Lets not forget Major Lazer for the beat. I used to listen to that track long before I heard run the world. I automatically recognized it. I wish she had given them a small shout out on the song.
RESPECT 4 THE TOFU MEN!!! BUT IT WAS KINDA FUNNY WHEN ONE OF THE GUYS SAID... WHO R U... THEY HAD NO IDEA!!! WOW.... THAT MEANS BEY U NEED TO DO SOME SHOWS IN AFRICA..... BUT LOVED THE VIDEO AND LOVED THE TOFU DANCERS....PEACE MZ KO.KO
Reggae has nothingg to do with fucking blues , and over all noone can't say shit bt america makin up music and dances on their own , no one place esp. america makes thing on their own .
and fyi. ,
reggae came was influenced by african songs.
which after reggae , came hip hop thn rap.
and overall even if jamaicans didnt make it , which thy most likely did,
they helped with the building and foundation of bbc hip hop or rap or r&b.
I understand the statement you are trying to make with this video but it fails to prove your point because you only used one example/source. When people watch this, they walk away thinking.. "obviously Beyonce's video has similiar moves because its the same people". Maybe if you made another video showing how African dance is incorporated into multiple hip hop videos it would have a greater effect.
Of course hip hop and dance culture is inspired by African and caribbean culture. Don't forget WE are the original people and have pretty much inspired ALL cultures on this planet. Everyone takes from us and never gives us credit for it.
Beyonce, hit up Tofo Tofo to do the exact same dance. I could only imagine how they felt, receiving a call from BEYONCE to teach her the dance and feature them in her video. It's crazy to me, and it's beautiful!! Gotta give Beyonce respect and love for that. She's constantly looking for new ideas from other people to reinvent herself. Bringing regular people fame and money! <3 Shout outs to Beyonce!
And in the grand scheme of things, you are right about our dances.
If you looked at the Beyonce special you will see that she was looking for these guys for four months inorder for them to come out and teach her the dance steps, and she was sadden when they had oleave but her team did pay them a healthy check and shoot they are in video
I would have to go with beyonce on 50% because not only is it a great song (25%), but the tofo tofo guys are also in the vid as well giving it that african feel(25%)
On the other hand i would go with the tofo tofo guys cause it was there original dance
(50%(
In all I say 100% to all of them for making this a national movement. ;)
Here's some of what Beyonce said in a recent interview, "The choreography for "Girls" was such a huge part . This song was about dance & something about that beat, it takes you back to Africa. I saw a YouTube clip about a yr ago & said for my next project, that's how I want to dance. I had every dancer, choreographer, every talented dancer try to do the dance & they couldn't do it like Tofo Tofo. I said I have to have those young guys fly out to wherever we are & teach us."
@brooklyn wat eva the islands hav they own shit n ny have their own n im from both places n im still offended tht u sed regge cam from jazz tht is a fuckin lie kk cuz wat yall b listenin to wen yall go party regge not no fuckin jazzz ...so dip widd tht shit n know wat d fuck u b sayin dumb bitch.....eeee
Lord, I sit here after reading the comments in hopes that it would be a blog of nothing but sharing and living our cultures but instead I read nothing but negative bashing arguing comments. Why? must people be this way ? This is a pure example of why the world is the way it is,,,, negativity breeds hatred ,,,, and for what reason ?
In any case,,,, I want to personally thank Bodyroll83 for posting a wonderful video for me to view :-) Kudos to you !!
Oh Snap!!! That's HOT! Thanks to you who posted this video for the comparison and thanks to Beyonce's video cuz now I discover a new style of dance. LOVE it!!!
@TheMontec7 NO ! the guys in Beyonce's videos are not the Tofo guys !! the tofo guys where the choreographers ! but they , themselves didn't dance in the music video , 2 other african guys danced in the vid , cuz those 2 guys looked i identical to each other and it was nicer to put people who look the same in the vid ! so thumbs up so that everybody knows it !
@aarquisha1 Lol. What he said is true./watch?v=3vXXiku0580 There's nothing wrong with it, but why the hell did you have to say "shut your mouth and get your facts straight" when he was saying the facts.
The Tofo Tofo Boys did not copy Beyonce, she was looking for choreography for "Run the world" and they couldn't think of what else they should do, so her team found these Guys on youtube , so they got in touch with them and flew them here to teach her the moves. that's why there in it. Vh1.com has her documentary of her new album 4.
