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XXL has reached out to Lil Poppa's team and CMG and Interscope for comment. Lil Poppa made a name for himself in the late 2010s for his Under Investigation mixtape series and the projects Almost ...

From EVISU to True Religion and Amiri, these are the jeans that have defined hip-hop style over the years.