"Ghost riding the whip" and "hyphy"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Another example of "Darwinism in action."

  BTW, that phrase has become pretty popular in recent years, hasn't it ?

  JL

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A very dumb new word (consider for 2006 WOTY)....The Wikipedia was recently
changed on this entry.
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_http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0612300060dec30,1,3498620.
story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed_
(http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0612300060dec30,1,3498620.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed)

Hip-hop's dangerous dance

By Garance Burke
Associated Press
Published December 30, 2006


MODESTO, Calif. -- An increasingly popular car stunt has killed at least two
people, led to numerous injuries and alarmed police on the West Coast and
beyond.

"Ghost riding the whip" is a stunt in which the driver gets out of his car
and dances around and on top of the slowly moving vehicle to a hip-hop beat.



A fad among devotees of a West Coast strain of hip-hop music called "hyphy,"
the stunt has been celebrated in song and performed in numerous homemade
videos posted on YouTube.
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_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostriding_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostriding)

To ghost ride, frequently used in the context of "ghost riding the whip" (a
"whip" being a vehicle) or simply ghostin', is when the driver and/or
passengers of a vehicle exit while it is still rolling and dance beside it or _on
the hood or roof_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_surfing) ._[1]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostriding#_note-0) Ghost riding is one of the latest
trends to be popularized by _Hyphy culture_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphy)
, which originated in the _Bay Area_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area) of California. The act is one of the highest forms of "going
dumb" and a representation of the style of _Hyphy_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphy) . The term "ghost ride the whip" was given nationwide exposure in
_E-40_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-40) 's _2006_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006) song _Tell Me When to Go_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Me_When_to_Go) . However, E-40 was not the first to use this term, as it was coined
much earlier by other Bay Area rappers such as _Mac Dre_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Dre) .[_citation needed_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources) ]
Ghost riding as a term also has a history in motorcross and stunt cycling.
The rider typically jumps off the back of the bike then runs after it and jumps
back on.[

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