Because men will fear you and a lot of women will want to fukk you when the streets know your name.
Problem is your local gang task force will probably know your name too.
But people have to stop being dense like most of the popular black nightlife in most major metro areas isn’t completely ran and dominated by former/current street dudes. It’s been like that since the 1920s.
Like the most successful black musicians in most major metro areas aren’t former/current street dudes.
They see it as cool because the dudes that win in the streets shine brighter and get more attention than the dudes that lose in the streets, even though losing is much more likely.