Lil Buck, born Charles Riley, has bounced from music videos to a Super Bowl halftime show to Lincoln Center. He introduced mainstream audiences to jookin, a street dance born in his hometown, Memphis.
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Jookin: Lil Buck's Dance in the Spotlight
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