Krumping Legends

Krumping stars and legends all started as young humbled men and women on the streets and danced not only for the fun of it but for the love and emotion for it. The inventor Tight-Eyes and Big Mijo their crew members Tommy the clown, Miss Prissy, Russel Ferguson there's many more.

 The word K.R.U.M.P stands for Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise.When a krumper was killed an accomplishment of gang violence Tight-Eyes and Miss Prissy appeased their movements and danced in their church to a painted picture of Jesus. Tight eyes and his other crew members of the street kingdom described krumping not just as a escape from violence and poverty but also from commercial hip hop. Christianity plays a much importer role in the life of Krumping.

Krumping Style

There are four essential moves in krump jabs, arm swings, chest pops and stomps. Krumping is barely choreographed this dance is performed with meaningful emotions and free-styled meaning by "winging it".

This dance is mostly performed in battles and rarely on stage it is very different from any type of hip hop dance style. Krumping is performed aggressively with up beat music and is less rigid than hip hop eg: B-boying and turfing.

Krumping Battle Competitions

Where did krumping originate from:

Krumping is a popular street dance in the United States. It is performed with exaggeration and tremendous energetic movement. Krumping was introduced by the professional krumpers Ceacare Willis known as Tight-Eyes and Jo'Arts known as Big Mijo in Los Angeles during the 2000's. 

The inventors of Krumping Tight-Eyes and Big Mijo eventually departed and started to maturate their own style which is known as Krumping. Clowning which is a less aggressive type of krumping style was created in 1992 by Tommy Johnson known as "Tommy The Clown". In 1990"s Tommy and his crew dancers known as the "Hip Hop Clowns" started painting their faces and performed at children's birthday parties just for enjoyment.Sooner or later Ceacare opened a clown dancing academy and started Battle Zone competition at the Great Western Forum where crews and clown crews could come together and battle in front of audiences.