The cabbage patch dance is a dance

Dance

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 involving putting the hands together in the form of fists and moving them in a horizontal, circular motion

Motion (physics)

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. The Gucci Crew II

Gucci Crew II

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 had a song

Song

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 describing the dance, as well as Dr. Dre

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 and DJ Yella

DJ Yella

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 (of the rap group N.W.A.

N.W.A.

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) in 1987. The dance they made was featured in the song "The Cabbage Patch." It soon became very popular

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, showing up in many dance club

Nightclub

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s in America.

The dance's name is derived from the popular line of dolls "The Cabbage Patch Kids

Cabbage Patch Kids

Cabbage Patch Kids is a line of dolls created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978. It was originally called "Little People". The original dolls were all cloth and sold at local craft shows, then later at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia...

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