The way Mikey Madison thoroughly embodies the titular character in Sean Baker’s latest film Anora—effortlessly spinning around a pole and mindlessly performing lap dances while chewing on ...

This essay is part of The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap, NPR Music's canon of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers. The project — created by a team of ...

School was in session at the 2018 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. And our teacher was none other than Lizzo, the rising hip-hop/R&B/pop star who performed on Day Two (Aug. 11) of the festival ...

Lizzo is educating the uninformed on the true history of one of Black women’s cultural creations. The 33-year-old rap songstress talked all things twerk in a new TED Talk discussing the reclamation of ...

Ice-T and Coco Austin's daughter Chanel just got a new title: Dance instructor! While celebrating the day after Thanksgiving with their extended family, the 5-year-old took the time to teach her ...

Lizzo is the latest artist to bring her expertise to a TED Talk’s discussion as she shared her knowledge on the art and origin of twerking this week. During her lecture, she revealed that it started ...

Leave it up to Lizzo to perform the first official TED Talk on the history of twerking. One look at her social media, and it’s clear that Lizzo loves shaking what her mama gave her. But it was a ...

The Houston native is also synonymous with twerking and makes no excuses for it. She recently revealed that her favorite dance was inspired by music videos she watched on the infamous BET program, ...

Everyone wants to make the sound that makes the girls dance. Twerking reminds us that women's contributions to Southern rap and culture, while... This essay is part of The South Got Something To Say: ...