teenagers who listen to the same music often have a common look
one hot style in music and fashion is hip-hop
simply put hip-hop is a type of urban music with a heavy beat
typical hip-hop fashions are loose-fitting street clothes
the style includes baggy pants sweatshirts hiking boots baseball caps (usually worn backward) jackets with sports logos and expensive athletic shoes
in the hip-hop style boys and girls often dress the same way
african-american kids in detroit and chicago first made hip-hop fashions trendy more than 20 years ago
they wore baggy street clothes to dance clubs
then north american and european bands also began wearing this style
thanks to the popularity of music videos and movies hip-hop became an international fashion sensation
teens around the world from britain to south africa to japan now wear hip-hop clothing seventeen-year-old melanie borrow of manchester england says "my pride and joy in life are my levi is jeans" in the United States teens spend a lot of money on hip-hop fashions
david bowen 17 of evanston illinois has five pairs of hiking boots each costing around $100
david says "they have popular because a lot of hip-hop performers wear them