Crip Walk

An example of the 'V Stepback' Crip Walk move

The Crip Walk, also known as the aditya, 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]

History

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.^{[citation needed]} MTV declined to broadcast any music videos that contained the Crip Walk.^[2] In Westside Connection's song Hoo Bangin', WC can be seen doing the Crip Walk. Snoop Dogg (who used to be a member of the Rollin' 20 Crips)^{[citation needed]} can be seen doing the walk in the opening seconds for his video Drop It Like It's Hot. The Clown Walk is a variation of the Crip Walk. Unlike the Crip Walk, the Clown Walk is strictly just a dance, not associated to the Crips whatsoever. The B-Walk is an alternative dance performed by the Bloods.

Cwalking Today

People all over the world Crip Walk and it is now popularly known as Clown-walking. Some competitions such as Battle of the Nations lets cwalkers from around the world compete. People who compete are often judged by administrators of the tournaments/competitions based on their "control" of their walk, features include: Transitions (How well you transition from one move to the next), Clean (As in no mistakes), variations (many types of moves), uniqueness (how your walk is different from others), and many more.

References

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ Michael Newton (2007). Gangsters Encyclopedia. Chrysalis Books. p. 59. ISBN 1843404028. 

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.