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Originally Posted by Indy

I'm pretty sure once you go to prison for it, the "wanna-be" is awfully unfounded. You're comparing him to a British standard, but regardless of where his mother lives, his culture (not to mention his accent) is primarily American - hence that song I posted above. It's not written about a bunch of suburban wanna-be's, it's about a huge chunk of the male population of pretty much every metro area in the US. He's not suburban boy dressing like the guys in the video, that's the guy that used to be in the video, he just lives in a different country, now, and ended up on one of their reality shows with no clue what it's about.

I'm not comparing him to a British standard of a thug or whatever. I'm in America and I know what American thugs sound like. His accent is that of a middle-class American kid, not a street kid.

Adam reminds me of a black American middle class guy who wants to act tough even though he's from a middle-class suburb - they try to act the part, even go as far as getting themselves thrown in jail/prison and waste their lives away. Go to any inner city - NY, LA, Chicago, Atlanta, whatever and see if they sound like Adam.

Darnell - the albino from a few seasons ago - has more of the American street accent.

Of course, middle class kids can be criminals just like everyone else, but his style of dress makes no sense. He seems more like a poser than a gangster.