Old School Arm Fold: If you aspired to be part of the
exciting new world of "rap" in the 1980s, it was unquestionably imperative that
you fully mastered the Old School Arm Fold, depicted here by one of its most
skilled practitioners, D.M.C. (of Run-D.M.C.). As poses go, it's
... moretrickier than it
looks. You must fold the arms way up high, running the risk of scratching your
arms on your enormous gold brocade pendants, and affect a facial expression of
being mildly vexed. Perhaps best known among mainstream music fans, this pose
was assumed in the "Walk This Way" video in response to those noisy guys from Aerosmith rehearsing on the other side of a paper wall.
(David Atlas / Retna)
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