The Crip Walk originated in the 1970s in Compton, a suburb of Los Angeles, California. The Crip walk is often referred to throughout many rap songs, including Xzibit tracks such as “Get Your Walk On” and J-Kwon’s “Hood Hop”.
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The C-Walk was originally a symbolic dance strictly for Crip gang members in the early 1980s in South Central Los Angeles, however, by the early 1990’s the dance had evolved into a popular hip-hop dance.
Today the dance is known to many as the “Clown Walk”. The dance was originally used by Crip members to spell out their names and other Crip symbols. Gang members would often spell out the word “Bloods”, the name of their rival gang, before crossing it out with a nimble movement of the feet.
It is believed that the Crip Walk was used as a signal to initiate robberies – a lookout would scout out a location while other crip members watched and waited for the C-Walk to signal that the coast is clear. It is also believed that the Crip Walk was performed soon after the slaying of rival gang members.
How to Crip Walk for Beginners (+VIDEO) – Step by Step
Want to impress your friends with the old West Coast dance move known as the crip walk (or c-walk)? Originally a dance move created by members of the Crip gang in the 1970s, the crip walk is now a popular dance move that isn’t affiliated with any one group.
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Keep reading for a step-by-step crip walk dance tutorial, plus some fun, popular crip walk variations you can try.
- Stand up with both feet together.
- Jump & turn towards the right slightly.
- Land with the right foot in front of the heel & left foot towards the back of the toes.
- Jump & turn slightly to the left and land how you began, with both feet together.
- Do the same with the left foot in front as you turn slightly to the left.
