Gangsters changed so everyone changed?

Wasn't like a few years ago every rapper was wearing phat farm, sean join etc. Now its Polo, Gucci etc Thank you Kanye but it tells you that a lot of black people are followers *shrugs. I'm not saying every single one that's stupid, I know a lot that like fashion but others that followed the crowd. It became a uniform, some are actually stylish but man there are those that try so hard