Still dabbing in 2017: A Mixmag retrospective
The dance move refuses to die
2015
While we know there was dabbing in 2014, 2015 was the year it went worldwide. Here’s why...
Migos release ‘Look At My Dab (Bitch Dab)’
Bitch dab, bitch dab
Bitch dab, bitch dab
Bitch dab, bitch dab
Bitch dab, bitch dab
Bitch dab, bitch dab
Dab, dab, dab, dab, dab, dab
Look at my dab, dab
Look at my dab, bitch dab
Look at my dab, bitch dab
Look at my dab, bitch dab
Look at my dab, bitch dab
Look at my dab, bitch dab
Look at my dab, bitch dab
Look at my dab, bitch dab
Get in there, get in there
Get in there, get in there, bitch dab
Get in there, get in there, bitch dab
Get in there, get in there, bitch dab
Get in there, get in there, bitch dab
Get in there, get in there, bitch dab
Get in there, get in there, bitch dab
Look at my dab
You get the idea.
American sports stars take Dabbing mainstream
For America, this is where it really took off, when Carolina Panthers' star quarterback Cam Newton began dabbing on fools after his team had scored (although he wasn’t the first NFL player to do so). With a national audience, Newton dabbed with abandon and it quickly became his trademark touchdown celebration. He was even crowned the ‘Dab Daddy’ by Migos.
That was, of course, until the inevitable backlash. This guy wasn’t impressed with it. Then a mother of a nine-year-old boy wrote a letter of complaint to the NFL about it. Then the NFL banned touchdown celebrations.
By mid-2016, Cam said he would dab no more, but there are always more multi-millionaire athletes out there looking for a slice of the pie, as NBA star Lebron James, tennis player Victoria Azarenka and Paul Pogba, one of the world's most expensive footballers, prove below. Pogba's made such an impact, his celebration is now included on FIFA.
Tom Hanks dabs
Forrest Gump is out here dabbing!
