Rize
Six days of rioting in a Negro
section of Los Angeles...
left behind scenes reminiscent
of war-torn cities.
More than
were decimated
by fire and looters.
Civil rights leaders
were quick to deplore...
the unbridled lawlessness...
to do all in his power...
to prevent a reoccurrence
in Los Angeles or anywhere.
This is our neighborhood.
This is where we grew up.
We were all kids back then
when this happened...
but we managed to grow
from these ashes.
And this is
where we still live.
Well, if you're drowning
and there's nothing around...
for help
but a board floating...
for that board.
And this was our board.
And from this board...
we floated abroad,
and we built us a big ship.
And we're gonna sail into
the dance world, the art world.
We're gonna take it by storm
because it's our belief.
This is not a trend.
Let me repeat.
This is not a trend.
You better give me a hug.
Give me a hug.
I need a hug.
Give me a hug.
You don't have to dance.
I want a hug from
a pretty girl like you.
You are so pretty.
Come here, girl.
How'd it get started?
Tommy started it in '92. 1992.
He started off
by hisself at first.
What's up, baby?
Come on, you guys.
You guys ready to party?
he had a little black bucket...
and had his little sign
on the side.
He was just starting out,
but he's come a long way.
All you hear is,
"Tommy, Tommy dancing.
"Tommy this. Tommy that.
I have a ten-year-old son...
that's trying to get
into the academy.
So I think
that it's wonderful...
and he needs to keep up
the good work...
and he needs to be commended for
the things that he's doing...
for the black community,
Hispanics.
He has marvelous parties...
so somebody need to call
and give a party...
'cause he give bomb parties.
Tommy is a ghetto celebrity,
'cause you're gonna see Tommy...
somewhere
in your neighborhood...
in the middle of your streets,
waking you up...
because his music gonna be loud.
When my mom was in jail,
he took me in...
and he made sure
I got to school.
Whatever I needed,
he made sure I was OK.
If I wasn't dancing for Tommy...
I'd probably be doing
I fear for him sometimes,
though...
'cause a lot of people
are jealous...
and they're
really hatin' on him.
we'd all be right there.
We all gonna suffer.
He screams at us.
He screams, "You in trouble."
He basically,
you know, like a father.
And I admire him for that.
I love him for that.
See how you powder like that?
Then you got to get the lips.
You don't want it to smear.
So...
Yep. And that's it.
Once I put the powder on...
then you try to dust off some
of the white of the powder...
and there you have it.
Your color come back.
People always
used to say I act crazy.
And this girl,
just out of the blue...
asked can I be a clown
at her birthday party.
And I was, like, "A clown?"
I pull up to
the neighborhood, jump out.
I start dancing,
walking on my hands, flippin'.
Kids would run out the houses.
People would run out the houses.
And I'll give 'em a card.
"If you need a clown
for your birthday party...
"call Tommy the Clown,
the hip-hop dancing clown."
And it start spreadin'.
Happy birthday, Malik!
Y'all ready
to party with Malik...
- somebody say, "That's right."
- That's right!
Y'all ready to have
some fun with Malik...
- say, "You know this, man."
- You know this, man!
Everybody go and give Malik
some birthday hits.
I'm just playin'.
I'm just playin'.
I'm just playin'. Y'all stop.
Y'all better back up.
You have to remember.
I created this on my own.
No one offered me no money.
No one gave me a dime.
But I'm perceived to be
the richest man on Earth...
and ain't got a dime.
You ready for that?
Let me see you break it down.
You ain't gonna break it down?
Back in the days,
I had my share...
of being, I guess you
can say, a drug dealer...
coming out here and
gettin' involved with drugs.
I came out here
to become big time...
because I saved my money...
and was like one
of the big drug dealers...
where I got
my nice cars and stuff.
And I always liked
to show off...
to say, "Man, look what
I have gotten," you know?
That was back then.
I always say God
gave me the opportunity...
'cause either you end up
shot, dead, and killed...
or you go to jail.
And thank God
that I went to jail.
And when I went to jail...
I said, "This is not
the place for me"...
and I changed my life.
I prayed. I asked God
to give me another chance.
I didn't know
I was saving kids' lives.
But if you look at it,
yes, you are...
'cause that kid
come dance with you...
who wouldn't dance with you...
and you were straight
to that kid.
"Hey, I catch you in a gang,
you are in trouble.
"If I catch you
even claiming anything...
"I don't want you
to wear them colors."
And they listen to me,
and they do it.
that saved his life...
because if they would've
wore that color...
they would've went over
to that neighborhood...
they would've got shot,
they would've been dead.
It's the bottom line.
Everybody say break it down
Break it down
Say, "Break it down"
Break it down
Say, "Break it down"
Break it down
Bam. OK, it's about to get down,
y'all. Check this out.
As I started gettin' older...
I started lookin'
at the way these kids dance...
and I started grabbin' 'em.
I had another girl,
another guy...
and then it just started
spreading like that.
Larry is, like...
one of the oldest
clown members that I have.
I consider him
to be my right-hand man...
'cause he been with me
through day one.
Tommy is
Sometimes, when Larry
get off the ringer...
and have the attitudes
and be way-out crazed...
I say, "OK, that's it."
That's my threat.
See, that's my weapon... Tommy.
I say, "OK, that's it.
Let me get the phone.
see now what time it is.
"No more clowning for you."
I say, "OK, Tommy,
your son is off the ringer."
So I tell him now. Tommy say,
"Yeah, I wanna talk to Larry."
I say, "Well, that's your son.
Holler at him."
'Cause to tell the truth,
he has more control.
Tommy have Larry in the palm
I have been
Larry dad for a long time...
to where if he's slippin'
in school and grades...
I have to smash on him
and let him know...
"Hey, come here and do
your homework, homie"...
and if you get to where I say...
"Hey, you can't clown
this weekend and next week"...
it hurts, you know?
'Cause they love to do it.
Hey, I want him to be a Blood
or I want him to be a Crip...
"No, I'm not gonna be either.
I wanna be a Clown."
That's how
he separated hisself...
from all the bullcrap
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