I am not *in* to hip hop- and quite frankly it doesn't bother me a whit.

However, whether or not it has curretnly acquired a secret meaning, brushing off one's shoulders or shaking one's shoes is nothing new. Even in the Bible it tells the traveling disciples to shake the dirt off their shoes before they travel on, if their message is not received. lol

Brushing oneself off is in the same category as plucking feathers off one's back. Is that also a secret, Janet?

Pathetic.