Why do you people argue pointless nonsense, and reggae did not come from blues, it came from Ska and Ska just like Blues, Gospel, Rock,etc came from African call and response and tribal music. Hiphop in general is cousin to Dancehall music, and Dancehall is came about from Reggae.
@brooklynbajan415 if you do not like the breakdown, do not watch it, it is that simple. Pantsula, kwaito and Jaiva are Township dances from southern africa. if you search fec botswana and dance you will get traditional dances with a lot of footwork similar to this, just so you do not think it is something they have taken with inspiration from neither the caribbean or the USA. I say search botswana because if you search south africa you get too much Zulu dancing with kicks instead.
@bodyroll83 lol this is not botwana dancing this is a mozambique group called tofo tofo and south africa mozambique and botwana pretty much have the same culture
@bodyroll83 lol i don't know who told you this was Botswana dancing but , this is a group called tofo tofo that comes from Mozambique not Botswana. Zulu dancing is not about kicks its about moving ur feet get your facts straight if you do not believe me type in Zulu dance on Youtube and you'll see Kwaito was created in South africa get your facts straight .
@brooklynbajan415 You need to study Kumina, Dinki Mini, Nyabhingi, brucking, junkannoo etc if you thiink the reggae and its moves comes from the blues, it sais bajan if your name and i do sincerely hope that you will look into the culture of the caribbean.........funk however has influenced as well. Nowhere do i say that it is all caribbean, and as a sidenote deprived has a completely different meaning, i think you meant to write derived as in "coming from..." (?)
@bodyroll83 thank you for saying that because i think alot of people do not know that. i am from the bahams and we have junkanoo festivals and things like that. :)
okey I see it's the same but this is nog hip hop !!!!! it is nog because beyonce dances that is means it is hiphop!!!! you know the first is like the chinken dance :-D the rest is more like tapdance and the video that you show of those guys who said the weren't influenced by other dances!!!!!!!!!! You don't know that!!!!!!!!!! so don't always shoud that this comes from there or there you don't know !!!!!!!! nobody knows!!! the only thing we do know that is that dance comes from the people!!!
Two of the Tofo Tofo Boys were dancing by Beyonce's side in the video. They helped her with the routine....took her 2 months to find them. MTV interviewed her choreographer.
She's not stealing.....its called inspiration people! We all are inspirations for one another. It's a compliment that Beyonce and/or her choreographer chose to use some of their routine. It looks very difficult and she made them look easy. Those Tofo Tofo Boys are awsome.
@D0P3BiTCH Sweetie, she didn't steal it. The two on the outside were in her video! She flew them out to LA. All those guys helped her with the choreography.
@fmbaks She didn't steal that one those boys are actually in the video and were helping with the choreography. That's why it's practically the same routine.
AFRICA WERE EVERYTHING STARTED DANCING, SINGING YOU NAME IT, THERE IS NO RACE IN THE WORLD THAT COULD MOVE LIKE A BLACK WOMAN, ,BUT THERE NO RACE IN THE WORLSD AS FREAKY AS A WHITE GIRL,HAHAHA
wow...i did not know this until I happened upon this video...wow and all a long we thought that her dance choreographer was a genius....the dance was truly copied i hope the Tofo Tofo boys got paid for this.. if they didn't that piracy and they can sue her...it was truly their dance.
@aujoka The Tofo Tofo boys were in the video! They are the two guys doing the dance with her! She never claimed to originate or choreograph the dance. They reworked the dance for her and her video.
@aujoka The Tofo Tofo boys were in the video! They are the two guys doing the dance with her! She never claimed to originate or choreograph the dance. They reworked the dance for her and her video.
@aujoka@aujoka The Tofo Tofo boys were in the video! They are the two guys doing the dance with her! She never claimed to originate or choreograph the dance. They reworked the dance for her and her video.
@bodyroll83 PFFT! No matter what you do NO one will want to hear about africas roots in Hip-Hop...they'll automatically say "its for everyone not just black people..." fucking ignorance.
Btw just thought I mention that the dance at the beginning of her video is actually the Ethiopian dance called "eskista"... with the hands on hips and shaking of shoulders and hair ;) check it out
uhh, yoohoo, Beyoncé flew these tofo tofo guys in and they teached her this dance because her choreographer Frank Gatson Jr. saw it on yo tube, there even IN the video. cunt
@ingmarbernard she should have given them the credit....she only said it was "African inspired" but she didn't give this group the credit due them. Most African groups have a native dance but most of them have their own unique entertaining variation. she needed to give them the credit in her video as well.
