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Hip-hop dance icon 'Tommy The Clown' sees resurgence with Kendrick Lamar music video

Tommy The Clown is the father of hip-hop clowning, a street dance made popular in the 1990s. Compton's Kendrick Lamar featured Tommy in the music video for "Not Like Us." Tommy is the subject of a ...
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Community through clowning — Tommy the Clown aims to keep kids away from violence through dance

On an average day, dancers arrive at Tommy The Clown Academy at least three hours before showtime. They paint each other’s faces in the bathroom, the front room and in the dance studio as they chatter ...