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Thanks to rappers Usher and E-40, who referenced the popped polos in their songs, Lacoste and its collar-popping ways gained adherents from heretofore untapped markets. The pressure was such that the lines between Ralph Lauren non-poppers and Lacoste poppers began to blur. Fake L.A. gangstas of all races began to pop their collars, whether pony or alligator, in imitation of their idols, even though collar-popping was a decidedly East-Siiiide practice...
...watching thirteen13-year-old collar poppers skipping merrily down the pebbled roads. All of this (mostly fake) history makes me wonder whether anyone really knows what collar popping even stands for anymore. After all, collar popping can’t really be that elitist, or that horrifying, if Usher endorses it. What was avant-garde in 1929 is now so quotidien. Even though some collar poppers may still be only preppier FCUK’ers, the elitism that the popped collar once signified is dead. And that makes us non-collar poppers feel so much more superior...
Real might be Thomas Nelson's biggest leap of faith. Michele Clark Jenkins, an entertainment lawyer and writer, and Stephanie Perry Moore, a Christian author, launched the hip-hop-themed biblezine. It wasn't an easy sell: Thomas Nelson's white evangelical execs weren't exactly up on Usher's latest hits. "You should have seen their faces after we played one of the songs," says Perry Moore, laughing, referring to the Christian rap CD that comes with Real. "They were, like, 'How can this be Christian?' And some religious leaders question the biblezines' decorum. "The Bible is a word...
...world. By giving scope for Asian currencies to strengthen, economists expect that the yuan's rise will effectively boost consumer-spending power throughout the region, because imports will become cheaper and interest rates will tend to remain low. In this way, the reform of the yuan could usher in a major shift in the way the global economy works: the knock against Asia is that it saves too much and spends too little, while the U.S. spends too much and saves too little?leading to huge U.S. deficits that some economists fear could destabilize the world economy. If Asians begin...
...beverages (Lil Jon's energy drink is called Crunk Juice), not to mention alliances with the biggest pop artists. The Ying Yang Twins have collaborated with Britney Spears, and Destiny's Child commissioned Atlanta rapper T.I. on a recent single. Lil Jon has produced big crunk hits for Atlantans Usher (Yeah!) and Ciara (Goodies...