Tommy The Clown, the father of hip-hop clowning, is the subject of a documentary that will be screened at the upcoming Pan African Film Festival.

Who is Tommy the Clown? Tommy performs at birthday parties and other celebratory events as a way to entertain guests just like any other clown. But his influence and impact go way deeper than that.

The dancers all have nicknames, which either they came up with or somebody else chose for them. The company is run by Thomas Johnson, also known as Tommy the Clown, who advertises and trains for the ...

: Tommy The Clown, Creator of Krump Dancing @ LA's Southwest College October 7, 2017 . Click to read more about on EURweb .

In L.A. neighborhoods, dancing can be salvationTommy Johnson tells us that being a clown saved his life. He was a “big-time” drug dealer in Los Angeles. He went to jail. These facts are ...

Dancers with Lil Tommy The Clown and The Battle Squad take turns in a “dance off” while warming up for the Las Vegas Day Parade to move northbound along Fourth Street on Saturday, May 14, 2022 ...

In the new documentary “Rize,” people talk about the dance phenomenon called “Krumping” in much the same way they talked about break dancing 20 years ago: it’s not just a dance, it’s a ...

Clown dancing, or krumping, is a hot hip-hop dance trend. The movement that started in Los Angeles is winding its way around the globe thanks to new music videos and an acclaimed documentary.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Tommy the Clown shook his giant rainbow-colored afro and shouted into the microphone as two kids standing at opposite ends of a stage stared each other down.

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 chat… ...