Rap Gestures going Global

Some of the fastest spreading gestures on Earth are typical Rap gestures. Gestures matter to a Rap artist and his public, although this 'news-story' is laying it on a bit thick (it's a fake news-item). This is DJ Besho conquering the hearts of the younger generation with Afghan Rap. For more examples check here, here, and here two kids mimicking them (although one is making the mano cornuto...). Dutch rappers like Ali B, gesture much in the same way as DJ Besho (although the upturned V could simply be obscene as well). And these two swiss rappers are also copy-cats, but lack some finesse (is that an obscenity adopted from Brazil? Or what? And the other the 'W'-sign from the US West Coast rappers like 2Pac or Ice Cube?). It's almost as if the Rap copy-cats are mixing the original Rap gestures with local or adopted obscenities. I sincerely doubt that original Rap stars do that. Ps. There's a guy at the Uni of Twente (nl) who's making a virtual Rap dancer. He's done the Kris-Kros move. I guess he won't include obscenities.

Tags: gesture, cross-cultural, spreading, Rap, meaning