Crip Walk
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The Crip Walk is a dance originated in the early 1970s by the Crip Gang from Compton, a suburb of Los Angeles, California by Crip gang members.[1]
The rivalry between the Crips and the Bloods spilled over into the world of entertainment, with the adoption of the gang dance by various rap music artists on the West Coast, who gave it its name, the Crip Walk. The 'Crip Walk' has become prominent on self-broadcasting sites such as YouTube due to the rappers' influence. MTV declined to broadcast any music videos that contained the Crip Walk.[2] In Westside Connection 's song Hoo Bangin' the rapper WC can be seen doing the crip walk.
[edit] References
- ^ Richard Thomas. "A new dialogue" (PDF). 2006 European Workshop on Design & Semantics of Form & Movement on October 26, 2006 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Beal Institute for Strategic Creativity. pp. 12. http://www.bealinstitute.org/projects/files/Official_Desform_publication.pdf#page=12.
- ^ Michael Newton (2007). Gangsters Encyclopedia. Chrysalis Books. p. 59. ISBN 1843404028.
[edit] Further reading
- Erika Hayasaki (2002-06-04). "Some Principals Ban Dance With Gang Ties". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jun/04/local/me-dance4.
- Jacob Thompson (2007-05-15). "how to cwalk the v move". Dance Origin. http://www.danceorigin.com/articles/cwalk/how-to-cwalk-the-v-move.html.
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