before you can understand krumping and clowning and you have get to understand the history and people of south central los angeles . director david lachapelle open his documentary and rize and with news footage and image from the 1965 watt riot and the 1992 rodney king riot . out of the violence and hate come tommy the clown and the hip hop clown who get kid to stop fighting and start dancing . these clown group give kid an alternative to gang life . clown dancing grow and expand and and evolve into an entirely new form of dance krumping . it may look aggressive and violent and but it pure release and expression and and art . when lachapelle show footage of african tribal dancing and one can not help but see the resemblance to krump dance and from the quick and deliberate body movement to the face paint and a if that dancing be in their blood . rize give these dancer something the rest of society have long deny them dignity and respect . see this one .