Editing Crip Walk

{{Short description|Dance move}}
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{{Infobox dance
|title        = Crip Walk
|image        = Cwalk Vietnam.webm
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|caption      = Demonstration of the crip walk
|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 [[Crips|Crip]] members<ref>{{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}}</ref> as a method of expression and communication, and has since spread worldwide without its linguistic aspects.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Overview==
The dance is primarily an act of performing quick and intricate footwork.
The [[Crips–Bloods gang war|rivalry]] between the Crips and the [[Bloods]] spilled over into the world of entertainment, with the adoption of the gang dance by various [[rapper]]s 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, often 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.<ref name="LAist">{{cite web |last1=Littlefield |first1=Dana |title=Serena Williams’ crip walk is more than a Drake dis. What it means to LA and Black culture |url=https://laist.com/news/how-to-la/serena-williams-super-bowl-crip-walk-los-angeles-black-culture |website=[[KPCC (FM)|LAist]] |access-date=May 25, 2025 |date=February 20, 2025}}</ref> [[MTV]] declined to broadcast any music videos that contained the Crip Walk.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gangsters Encyclopedia|author=Michael Newton|publisher=Chrysalis Books|year=2007|isbn=9781843404026|page=59}}</ref>

==Examples==
*Tennis player [[Serena Williams]] performed the walk at the [[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympic tennis tournament]] after defeating [[Maria Sharapova]] in the gold-medal match at [[Centre Court]], [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club|Wimbledon]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*The [[Super Bowl LVI halftime show]] in 2022 had a synchronized Crip Walk led by [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref name="Nast 2022">{{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}}</ref>
*The [[Super Bowl LIX halftime show]] in 2025 headlined by [[Kendrick Lamar]] featured Serena Williams briefly doing the Crip Walk.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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 (rapper)|WC]] and [[Ice-T]] along with original members of the Crips.<ref name="imdb">{{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}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Gangsta Walking]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Commons category}}
*{{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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