How Bay Area Rappers From the '90s Predicted Today's Style Trends

The rest of the world wishes they could get this hyphy.

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California's Bay Area is a pocket of hip-hop style that's unique to San Francisco, Oakland, and the surrounding towns and cities. Rappers from there love to get hyphy, show their thizz face, and create their own flavor of slang and rhyme cadences. They also all had awesome style in the '90s. If they could have looked into a crystal ball, they would seen modern day rappers, entertainers, and stylish dudes rocking very similar gear as them.

The Yay Area has always lamented their underrated contributions to hip-hop culture in general, claiming that mainstream music bites their slang and genre-bending sound. It seems like this also applies to their look. Please believe that the rappers who called the Bay home were so far ahead of their time, style wise. Here's How Bay Area Rappers From the '90s Predicted Today's Style Trends.

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Theophilus London is trying to bring 2Pac and his biker pants and bucket hat back.

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Drake isn't just impersonating '90s rappers, he's trying to get on Mac Mall's windbreaker level.

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Anyone rocking a black and white snapback better know they're paying homage to Celly Cel.

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Camron is taller than Too $hort but whose custom varsity jacket game is longer?

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Printed jogger pants have always been worn for running game.

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Master P knows mostly-white-everything with a bit of color is how your stunting can be 'bout it 'bout it.

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Wearing chore coats is best done when the only chore you have to do is slangin' or stylin'.

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Jaden Smith wishes he could B as Legit in his jacket and extra-long shirt.

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E-40 told A$AP Rocky when to go and wear a snapback and flannel shirt.

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Denim shirts and beaded necklaces are for those who are thizzin' or chilling in tepees.

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