Mississippi's "Mohead Swagg" Dance (Part I: Videos & Information)

Breyionna the Afrofuturist, Oct 31, 2010

Mississippi shows you how to perfect your Mo'Head Swagg and Swagg Walk!!!

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on the Mississippi Hip Hop dance called "Mohead Swagg". 

This post showcases five YouTube videos of the "Mohead Swagg" and includes some information about that dance that Imostly gleaned from reading a number of YouTube videos' discussion threads. Additions and corrections are very welcome.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/09/mississippis-mohead-swagg-dance-part-ii.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post showcases one video of Mohead Swagg and presents a compilation of comments about Mohead Swagg from various YouTube discussion threads. 

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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WARNING- The records that are used for swaggin (doing the Mohead Swagg) are Jigg records. Those records include profanity and the n word. The YouTube discussion threads for these records also include profanity and the n word.
 
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/09/louisiana-jigging-information-youtube.html for a closely related pancocojams post entitled "Louisiana Jiggin(g) - YouTube Dance Videos, Information, & Comments".

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INFORMATION ABOUT MOHEAD SWAGG
"Mohead Swagg" is a Hip Hop dance that comes from the small town* of Moorhead, Mississippi. Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorhead,_Mississippi for information about Moorhead, Mississippi.
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"As of the 2020  United States Census, there were 1,937 people in Moorhead, Mississippi. Of that number, 74.5 % were Black,

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Here's an article excerpt about the inventor of Mohead Swagg:
From https://bennyhunna.com/moheadswagg/
..."While we are unsure on when the dance craze from Moorhead, Mississippi started it has been around for at least 8 years.  The Mo Head Swagg dance was invented by Hard Head Mo Head Swagg Inventor a Moorhead, Ms “swag legend” .

The Mo Head Swagg song is registered with the US Copyright Office to M.O.E. Productions, L.L.C. a Mississippi entertainment company,  in 2010, with the authorship on registration as LIL AL, pseud. of M.O.E. Production. "
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Unfortunately, that article doesn't cite any publishing date or author. 

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If you ask people from Mississippi, they'll probably tell you that "Mohead Swagg" is a dance that is distinct from Louisiana Jiggin. If you ask people from Louisiana, they'll probaby tell you that Mohead Swagg is a form of jiggin. 

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"Swaggin" (dancing the Mohead Swagg) started around 2008 after Jigging. (Please correct this is that date and this information if it's wrong). 

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Mohead Swagg is danced to Louisiana Jigg music. People (almost always Black male teens and young Black men) do this usually freestyle Hip Hop dance alone and in groups and often "battle" each other to see who onlookers and other dancers consider the best (most skilled) dancer.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Mo Head Swag Mini-Documentary

MrUtica, March 3, 2015

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Mohead swag session Waffle House #moheadaintdead staytoonent

Wavey Wuan Tv, June 3, 2019

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4-Mohead/ Jigging Session JSU HBCU WAVEYWUANTV



Wavey Wuan, August 20, 2021

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5- When I Mohead - IPod Da Dj ( Dance Video) #waveywuantv
#jigging #moheadaintdead



WaveyWuanTV, June 16, 2022

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