Where Does the Practice of Pouring One Out for Your Homies Come From?

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To most people the idea of “pouring one out” in regards to the act of pouring a small amount of some manner of alcoholic beverage onto the ground in remembrance of one’s dead homies is a pop-culture phenomenon, but it turns out that the practice’s origins can be traced basically as far back as recorded history.



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