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The song that started it all: GS Boyz, “Stanky Legg” 12. Pretend one leg has a mind of its own and you just freestyle up top. The dance: Remember in the 00s when grown men wore oversized T-shirts that hung down to their knees? Imagine getting tangled up in those bedsheets and fighting your way out. The song that started it all: Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall, “JuJu on That Beat” 13.

Level of difficulty: Other than the Running Man part, I have no idea what’s going on here. The song is ridiculous (“You ugly! You your daddy’s son!”) and the dance looks like a synchronized seizure but laughing at children is the best part of being an adult. The dance: You know you’re old when you start asking little kids to dance for your enjoyment. The song that started it all: DJ Unk, “Walk It Out” 14. If you can walk on your tiptoes you can do this. The dance itself doesn’t have much to it – as long as you can bounce around like you’re stepping on hot coals, you’re gucci. Unk even dragged Andre 3000 out of his underground bunker for the remix! That’s a modern miracle. The dance: If you weren’t around in 2006, it’s kinda hard to understand how big this song was. The song that started it all: iLove Memphis, “Hit the Quan” 15.

Squat down like you’re potty training, wave your arms around like a kid pretending to be an airplane, and there you go. Level of difficulty: This is an easy one. A random dance he did in his video caught fire, iLoveMemphis made a song about it and here we are. The dance: Y’all thought Rich Homie Quan’s biggest contribution to hip-hop was his actual music? Playa please. The song that started it all: E.U., “Da Butt” 16. Level of difficulty: Can you bend over? Can you roll your booty in PG-13 fashion? Then you can do this dance. Then Miley Cyrus went and invented twerking in 2013 and we just couldn’t keep up. This classic from the School Daze film has lived on in butt-shaking infamy. The dance: Butts n’ black folk! Obviously, we’re gonna be here for this one. Honorable mention: Sugarhill Gang’s “Apache (Jump on It)” 17. Da Butt Let’s look back at 17 songs that launched 17 dances that took over black culture – some briefly, others, eternally.Īnd before y’all throw tantrums in the comments, remember: To qualify for this list, the dances MUST have a specific song associated with it. With us.īut before the viral fame and celebrities dancing offbeat on daytime talk shows, all dance crazes begin with two things – a super catchy song and entertaining moves. It’s cool though, we know where they started. Dance and music have always been two of the most defining aspects of black culture.Īs renowned poet laureate Andre Benjamin once said, “All the fresh styles always start off as a good little hood thing” – you know, before they hit Hollywood and get oversaturated to death.