictation ie mainstream gansterism. The reality is that it's the political/coporate oppressors in three piece suits who are the real criminals on a global scale. Folks with saggin' pant didn't invade iraq, vietnam or fake elections(diebold). Peace
Posted by fight the power
America is a free country. We should be able to wear saggy jeans if we want we buy em people sell em we should be able to wear them.
Posted by jake
All these people constructing the pull em' campaign should be going at real issues affecting this country
Posted by black2spyda
...why do we sag our pants though? and please don't give me that "its for comfort" bullsh*t, because its actually less comfortible sagging your pants than not..... Constantly worrying if your pants will fall down, and always pulling them up when you run, or go into your pockets....
Posted by evenwhenilie
I think that people or children that want to saggin should saggin because thats who they are over time those pants will go up maybe not in tha personal life or maybe it will but somewhere that saggin well not take place is in tha work area and thats all that matters beacause you can do as you please so why cant they do so??
Posted by claudia
The point is with sagging is for black people you guys are jus tearing down the black community axactly what dr.phil said cuz i think hes right and i dnt giv a kare wit none of yall n*ggaz say becuz saggin is a n*gga spelled backwards and its true so yea oh and that rap and stuff is killn all the blacks off to becuase thats all yall be watchn and them shoes thats all yall focused on yall need to be worried about school and wat college you wanna be at and wat you wanna be wen you grow up yall jus got all yall priorites wrong......so wateva thats wat i think and for all tha racist people they dnt gotta do nuthn for killing the black community down yall doin for them jus listen to public enemy...you prolly understand......yall jus need to focus man jus focus......
Posted by bri bri
I think that people should do whatever they want and if your not good with then deal with it
Posted by $@wty

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