Hip Hop Dances and the Songs That Popularized Them

Where did the dab come from, anyway?

Quan Would Be Proud - iHeart Memphis was inspired by Rich Homie Quan's dancing skills in "Flex" that he decided to recreate the dance all over. (Photo: Paras Griffin/BET/Getty Images for BET Networks)
Crank That dance – 'Crank That (Soulja Boy),' by Soulja Boy - If a dance could mic drop, it would boast being named the “biggest dance fad since the Macarena” by the Wall Street Journal, then glide its way out.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)
The Shmoney Dance – 'Hot N***a,' by Bobby Shmurda - In the era of Vine, all it takes is six seconds of Bobby Shmurda dancing to be immortalized. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
Dougie – 'Teach Me How to Dougie,' by Cali Swag District - So how does a dance that originated in Texas get immortalized by a group from California? When one of its members learned the dance at a Texas college and went back home to teach all of his friends. They eventually taught the world how to Dougie.(Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Ball Up)Walk It Out – 'Walk It Out,' by DJ Unk - This fancier form of walking is originally called the Pool Palace, but since it’s well known on a larger scale from DJ Unk’s song, it is now referred to as “walk it out.”(Photo: Big Oomp Records/Koch Records)

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Crank That dance – 'Crank That (Soulja Boy),' by Soulja Boy - If a dance could mic drop, it would boast being named the “biggest dance fad since the Macarena” by the Wall Street Journal, then glide its way out.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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