rude boy

Rudeboy, rudie, rudi or rudy is a common term for juvenile delinquents and criminals in the 1960s in Jamaica. Rude boys were associated with the poorer sections of Kingston, where ska and rocksteady were the popular form of music. They dressed in the latest fashions at dancehalls and on the streets. Many of these rudies started wearing sharp suits, thin ties, and pork pie or Trilby hats; inspired by United States gangster movies, jazz musicians and soul music artists. In the 1960s, disaffected unemployed Jamaican youths sometimes found temporary employment from sound system operators to disrupt competitors' dances (leading to the term dancehall crasher). This — and other street violence — became an integral part of rudeboy lifestyle, and gave rise to the political gang violence seen in Jamaica today.
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