>>17726829The Sons of Samoa Crips go back to at least the 1980s. The USO gang is a real thing. Some aspects of gang culture can be traced back to Italians like Al Capone and beyond. Many parts of US black culture have expanded worldwide, so when someone like AJ Styles has rap type music, it's just because that is so popular, not because anyone is consciously trying to project a black gimmick onto AJ.
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