Backpacker (hip hop)
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A Backpacker is an educated fan of hip-hop music, one that does not allow commercial rap to define what the culture of hip-hop is. The term originated when, back in the 1990's when members of the hip hop community would wear a backpack around to either carry around their mixtapes and demos, or carry their tagging supplies (paint, stencils, designs). The style became immensely popular with suburbanite hip hop culture and now generally refers to an upper middle class white male, in indy-punk clothes, who wears a backpacking backpack everywhere, even in the club. Often the individual will be scruffy looking (i.e. overgrown facial hair) and listening to music 24/7 with a pair of Sony studio monitor headphones from the 1960's or 1970's.
