How many of you are caught up in the "jerking" craze? And before you regale me with stories that involve tissues and hand creams and links of lord knows what, let me make absolutely clear I'm referring to the latest dance to sweep hip-hop. Jerking — or the more vernacular "jerkin" — is kind of the Chicken Noodle Soup for the Summer of 2009. In this colorful video for The Bangz — a modern day L'Trimm girl group that knows its way away around a double entendre — director Rich Newey mixes performance with some full-on jerk action Jerk Crews $wag $ociety and UCLA Jerk Kings on the streets of L.A. --> watch "We Jerkin"
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The Bangz "We Jerkin" (Van Nuys)
Rich Newey, director | Terrero Films, production co | Johnny Ching, DP
