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Popular music acts have always had an influence on fashion and today's rap and hip hop musicians are no different. Starting in the mid-'80s with groups like Run DMC to current teenybopper duo Kriss Kross, -- the two adolescent boys from Atlanta who wear their jeans backwards -- rappers have been credited with starting or spreading a variety of apparel and footwear looks.

And while it sometimes appears athletes are more influential than rap/hip hop musicians are regarding what young men decide to put on their feet, this may be due in part to the marketing blitzes waged by athletic footwear brands.

Michael Jordan and his fellow endorsers certainly draw ...

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