Wait aren't they in her video? LMAO how is that a rip off? This is another example of people doing too damn much. Should have never gave you bastards blogs or youtube.
@bodyroll83 I feel u, thanks to Beyonce, for throwing us a bone, giving us that shine. This is the beginning of great things for African dancer. World here we come. U are going to get a pinch of "Why African's love Africa so much?" heheh.
@bkandsk That the choreo in the run the world vid by Beyonce ripped the tofo tofo boys off!... i assumed the choreo in a Beyonce vid would be original !
@Icemissa ugh...it can't be ripped off if the people LET her use it, they are featured in the video, therefore acknowledging their presence and their choreography...soo o, it's not ripped off. If you want to use that logic then basically anything people use now-a-days is ripped off from somewhere no matter how original u think it is. ex: the tofo tofo may have made the dance, but the mot likely took the idea from their roots, who invented it first, therefore they ripped it off, which they didn't
@Icemissa ; the men doing the dance were asked to come teach Beyonce the choreo because it was inspiring to her. Look it up , it was even stated on her documentary. The Tofo Tofo guys not only helped her to learn it but starred in the Run The World video with her.
Thank you for giving me further knowledge on where these dances came from. It's beautiful how cultures influence America's mainstream music--dance, speech, food, whatever you want to name it. Beyonce did a wonderful job shedding these dances to light. <3
Good the culture is continuing to spread. Pantsula and Hip-hop culture are like brothers. We are all coming from the African traditional dance roots, lets continue to share our amazing talents but not forgetting to know our rights guys. GOOD THAT THE GUYS ARE ON THE VIDIO. BEYONCE, Good music and Dance especially when you were with my brothers. Great that Artists like Beyonce still do get their inspiration from SA and the rest of Africa and the continent. Can’t complain:Pantsula Choreographer
@mokobey619 i dnt think maany people have realized this lmao. they're in there to show that they re responsible for the dance and she's giving them credit. She doesn't need to pause the video to say "THIS IS THEIR DANCE, OKAY EVERYONE? "
anywayyyy i see that it looks the same beyonce copied it :d , it doesn't matter wich african county it came from it''s a black movement!!black is black people
I think Beyoncé and her choreographers definitely know they are inspired by Caribbean and African dances. The 2 dancers dancing with her in the "Tofo Tofo Boys" part are actually 2 of the Tofo Tofo dancers in the original video. It seems the choreography wasn't stolen like I read it before, here's one video explaining about it: watch?v=dUyzHgSlzi8 and I agree with Kash Gaines, beautiful example of the "mainstream music supporting his ROOTS" :)
whoever made this video really took the time to show Americans where we get dancing from , we really dont care , ! LIke where do you think African get there dancing from AMERICANS they know NOTHING !
Wow.I commend you for this video.Thank you for putting the truth out there.=D I love it.The guys worked it, and Beyonce did a nice job as well.I love them both.Were the dancers Beyonce was dancing with the same guys from other video?I love love LOVE African dances.Dancing is in our blood.Others think they are being original,but little do they know, it's all been done before.
@OhHeyItsSarahh : The Yoruba Bata dance from Nigeria too have shoulder dance and some other West African countries do shoulder dance e.g Republic of Benin and Togo including the Ewe of Ghana. But this is Yoruba Bata dance shoulder move. I know it anywhere
well well this is an african thin were proud of it,are these so called future artist ready to pay back, encourage good things such as these and not forget their origin. lets not forget brothers and sisters in the continent of africa who find it hard to feed three times daily, where are these charity proceeds ending up to. (BYOUNCE' AND ALL PLS), save african fatherless children and widows from the peril of starvation.
thats nice and i respect african dancing. but it seems to me that yall are mad that beyonce did the dance? ok, beyonce totally respects the culture. and beyonce is known for copying different cultures rhythm and using it in her music. no offense, but by her putting it in her video, she introduced african dancing to me. so if i were you, i wouldnt take it as an insult from beyonce . seriously
its true wat they say if u wanna hide sumthing from "black ppl" then put it in a book. ths just says dat we dont read to educate our selves. cause just but the big misunderstanding i see on this page its clear. get the facts b4 u give ur opinion. any way i love the fact that the dances are international and ppl like my self can relate to the vids even more cause i am a west indian which means we have a strong african infulence and we are proud of it. oh and GIRLS run the world
@CCfanatic Thanks for that. I keep getting hateful messages in my inbox every day off one single darn comment similar to this one you made. I just give up. Let Beyonce just have the dance and say she created it to. This is why people have to silence themselves in the black community. If you make a black think for 5 min,their temper will flare. Educated blacks suffer in silence. God Bless.
