Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerk dancing throughout various neighborhoods of Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Many will laugh now, but in 2009, learning ...

The producers behind "Next Day Air" will groove to a new dance move. By Steven Zeitchik, The Associated Press NEW YORK — The producers behind “Next Day Air” will groove to a new dance move. Melee ...

Watch the exclusive 'Now We Jerk' documentary and view more photos in the jerkin' slideshow. Everyone started jerkin’ last year. When the kids returned from summer vacation, it was like they’d ...

Born in high schools of Los Angeles and bred via MySpace, jerkin is the latest grass-roots phenomenon to take seed in hip-hop. What began as a dance evolved into a scene and a sound, complete with its ...

On a still Thursday night, Ben J is talking about how cool his mom is. This is not what you would expect from the 18-year-old MTV star of New Boyz fame. Ben J, or Earl Benjamin as his mother calls him ...

The producers behind Next Day Air are ready to groove to a new dance move. Melee Entertainment and independent film producer Shariff Hasan are developing a movie that will center on jerkin', the ...

Many will laugh now, but in 2009, learning to pindrop was a young Angeleno's rite of passage. Equipped with only an iPod, wired earphones through your crew neck and the tightest jeans in your closet, ...

Jerkin’ was what happened when you used asphalt as your dance floor and your hometown as your playground, reclaiming your place within it. For a cool minute, the streets were the gathering spot. Swept ...

The jerkin’ movement proved the city was a place of alchemy. Early on, figures from the scene understood it as somewhere to create and follow dreams. Up to today, many have siphoned their nascent ...

The jerkin’ movement proved the city was a place of alchemy. Early on, figures from the scene understood it as somewhere to create and follow dreams. Up to today, many have siphoned their nascent ...