Crip Walk
{{Short description|Dance move}}
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|title = Crip Walk
|image = Ramunewalker.JPG
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|caption = An example of the "V Stepback" Crip Walk move
|genre = Hip-hop dance
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|year = Early 1970s
|origin = Compton, California, U.S.
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The Crip Walk, also known as the C-Walk, is a dance move that was created in the 1970s by first generation Crip members{{cite book |last1=Bailey |first1=Richard W. |title=Speaking American: A History of English in the United States |date=23 January 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-517934-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAm10sd9YMAC&dq=history+%22crip+walk%22+dance&pg=PA176 |language=en}} as a method of expression and communication, and has since spread worldwide without its linguistic aspects.{{cite conference|author=Richard Thomas|title=A new dialogue|work=2006 European Workshop on Design & Semantics of Form & Movement on October 26, 2006 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands|pages=12|url=http://www.bealinstitute.org/projects/files/Official_Desform_publication.pdf#page=12|format=PDF|publisher=Beal Institute for Strategic Creativity|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108004711/http://www.bealinstitute.org/projects/files/Official_Desform_publication.pdf#page=12|archive-date=January 8, 2009|df=mdy-all}}
Overview
The dance is primarily an act of performing quick and intricate footwork.
The rivalry between the Crips and the Bloods spilled over into the world of entertainment, with the adoption of the gang dance by various rappers on the West Coast of the United States, who gave it its name, the Crip Walk. This dance involves the movement of one's feet, classically to the spelling of C-R-I-P. It was used by Crips at parties to display affiliation, particularly vis-a-vis rival gang the Bloods. It was also used after killing someone to give the kill a Crip signature. MTV declined to broadcast any music videos that contained the Crip Walk.{{cite book|title=Gangsters Encyclopedia|author=Michael Newton|publisher=Chrysalis Books|year=2007|isbn=9781843404026|page=59}}
Examples
- Tennis player Serena Williams performed the walk at the 2012 Summer Olympic tennis tournament after defeating Maria Sharapova in the gold-medal match at Centre Court, Wimbledon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/26/serena-williams-us-open|first=Kevin|last=Mitchell|title=Serena Williams lets fly with volley at 'crip walk' critics at US Open|date=August 26, 2012|website=The Guardian}}
- The Super Bowl LVI halftime show in 2022 had a synchronized Crip Walk led by Snoop Dogg.{{cite magazine | title=In the Super Bowl 2022 Halftime Show, the NFL Couldn't Boss Dr. Dre Around | magazine=Vanity Fair | date=2022-02-14 |first=Erin|last=Vanderhoof| url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/02/in-the-super-bowl-2022-halftime-show-dr-dre-snoop-dogg-eminem | access-date=2022-02-14}}
- The Super Bowl LIX halftime show in 2025 headlined by Kendrick Lamar featured Serena Williams briefly doing the Crip Walk.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-10 |title=Watch Kendrick Lamar Play The 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2296311/watch-kendrick-lamar-play-the-2025-super-bowl-halftime-show/news/|first=Abby|last=Jones |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}
Documentary
American rapper CJ Mac released a documentary focused on the beginnings of Crip Walk and its rise in popularity entitled "Cwalk: It's a Way of Livin'". It features such rappers as Snoop Dogg, WC and Ice-T along with original members of the Crips.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0980963/|title=C-Walk: It's a Way of Livin' (Video 2003) - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=May 31, 2014}}
See also
References
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Further reading
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- {{cite news|title=Some Principals Ban Dance With Gang Ties|author=Erika Hayasaki|date=2002-06-04|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-04-me-dance4-story.html}}
- {{cite news|title=how to cwalk the v move|author=Jacob Thompson|date=2007-05-15|work=Dance Origin|url=http://www.danceorigin.com/articles/cwalk/how-to-cwalk-the-v-move.html}}
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