YO BODYROLL83,THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO!THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE SONG I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND IT SOUNDED JUST AFRICAN(COUPE DECALE WAS WHAT CAME TO MY MIND) WHICH IS UNDISPUTABLE BY THE WAY DRUMS WERE BEING PLAYED.I SEEN THE VIDEO YESTERDAY ON 106ANDPARK N SHIT I WAS OUTRAGED.BUT I NOTICED THEMSELVES WERE AFRICAN LOOKING AND THE DANCE ITSELF,THERE IS A PART WHERE THE LADIES WOULD DO SOME DOMBOLO MOVES TOO.BESIDES THE BEAT LISTEN TO HOW THE DRUMS ARE BEING PLAYED IN THE 2 VIDEOS YOU
COMPARE,THEY ARE JUST THE SAME.I'VE ALWAYS SAID THIS,AMERICANS OR BLACK AMERICANS, REFERRING TO THIS VIDEO,SEE MOST OF THEIR DANCE MOVES WITH AFRICANS AND ADD THEIR LITTLE SLOW TWIST TO IT CAUSE AFRICANS DANCE FASTER.EVEN JAMAICANS AND CARIBEAN GET THEIR MOVES AND DRESSING STYLES FROM AFRICANS,YET AFRICANS NEVER GET THE CREDIT. WATCH THE VIDEO TEK IT TO DEM!
I THINK THE DANCERS ARE FROM SOUTH AFRICAN,IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE THEY ARE FROM I AM VERY PROUD THAT B,LIKED WHAT THEY DO AND EVEN INCLUDED SOME OFF THE MOVES IN HER SONG.
all because somebody do a dancemove in a video is copy cattin beyonce cant pay homage to them nd its crazy enough she flew out the people in the video to do it with her or teach her it...nobody cant pay homage nomore to nobody so if thats the case whoevr who be jerkin or doin wateva nd there not the original dont do it then if u see a dancestyle u like u cant learn them or something smh ya always take something little nd make it big...the majority of famous dancer dont make up their dances
This is a mess. There's one thing to be inspired but when you jack an entire routine, it's hard to see it as just inspiration rather than just being a copycat.
Lets not forget Major Lazer for the beat. I used to listen to that track long before I heard run the world. I automatically recognized it. I wish she had given them a small shout out on the song.
blackkinu23 8 months ago 90
maaateeembaaa mateeenbaaa
BeyonceStans4 8 months ago 12
RESPECT 4 THE TOFU MEN!!! BUT IT WAS KINDA FUNNY WHEN ONE OF THE GUYS SAID... WHO R U... THEY HAD NO IDEA!!! WOW.... THAT MEANS BEY U NEED TO DO SOME SHOWS IN AFRICA..... BUT LOVED THE VIDEO AND LOVED THE TOFU DANCERS....PEACE MZ KO.KO
44trawn 8 months ago 66
@Jehania have seen it..read what i write...lord i tired of comments where people have problem fi read fi true...
bodyroll83 8 months ago 27
dude, she wanted the guys to come teach her the moves cause she couldn't do em right, and when they got there they had no idea who she was...
ForeverKittyLove 8 months ago 895
@ForeverKittyLove u see it!
bodyroll83 8 months ago 64
@ForeverKittyLove I saw it on TV, you are right!!! they even didn´t know who she was!!!!
ositadeanteojos 2 months ago
@TheMontec7 yea i just seen the docu on her new album and she even said she brought them in to teach her those moves
djzorro 8 months ago
Reggae has nothingg to do with fucking blues , and over all noone can't say shit bt america makin up music and dances on their own , no one place esp. america makes thing on their own .
and fyi. ,
reggae came was influenced by african songs.
which after reggae , came hip hop thn rap.
and overall even if jamaicans didnt make it , which thy most likely did,
they helped with the building and foundation of bbc hip hop or rap or r&b.
