Rep Yo Set: The 10 Most Gang-Affiliated Hats in Sports11:25 am | Friday, July 23rd, 2010
A recent poll revealed that the Cincinnati Reds are baseball’s 16th most popular team—yet their familiar “C” hat remains one of the top-selling fitteds. Why? We can think of a good reason, and it’s got nada to do with Dusty Baker, Scott Rolen, and ‘nem. Take a good look at the team’s colorway: red. BLOOD red. Yup, Cincy’s hat has become not only a favorite of “soo-woo” gang-bangers, but also for red-repping rappers like The Game and Lil Wayne. Of course, the Reds hat is only one of many sports caps with extra significance in gang culture. With that, we present to you the 10 most gang-affiliated hats in sports—and remember, be careful what fitted you rock in the hood, cuz!
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nah July 23, 2010 at 12:24 pm
the fact that this is an article is pathetic
stop promoting bullshit that means nothing
right July 23, 2010 at 5:28 pm
apparently the author has never left chicago
Lame July 23, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Seriously. Chicago in every one? Cmon
thx1138 July 28, 2010 at 4:28 pm
besides L.A. theres more gangs in chicago than any other city.. more so than oakland
Rod July 23, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Uh, shouldn’t the 4 Corner Hustlers just buy a red Montreal Canadiens hat? http://tinyurl.com/3ydc2zy
Duh.
Dawson July 23, 2010 at 8:50 pm
#6, the Astros open star has been adopted by one of the largest prison gangs in the Southwest. it has two minkers “tengo blast” and houstoned” The other “right” is absolutly right. This is a half assed researched article. You could have easily contacted the FBI for this info.
Maurice Garland July 23, 2010 at 9:21 pm
:-/ not sure if this is gonna scare kids from wearing the hats or if its going to make them want to wear them to look…tough.
robert enderle July 23, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Its nice to see that in the 21st century there are ignorants idiots still behaving like cavemen protecting ‘their territory’ like a pack of animals.
Thank god the human race doesnt depend on them for survival and advancement.
Makes the middle east and africa seemed civilized by comparison.
Stay stupid, stay uneducated… youre playing right into the cliche that was built for you.
Flyover Country July 27, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Right on my friend. Stay stupid, and stay in your own hood too. These chunks of human waste wil just be a fleeting speck of scum in the history of the human race.
R July 24, 2010 at 2:26 am
How is the Rollin’ 60’s Sox hat not on this list?
AJTheGrad July 24, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Or Seattle Mariners hats
ad July 24, 2010 at 5:12 pm
It’s great that we can just click right there and buy our gang hat!
shimkennedy July 25, 2010 at 6:29 am
Are there any people in Chicago that AREN’T in a gang?
prince July 26, 2010 at 2:36 pm
how abt dah blue KC hat… crips be wearin dat or dah red Boston sox hat or red phillies hat
Fuk-a-gang July 27, 2010 at 8:52 am
#6 Houston Astros also = Tango Blast (Houston)
But seriously, Chicago in every bite? C’mon son! Start watching some Gangland or something.
Real OG July 27, 2010 at 9:58 am
This is some silly ass shit
Mike July 27, 2010 at 10:47 am
The dumbness of this “article” makes my brain ache.
gmoney July 27, 2010 at 11:57 am
first of folk nation reps six point star and if any folk nation wearing this houston hat is because it has the five point star broken…vise versa people nation wear it because it has the five point star.
Matt July 27, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Was a REDS fan my whole life until recently. It’s no accident that they have become so popular amongst the gangs. They hire personal and design merchandise exclusively to capitalize on ghetto culture. For those of you wondering if this will make kids want to wear hats or stay away from them, note the link to purchase the hats next to each description… obviously they are TRYING to sell these hats with this message! Disgusting. Gang activity needs to be stopped. Laws should be passed making gang affiliation punishable by death. No 3 strikes. No appeal. 1 guilty verdict and ZAP!! That might make cities safe for the decent and civilized people who once populated them.
