I AM HIP HOP

The emergence of all these dance television shows (So You think you can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, America's next Best Dance Crew, Dance your Ass Off-really the name of the show, Superstars of Dance, etc. really has our society going crazy. My wife just told me that she was looking for a Hip Hop class for my 6-year old..........BOY to participate in. "ARE YOU CRAZY," I said.......(in my mind)? Now one might think what's wrong with that, and to you I say a plethora of things. Here's my list:

1) Have you seen those "hip hop dancers on these shows?" The operative word is dancer. ThinkDarrin Henson (Lem) from Soul Food, "ain't no lie, bye, bye, bye" (click and go to 30 seconds)Without getting into a whole other subject, I'll just say as a father, I don't like the career/relationship path of male dancers.

2) He has a lot better things to focus on like the Bible, school, baseball, karate, mma cage fighting, power lifting, car oil changing, roofing, etc. I hope you get my drift.

7) (I skipped the other ones because I'm in a hurry) This is the most important one. I AM HIP HOP! Not that I'm the biggest fan of hip hop, rap or any of this new crap right now, but I was born in the mid 70's. I know what it was and all the things it's been through. I am not about to pay a foreign exchange student (hiphopdancer.com) any amount of money to teach my son what comes natural to him. The reason I know about the foreign exchange students is because my Mom got me with the banana in the tailpipe, when she was watching the middle kid during the summer and took him to "hip-hop" class. You should have seen that Slovenian women with her hat cocked to the side, determining who was cool. What's the next class, rhythm 101? or How to choose nice tennis shoes? or What a tight fade looks like? or What good soul food tastes like? or possibly how to attract the police.

This isn't just about HIP Hop, but all this feminizing of our young men.

...to be continued