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I wanna know what the meaning was behind the "8 ball" jackets? To me it's got to be deeper than playing snooker/pool. It's got to be deeper than Martin Lawrence talking about the 8 ball being the last ball on a pool table because of white supremacy and white society not wanting us here, even though I know that may be apart of it. To me it's deeper than just a hot fashion era of the 90's. Anything that has to do with this type of hip-hop fashion is most likely linked to a decade and an era before 90's hot fashion. I believe it's somewhat Black Panther Party inspired in a way. It's in old, outdated books that talk about fashion and competition in a way where WE could feel more confident and comfortable around each other and other races of people. It has Caribbean and African flavor and that says a lot already about where it derives from initially. Every fashion statement has a story behind it and that's just as simple as it might be.