Jerkin'

Jerk
An image of a jerk dance performance, also referred to as jerkin'.
Stylistic origins	West Coast hip hop hyphy
Cultural origins	Late 2000s; Los Angeles, California
Typical instruments	Sampler synthesizer drums keyboard vocals
Other topics
Hip hop music history of hip hop music timeline of hip hop

Jerkin' or Jerk is a street dance culture and hip hop subgenre originating in urban California in the late 2000s. It gained mainstream popularity outside of California by Inland Empire-based groups New Boyz and Audio Push,^[1] and has origins in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.^[2] Since breaking into the mainstream in 2009, jerkin' gained fans along the West Coast, East Coast, and in Europe, notably France and Germany, although it was heavily derided in the Southern United States.^[3]

In the early 2020s, a new style of "jerk rap" formed spearheaded by New York rapper Xaviersobased alongside his collective 1c34, which was later further developed by artists like Yhapojj and Nettspend.^[4] The scene later developed further in the UK, with rappers YT^[5], Fimiguerrero, Lancey Foux^[6] and Fakemink^[7] drawing influence from the sound.^[8]