Larry "Pants on the Ground" Platt

A bust on American Idol but a viral-video hit, the civil rights activist sang about pants. His anthem was weird enough to be sampled by the famous (Jimmy Fallon, Brett Favre) but true enough for the trousered masses to endorse.

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