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Speaking from outside the West coast, those up on game know it came from Cube and Westside Connection. But a whole bunch of mainstream fans (and even people who don't like rap) know what the 'W' is, and that's solely because of Pac IMO.
haha kinda related, but off on a tangent..Pac always threw up the W with his ring finger under the middle finger..I noticed Cube, WC, and a lot of the other OG's always threw it up with the middle finger under the ring finger..
Quote from: We Fly High on November 19, 2008, 10:03:11 AMhaha kinda related, but off on a tangent..Pac always threw up the W with his ring finger under the middle finger..I noticed Cube, WC, and a lot of the other OG's always threw it up with the middle finger under the ring finger..maybe he couldn't do it. i myself had to practice quite a bit to get my middle finger under my ring finger without using my other hand
Most of us know that Kam "invented" the "W" to represent Watts, and that Ice Cube flipped it and used it for "Westside." In 95-96, it seemed like everybody in L.A. was throwin up the "W", and it almost became novelty to an extent.After talking to younger rap fans and those from other regions, it seems as if most of them feel as if 2Pac either "created" the sign, or as if he is the reason it was so big. He threw it up on the cover of "All eyez on me" which was a much bigger album than Westside Connection's was. I could be biased since I was in L.A., and wasn't able to see what the rest of the nation knew about...but I feel that the hand sign, along with the "Westsiiiiiiiiide" chant that you heard on all of the WSC's songs is what made the term/sign so major. I remember the episode when they came on Jamie Foxx, and everybody on the show was throwin it up and yelling it.So in your opinion...who made the "W" hand sign and even the chant what it was? Pac, or the Westside Connection?
Quote from: penenstamp on November 19, 2008, 10:44:35 AMQuote from: We Fly High on November 19, 2008, 10:03:11 AMhaha kinda related, but off on a tangent..Pac always threw up the W with his ring finger under the middle finger..I noticed Cube, WC, and a lot of the other OG's always threw it up with the middle finger under the ring finger..maybe he couldn't do it. i myself had to practice quite a bit to get my middle finger under my ring finger without using my other hand isn't it easier to do it the "WSC" way?
Quote from: R-Tistic on November 19, 2008, 09:15:52 AMMost of us know that Kam "invented" the "W" to represent Watts, and that Ice Cube flipped it and used it for "Westside." In 95-96, it seemed like everybody in L.A. was throwin up the "W", and it almost became novelty to an extent.After talking to younger rap fans and those from other regions, it seems as if most of them feel as if 2Pac either "created" the sign, or as if he is the reason it was so big. He threw it up on the cover of "All eyez on me" which was a much bigger album than Westside Connection's was. I could be biased since I was in L.A., and wasn't able to see what the rest of the nation knew about...but I feel that the hand sign, along with the "Westsiiiiiiiiide" chant that you heard on all of the WSC's songs is what made the term/sign so major. I remember the episode when they came on Jamie Foxx, and everybody on the show was throwin it up and yelling it.So in your opinion...who made the "W" hand sign and even the chant what it was? Pac, or the Westside Connection?Actually buddy, at the time (95/96...) Westside Connection was selling more than Pac, and as you stated in your monologue, Kam came up with "W" to represent Watts.... seems to me like you answered your own question......But Westside Connection was responsible for the proliferation of the "W" hand jesture...... They most likely did not invent it, but they made it a mainstream thing.....-Él