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Gangsta Walking, also known as G-Walk, Buckin', Tickin', Jookin', and Choppin', is an African American street dance that began among African-American communities in Memphis, Tennessee [1] in the 1980s.
Charles "Lil Buck" Riley (born May 25, 1988) is an American dancer, actor and model from Memphis, Tennessee, who specializes in a style of street dance called jookin.He gained popularity after director Spike Jonze used his cell phone to record an interpretive performance of The Dying Swan by Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma.
Exterior of a juke joint in Belle Glade, Florida, photographed by Marion Post Wolcott in 1941. Juke joint (also jukejoint, jook house, jook, or juke) is the African-American vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States.
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While watching a jookin' battle in Jackson, Tennessee, dance critic Alastair Macaulay observed that "the most evidently sensational feature of jookin is the extensive use of what a ballet observer is bound to call pointwork: the men, in sneakers, go onto tiptoe... many of the men not only rose onto point but also hopped, turned, ran and ...
Noble "Thin Man" Watts (February 17, 1926 – August 24, 2004) [1] was an American blues, jump blues [2] and rhythm and blues saxophonist. He primarily played tenor saxophone. The AllMusic journalist, Bill Dahl, considered Watts "one of the most incendiary [...] fire-breathing tenor sax honkers" of the 19
In 2022, part of Lil Buck's dance show Memphis Jookin': The Show is dedicated to representing DJ Spanish Fly's influence on the Memphis hip hop scene. [8] DJ Spanish Fly's contributions to hip-hop have been acknowledged locally and nationally. In 2006, he received the Pioneer of Memphis Hip-Hop award from the Unified Memphis Artist Association ...
Afro-American vernacular dance. Black Bottom; Blues dance; Boogie-woogie; Boogaloo (funk dance) Breakaway; Cabbage Patch; Cakewalk; Charleston; Chicago stepping