Negative July 28, 2010 at 10:39 pm
So if a police office mistakes you for a gang member…zap. SMH.
john July 27, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Wow..really??? The rest of the world is just now figuring out the significance of sports caps and gangs????? California (once again the default leader in EVERYTHING) has been aware of this problem for about 20 years. Time to get with the program Chicago. Not surprising you juct figured this out. After all you are responsible for that moron Barack aren’t you???
Hoog August 4, 2010 at 3:43 am
Hey freak, just because is finally on a blog, doesn’t mean it was just adopted by those in Chi town. Get over yourself already. The reason why the Cali gangs aren’t mentioned, is because they don’t matter. They tried to get in Chicago, and got their asses beat back to LA.
BUCKAROO July 27, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Its just da Hood comin’ at ya!
jen July 27, 2010 at 3:18 pm
I am so sure. I always wear a dolphins hat because the fish is a symbol of the age of aquarius, which is soon ending, but also is a symbol of the fish that Jesus Christ used during his secret-y Christian meetings when they were meeting underground, like a gang, before he shed blood for us. Also idolize dripping blood from the cross.
Nunya July 27, 2010 at 3:23 pm
The 5 point star represents people nation, not folk nation.
zack July 27, 2010 at 6:50 pm
the author has just now discovered this? why don’t you save band width if you people have nothing new to report.
Shup July 27, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Old Ass news.
Everyone knows this stuff already.
GTFO
santo July 28, 2010 at 12:42 am
This article is stupid. No blood would wear a baseball hat with the letter C on it since the letter C represents the Crips, their arch rivals.
This article would have been relevant around 25 years ago in L.A. when gangs actually used baseball caps to represent their neighborhoods but this is an obsolete article these days.
HBW July 28, 2010 at 2:22 pm
gtfo complex. this is what happen when cats who think they know some hood niggas.
no real blood in cali will ever rock a hat with a C on it. thats blasphemy.
Phillies and Pirates with the red brim.
joyce July 28, 2010 at 8:14 pm
nobody wearing a tigers hat will shoot you. they might just beat you for being a dumbass. stop being a fucking idiot.
Lazy Sypo July 28, 2010 at 10:30 pm
this niggas a joke. first off folkks rep the 6^ then half that shit is just nonsense. Where the fuck is the san diego hat for SD? or the sox hat for all southside sets of the chi? dumbass mothafucker cant even get his lit right let alone decent reasons for them to rock that shit
Lazy Sypo July 28, 2010 at 10:33 pm
the only thing that matters about ur hat in chitown is how you rock that shit. break it to the right or left and u might have problems. we bang sides and numbers…barely colors
Buddah July 29, 2010 at 5:16 am
I don’t know where complex got the information from about the Chicago gangs but the only one that is head on is the first one the A’s hat. You should have spoke to someone who knows gangs in Chicago. Stones wear St.Louis hats not no fucking Bulls hat. St. louis which represents Stone Love. Get your fucking facts right next time trying to write some shit about Chicago DUMB ASS.
Yogi July 29, 2010 at 9:50 am
Anaheim DUCKS hats are for people not in a gang, but live in a gang neighborhood. DUCKS represent what they do when the shooting starts.
ANT August 1, 2010 at 7:18 pm
why are all these related to Chicago??
it says in AMERICA’S gangs not CHICAGO’S gangs
Rick August 2, 2010 at 1:14 am
What?? No Yankee hat?? thats what all the rappers and non baseball-fan posers wear
J@Y August 11, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Mane wat about da Hoover Housto orange astros H fitted and crips were kansas city, toronto blue jay and any non red cincinnati fitted to not jus LA dodgers come on cuz come on get it right next tym
sur12 norte 14 August 13, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Funny can’t leave out dem Sureno and nortenos cuz the where all des hats and are some of the biggest gansters in the world i think the writer left out mexican on pupose cuz he dumb thiers The souther cal surenos and the northern cali nortenos why leave this out westcoast in the house
benzo513 August 13, 2010 at 6:44 pm
im from cincinnati and i wear my cincinnati cap not for any gang for my city… PUT ON FOR UR CITY!!! why buy a cincy cap for a gang when u aint even been there mostlikely u look stupid wearing a cincinnati hat in the west coast haha