sjw251 8 months ago 9
I understand the statement you are trying to make with this video but it fails to prove your point because you only used one example/source. When people watch this, they walk away thinking.. "obviously Beyonce's video has similiar moves because its the same people". Maybe if you made another video showing how African dance is incorporated into multiple hip hop videos it would have a greater effect.
yeahmmkkbye 8 months ago 4
i know what you mean. I'm always explaing to my friends how African music and dance directly influenced hip hop but non of the believe me
zimchick101 8 months ago
beyonce hired tofo tofo guys! please watch year of 4 documentary of beyonce!!! and u all will see!
acj1919 8 months ago
Of course hip hop and dance culture is inspired by African and caribbean culture. Don't forget WE are the original people and have pretty much inspired ALL cultures on this planet. Everyone takes from us and never gives us credit for it.
Jehania 8 months ago 4
I loved this.
Beyonce, hit up Tofo Tofo to do the exact same dance. I could only imagine how they felt, receiving a call from BEYONCE to teach her the dance and feature them in her video. It's crazy to me, and it's beautiful!! Gotta give Beyonce respect and love for that. She's constantly looking for new ideas from other people to reinvent herself. Bringing regular people fame and money! <3 Shout outs to Beyonce!
And in the grand scheme of things, you are right about our dances.
MsCamyTV 8 months ago 4
@TheMontec7 people always try to make her seem like shes a bad person who steals other ideas and style. she credits everything she does.
Jisjimmy07 8 months ago
Thumbs up if u got here by Beyonce!
nrlMax 8 months ago 17
Beyonce sent me here :)
PsyC38 8 months ago 22
Wow! Beyonce you're amazing you got the moves exactly like they do.. Love it
Nada857 8 months ago 2
Wow! beyonce you're amazing you got the moves exactly like they do.. Love it
Nada857 8 months ago
cut it out what is your point queen b knew it that is the reason why she included the boys in the vid run the world...
angelswinkz 8 months ago
i love them! they're the same guys in the video...she flew them out to LA and THEY taught HER the choreo :)
ChelseaSworldd 8 months ago
Beyoncé - Year of 4
mrs123ist 8 months ago
I LOVE MY PEOPLE A BEAUTIFUL CULTURE:)
flyladyshine27 8 months ago
If you looked at the Beyonce special you will see that she was looking for these guys for four months inorder for them to come out and teach her the dance steps, and she was sadden when they had oleave but her team did pay them a healthy check and shoot they are in video
prettytrinigurl 8 months ago
I would have to go with beyonce on 50% because not only is it a great song (25%), but the tofo tofo guys are also in the vid as well giving it that african feel(25%)
On the other hand i would go with the tofo tofo guys cause it was there original dance
(50%(
In all I say 100% to all of them for making this a national movement. ;)
MrWebmaster36 8 months ago
wow what those tofu tofu guys doing is passa passa!!!! interesting
adonialova 8 months ago
thumbs up if beyonce brought you here
Guvi2893 8 months ago 8
awww i love their cute little orange pants hehe!
bigbumpaa 8 months ago
did any1 c bey doin the damn nuh linga thought i was buggin
Shamoneyxs 8 months ago
This Where It Started ................
hollyswaggin 8 months ago
Thx 4 posting.
Here's some of what Beyonce said in a recent interview, "The choreography for "Girls" was such a huge part . This song was about dance & something about that beat, it takes you back to Africa. I saw a YouTube clip about a yr ago & said for my next project, that's how I want to dance. I had every dancer, choreographer, every talented dancer try to do the dance & they couldn't do it like Tofo Tofo. I said I have to have those young guys fly out to wherever we are & teach us."
jsjg2075 8 months ago 3
reggae does not come from jazz i'm from jamaica i should know
TheTashytash 8 months ago 5
@brooklyn wat eva the islands hav they own shit n ny have their own n im from both places n im still offended tht u sed regge cam from jazz tht is a fuckin lie kk cuz wat yall b listenin to wen yall go party regge not no fuckin jazzz ...so dip widd tht shit n know wat d fuck u b sayin dumb bitch.....eeee
mrsniqueperdii 8 months ago
Thumbs up if you came here cuz you saw it in Beyonce's vedeo
ReyX1991 8 months ago 6
Lord, I sit here after reading the comments in hopes that it would be a blog of nothing but sharing and living our cultures but instead I read nothing but negative bashing arguing comments. Why? must people be this way ? This is a pure example of why the world is the way it is,,,, negativity breeds hatred ,,,, and for what reason ?
