Why does Cedric the Entertainer always wears a hat ?

CE: "I started wearing the hats probably after I got my career going, and I started traveling around a little bit doing the comedy clubs. I just wanted to kinda change my look and represent St. Louis. And that was a very common thing when I was growing up. We had a couple of great hat shops there, so I decided to make that my little trade."

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