Yes and no. There is a partial over lap but it also is a reference to the gang boys violence. Both bang as in hit or punch and bang bang bang as in they like to lift up their garments to show you the handgun stuffed into their front waist band. The baggy garments help with keeping your concealed weapons concealed. The overlap is that one of the methods of initiation into a gang for girls is um, servicing several of the male members. It's that or get jumped in, which is getting beaten.
If I wore a plaid shaket into certain parts of any major city in California on foot I likely would not come back out in the same condition as I entered. Especially if I'm wearing the wrong colors. Can't speak to the rest of the country. In the US there are an estimated 30,000 gangs. Gangs and street thugs, hooligans, are pretty much in most countries. They go by different names and activities. If you live rural you probably don't get exposed to much of any of them except occasionally on National News or you'll read about problems in other countries.
Our county even has a strict dress code for the county fair. It was implemented to reduce gangs clashing at the fair. Everyone who enters gets wanded with a metal detector for weapons. Quite a few people get patted down. It's different when you live somewhere where handguns are readily available. Lots of people avail themselves of them.
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