When Mainstream Stars Get A #LatePass

Urban trends that have been "columbused."

The Nae Nae - Miley Cyrus strikes again after "inventing" twerking and taking it mainstream. This time the former Hannah Montana star unveiled a new "signature" dance called "The Nae Nae" to her fans.As the media and Miley finally catch up to Atlanta rap group We Are Toonz's smash "Drop That #NaeNae," which first started making waves last year, let's check out other artists who received late passes after jumping on trends already brewing in the streets. —Michael Harris (@IceBlue VA)(Photo: Simone Joyner/Getty Images)

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The Nae Nae - Miley Cyrus strikes again after "inventing" twerking and taking it mainstream. This time the former Hannah Montana star unveiled a new "signature" dance called "The Nae Nae" to her fans.As the media and Miley finally catch up to Atlanta rap group We Are Toonz's smash "Drop That #NaeNae," which first started making waves last year, let's check out other artists who received late passes after jumping on trends already brewing in the streets. —Michael Harris (@IceBlue VA)(Photo: Simone Joyner/Getty Images)

Riff Raff, @jodyhighroller - Tweet: "WHEN @DRAKE JUST NOW FOLLOWED ME ON TWiTTER HE SAiD THAT iM HiS LAST NEW FRiEND"The rapper that claims that the Spring Breakers main character was based on him is now making a new claim to fame, telling his followers that Drake made one final exception to his "No New Friends" rule. To prove it, Riff Raff also posted an Instagram pic of him and the Canadian hip hop star. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Cornrows - Houston rapper Riff Raff is just one of many white artists who have made cornrows quite popular as of late, but Black women and men have been wearing their hair in the popular braided style for centuries. This might be the ultimate Johnny come lately, because the styling was really popular among male rappers during the 90s.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Paris Hilton - The Young Money signee bares a ton of skin thanks to the sexy cut-outs on this Michael Costello number.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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"That's Hot" - Paris Hilton jacked the hood for its slang dictionary when she took "That's Hot" worldwide. She even proved she was gangsta when she trademarked the phrase in 2007.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Vogue - Voguing was a popular house dance that spawned from Harlem's ballroom scene in the '80s, but it became known to the world once Madonna struck a pose to it with her multiplatinum-selling single "Vogue" in 1990.(Photo: Sire Records/Warner Bros.)

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Vogue - Voguing was a popular house dance that spawned from Harlem's ballroom scene in the '80s, but it became known to the world once Madonna struck a pose to it with her multiplatinum-selling single "Vogue" in 1990.(Photo: Sire Records/Warner Bros.)

Big Booty - Vogue recently declared we're officially in the era of the big booty thanks to hotties like Iggy Azalea and Kim Kardashian. The fashion mag seems to have just taken notice, writing, "In music videos, in Instagram photos, and on today’s most popular celebrities, the measure of sex appeal is inextricably linked to the prominence of a woman’s behind."However, Sir Mix-A-Lot told us in '92, "She gotta pack much back."(Photo: Brian Prahl/Splash News)

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Big Booty - Vogue recently declared we're officially in the era of the big booty thanks to hotties like Iggy Azalea and Kim Kardashian. The fashion mag seems to have just taken notice, writing, "In music videos, in Instagram photos, and on today’s most popular celebrities, the measure of sex appeal is inextricably linked to the prominence of a woman’s behind."However, Sir Mix-A-Lot told us in '92, "She gotta pack much back."(Photo: Brian Prahl/Splash News)

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Baauer - Electronic producer Baauer didn’t seem too happy when Azealia created a remix for his hit "Harlem Shake" last year. After having the song pulled, Azealia fired back with, "Respect the fact I was inspired by your s**t. Inspired enough to spend more than f***ing 30secs paying homage to it." She also added, "if you don’t want me to rap on ur s**t then don't put it out n***a……For real. S**t ain't safe. I'll piss on ur lawn."(Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

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Harlem Shake - Bass music producer Baauer had the country doing his rendition of the "Harlem Shake" in 2013. Though it had mainstream going bananas, it still didn't live up to the original, rocked out for example, by Diddy and his crew on 2001's "Let's Get It."(Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Grillz - Grillz and gold teeth have run rampant throughout Black southern culture and Birdman, Nelly and Lil Wayne are among many hip hop heads with bling in their teeth. It's crossed over, though, as Madonna, Riff Raff, Ke$ha and Miley Cyrus have shined up their choppers, too.  (Photo: Kemosabe Records)

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Grillz - Grillz and gold teeth have run rampant throughout Black southern culture and Birdman, Nelly and Lil Wayne are among many hip hop heads with bling in their teeth. It's crossed over, though, as Madonna, Riff Raff, Ke$ha and Miley Cyrus have shined up their choppers, too.  (Photo: Kemosabe Records)