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Gators, and mink coats dripping to the floor. however, though, because of hip-hop being a new form of music and something that the youth cater to, basically everybody that was accustomed to wearing suits on stage just started dumbing it down to just keeping it just straight b-boy. ♪ the majority of hip-hop artists really just dressed b-boy style where you got on the lee's and you got on the pumas. and a bvd tank top, you know, with your gazelles. it was all part of the hip-hop fashion. >> hip-hop fashion was kind of derived through the music and kind of, we're not going to follow the rules m...

Names on the side of their jeans. ♪ standing by the street suddenly you had this -- ♪ ♪ i can't stand around and the closer i get the better it sounds ♪ ♪ when i heard the beat -- >> i remember coming across a black beat magazine with ll cool j on the cover. inside there was an article about his sweatshirt he was wearing, which was an air brushed portrait of himself, as a b-boy. it was painted bay guy named king fade from the shirt kings. >> this is the shirt here that gave the shirt kings notoriety. when ll cool j who is a major, major star, wore this shirt in every photo shoot you ...

So keeping it straight b-boy. >> the majority of hip art is with you're gazelles. it was all part of the hip hop fashion. hip hop fashion was kind of derived through the music. ♪

Mink coats dripping to the floor. however, though, because of hip hop being a new form of music and something the youth catered to, basically everybody accustomed to wearing suits on stage started to dumbing it down to keeping it straight b boy. >> the majority of hip hop artists really dressed b-boy style where you have on the lees and the puma's. and a bvd tank top. it was part of the hip hop fashion. >> hip hop fashion was with kind of derived through the music and kind of a, we're not going to follow the rules mentality both in rap music and fashion. ♪

All right. "mix" time. never judge a book by a cover. case a point, a guy named steve graham. he's 55 years old. a private equity executive. he runs philadelphia's grand partners. he's a financial heavy-hitter. 55 years old. >> okay. >> put it on up. he's also an insanely talented break dancer. like, the real deal. apparently, back in the '80s, he was known as b-boy silverback. he was doing the vanilla shake. b-boy silverback might work for me, actually. he got his start in the '80s, working as an analyst for goldman sachs. he used to go to the roxy. he used to take a cab to the south bronx. a...