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 ...

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 ...

When the Grammy winner hosted a TedTalk last year, she said she wanted "to prevent the erasure of Blackness from twerking" and talked about Cyrus' 2013 VMA performance After Lizzo's TED Talk on the ...

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, ...

We all know Lizzo as a super confident woman who flaunts her voluptuous curves unapologetically. During a recent TED Talk, she revealed that she wasn’t always this fierce. “If you follow me on social ...

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: ...

While celebrating the day after Thanksgiving with their extended family, the 5-year-old took the time to teach her grandmother, Tina Austin, how to twerk with a little help from her cousin. In a ...