The “Fab Five,” were five guys that had to deal with a variety of different issues, but these five players battled their way through some tough times and will forever be remembered in the history. What made these guys so special was really their ability to compete with anybody out on the basketball court, especially Duke back when they were the returning National Champions. The Fab Five really started to change the culture of basketball right around the time hip hop started to become popular. It started off as these five guys deciding that they hated the look of the really short shorts that they had to wear and wanted to mix it up by asking the coach if they could where a baggier type of shorts similar to the ones Michael Jordan wore at the time. The coach eventually agreed, but only if the guys win games for him. Not too long after this, eventually one of players, Jalen Rose, found a pair of black socks in his locker and thought they looked very stylish, so he told his teammates to put on black socks and keep your warm up pants on till the game started. The Fab Five had their own unique style to the game of basketball. The style that they brought was a hip hop style. Bald heads, black socks, and baggy shorts. Many people said that the Fab Five were cocky, misunderstood, and immature. But that didn’t affect their game on the court. Their style on the court was pure street ball. (Street ball is a game style where you play like how you would at a park). The style with their shorts, socks, bald heads, and shoes influenced superstars such as LeBron James, Chauncey Billups to wear baggy shorts, black socks, and bald heads. They also talk trash a lot on the court which was a new thing during the time. I really think just those two small things revolutionized basketball. I don’t know for sure if this is considered a stereotype, but with that being said I feel like a big problem going on in the season were people merchandising Fab F