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Origins of the Shmoney Dance
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Guess what, guess what, guess what?! My mom and I learned something new in the history of dance over the weekend! We learned the origins of one of the dances that is currently sweeping the nation right now: The Shmoney dance!
My mom and I were watching the Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Celebration on TV One and noticed something very peculiar….Michael Jackson was doing the Shmoney dance! No, it wasn’t a hologram and no I’m not crazy….he really was! The celebration was recorded back in 2003, but I guess the “Billie Jean” singer knew what was to come. Still don’t believe me? I have proof!
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, here is some background on the dance, the dance’s founder Bobby Shmurda, and what the dance looks like. Watch closely, these are very complex moves lol:
Got it? You sure? Okay, now here’s a clip from the Michael Jackson celebration. You can watch the whole thing if you want, but if you just want to see what I’m referring to, fast forward to 6:00
Did you see it? Didn’t I tell you? That’s the Shmoney! I bet you believe me now! Told you I wasn’t crazy!
This video below is just a compilation of vine videos of people doing the dance that I thought was pretty funny. Check it out!
What do you guys think? Did Mike predict the future back in 2003? Do you like the dance? Why is his name Bobby Shmurda but it’s called the Shmoney dance?
33 thoughts on “Origins of the Shmoney Dance”
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That is cool! Makes you wonder if he did:)
He was ahead of his time in many ways…Who can say?
Hmm quite interesting. It definitely makes you think.
Kinda interesting to think about. MJ was somethin' else.
Pretty cool! I wonder… maybe it provided inspiration… good to have documentation~
xo,
lauriel
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He always had the neatest things.
MJ was a genius so you never know!
Michael is the best.
Michael was just amazing – of course he could predict the future 🙂
hmmm very very interesting!!!
Interesting! Never heard of it before now 🙂
This is my first time ever hearing of the Schmoney Dance, that's for sure! And I love that Michael Jackson was doing it first!
Oh my gosh this is awesome. Of course, I can't dance for anything.
This is super cool. I have never heard Schmoney Dance, but that is totally awesome!
I hadn't heard of the Shmoney dance, how funny that Michael Jackson was so ahead of the curve!
Cool. Maybe they copied Michael? He always was ahead of his time in dance though.
Haha. I haven't heard of this dance but it does look like he was def. "inspired" by Michael.
Cute dance. Now I wish it wasn't so quiet in my office
very interesting, I have never heard of this before
This is so cool! I never think of the originality of dances but it's fun to know!
Well I guess that would mean that they took it from Michael rather than him predicting the future, haha! Sneaky!
hhaha MJ was just before his time!
ahhh those are crazy dance moves! I don't think I could do it!
I know right!
You're right about that.
Thanks for reading!
He really was
Haha maybe you're right
Oh really? Well I'm glad I showed you something new! Gotta love Mike!
Lol it's okay. I'm not a huge dancer either.
Haha well I appreciate you reading anyway.
I don't think I could either!
Maybe Bobby Shmurda saw MJ do it growing up and it left an impression to him. Art is imitation after all.