Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I still don't understand what black man in 2014 or any era for that matter could even entertain the thought of leaving your house and being a "thug". One of the most important decisions you make when you present yourself to the world is how you dress and look. Wearing pants below your ass, 3 sizes too big for you, your mom's panty hose on your head and a throwback jersey that resembles a dress is NOT how you should present yourself to the world. You are allowing everyone with two braincells to rub together that comes in contact with you, to make a negative judgment. And for good reason. Throw in the "ebonics" that can nary be called English and what do you end up with? A bunch of sambo one man minstrel shows shucking, jiving, hooting, hollering and buck dancing around the streets.
I'm ashamed anyone would even ask such a question. The ONLY reason you would ever be a thug would be if you were so impoverished that the projects and gutter is all you know. If that was the case, you wouldn't have an internet connection. Nor would you be concerned with this site.
The day this toxic stereotype is no longer portrayed as something to strive for is the first step in ending the mental illness that some call, "Black Culture" which didn't even exist 50 years ago. Shake my damn head at any black man over the age of 12 that would purse the "thug" or "swag yolo phag" image. And any woman attracted to that image is either bottom of the barrel, or secretly racist and gets off from a black man that willingly makes himself inferior to the rest of society. Shake my damn head.