Keep it gangsta, dog. The Crip Walk, or C Walk, began in the early 1970s in South Central Los Angeles among members of the Crips as a form of symbolic footwork used to represent identity and sometimes spell out letters tied to their set. Over time, especially through West Coast hip hop artists like, it moved from gang signaling into mainstream dance culture, with variations that focused more on style than symbolism. While it is now widely practiced as part of hip hop dance, its origins still car