Would you be mad at your children?

Dozens of San Diego area high school students have been suspended and banned from prom or commencement because of a twerking video according to one parent. The video, created recently by students in a media class at Scripps Ranch High School, shows teenaged girls twerking while doing handstands to a YG song. Thirty-two students danced and one student used school property to videotape the group outside class during 6th period." - 7 San Diego       

 

What is twerking?

 

Twerking was introduced into the hip-hop culture as a dance, by way of the New Orleans bounce music scene. In 1993, DJ Jubilee recorded the dance tune, "Do The Jubilee All", in which he chanted "twerk baby, twerk baby, twerk, twerk, twerk". A video for this song was also released, which increased the popularity of twerking. In 1995 Cheeky Blakk (New Orleans-based rapper) recorded "Twerk Something", which was also a dance song dedicated to twerking, presented in a call-and-response fashion. In 1997 DJ Jubilee recorded "Get Ready, Ready", another bounce classic, in which he encouraged listeners to "twerk it!"
A great amount of credit for the expansion of twerking outside of the city of New Orleans can be given to the strip clubs of Houston and Atlanta. In 2011 The Twerk Team was mentioned in the song "Round of Applause" by Atlanta-based rapper Waka Flocka Flame featuring Drake: "Bounce that ass, shake that ass like the Twerk Team".Bandz A Make Her Dance rapper Juicy J has a line "start twerking when she hear her song",while French Montana questions the ability of a girl to twerk by asking "What you twerkin' with" in his song "Pop That" featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross. This song, along with "Express Yourself" by Nicky Da B & Diplo, "made twerking the most popular dance move since the Dougie". Rapper Lady released a song called "Twerk".