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TikTok teens are obsessed with Crip Walk tutorials

The Crip Walk comes to Trader Joes.

 

Audra Schroeder

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Posted on Jan 8, 2020   Updated on May 19, 2021, 6:35 pm CDT

TikTok is a place for cultural expression, but it doesn’t necessarily invite self-awareness. Hence, the recent trend of Crip Walk tutorials.

The Crip Walk is a move that reportedly originated with the Crips gang in Compton decades ago, and it’s essentially a footwork move. Rapper Blueface has made it his calling card; Serena Williams was criticized for doing the move after a win at the 2012 Olympic Games. On TikTok, dance is one of the main attractions, and the majority of the videos under the #CripWalk or #CWalk hashtag are simply users doing the move, soundtracked by Kamaiyah’s “Fuck It Up” featuring YG, who, ironically, is a member of the Bloods.

However, there are also some concerned members of the TikTok community who recognize that a lot of the people in on this trend aren’t actually doing the Crip Walk, and maybe don’t even know its origins. Or its implications.

This joins other problematic recent TikTok trends, like the “whew chile the ghetto” meme.

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*First Published: Jan 8, 2020, 2:02 pm CST