In any case,,,, I want to personally thank Bodyroll83 for posting a wonderful video for me to view :-) Kudos to you !!
954Lizzy 8 months ago 3
wtf? they are the same guys in the video.
fredroxursox91 8 months ago
just look at the ''beyonce - year of 4'' video, and you will see beyonce dancing with these guys
1907samet 8 months ago
Oh Snap!!! That's HOT! Thanks to you who posted this video for the comparison and thanks to Beyonce's video cuz now I discover a new style of dance. LOVE it!!!
sabett23 8 months ago
NOW ERRBODY GONE TRY TO LEARN IT ! smh
designee44 8 months ago
I love the dance!
saulcordova 8 months ago
we already know she used the African dance. nothing new there.
MrLeonkhoo 8 months ago
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MagicLizStar 8 months ago
@TheMontec7 NO ! the guys in Beyonce's videos are not the Tofo guys !! the tofo guys where the choreographers ! but they , themselves didn't dance in the music video , 2 other african guys danced in the vid , cuz those 2 guys looked i identical to each other and it was nicer to put people who look the same in the vid ! so thumbs up so that everybody knows it !
Alanitoo 8 months ago
@aarquisha1 Lol. What he said is true./watch?v=3vXXiku0580 There's nothing wrong with it, but why the hell did you have to say "shut your mouth and get your facts straight" when he was saying the facts.
xevar25 8 months ago
I LOVE that Tofo Tofo were in the video! Can't nobody do it like them!
Adotmonet 8 months ago
The Tofo Tofo Boys did not copy Beyonce, she was looking for choreography for "Run the world" and they couldn't think of what else they should do, so her team found these Guys on youtube , so they got in touch with them and flew them here to teach her the moves. that's why there in it. Vh1.com has her documentary of her new album 4.
dpasquerell 8 months ago 3
@brooklynbajan415 darling no go back again and read your history Reggae is derived from ska another Jamaican dance
tracyannlogan 8 months ago
@TheMontec7 please read before you write and you will find that it is a comment to dancers about relevance of african dance, not an attack on beyonce
bodyroll83 8 months ago 150
she did'nt copy the tofu tofu guys because they are the guys dancing next to Beyoncé!!
ulricaVEVO 8 months ago 8
Why do you people argue pointless nonsense, and reggae did not come from blues, it came from Ska and Ska just like Blues, Gospel, Rock,etc came from African call and response and tribal music. Hiphop in general is cousin to Dancehall music, and Dancehall is came about from Reggae.
MrSpliffstarz 8 months ago 2
Thumbs up if beyonce sent you here!
rishajamal 8 months ago
I hope you realize that those dancers in orange and yellow are the SAME people in her video...
jessicaisabossduh 8 months ago 5
The dancers in Beyonce's video are the same African gentlemen dancing in this video. They are featured in her Vh-1 special, which aired tonight.
tdgholst 8 months ago 5
@brooklynbajan415 but she say her self that she got it from them honey....
MrUmar93 8 months ago
Astonishing.....Thank you for posting this. It was all that and then some. Loved it.
Bratzbunnyboo1 8 months ago
that's NOT VS since Beyonce HIRED them !
jokeuse 8 months ago
VS?
They made the dance dude.
aaaaddddaaa 8 months ago
I just watched her special on VH1 and she actually flew them out here to help her with the dance. They taught it to her
diamondofdistinction 8 months ago 4
what country are they from??? they didnt even know beyonce..that was powerful
lovelysista 8 months ago
I like the original song to this beat better than Beyonce's song, it makes you want to dance more
kay62 8 months ago
lol ok well we can act like beyonce didnt do a whole show on how she hired tofo tofo to help choreograph the dance.
momlashawn 8 months ago 5
Dang she really love them cuz she them move from move
daniebee92 8 months ago
lmao...atleast im not the only one watching that show right now
TrippyTheShroom 8 months ago
accually beyonce hired them because she wanted to get a dance inpired by their dance for who run the world
MegaHellokitty888 8 months ago 4
really shut up, serously, accually the states copied them
MegaHellokitty888 8 months ago
DAMN BEYONCE STOLE HA WHOLE ROUTINE FROM THEM
PiCP3RF3CT 8 months ago
@PiCP3RF3CT no she flew them to her so she could learn it.. watch the documentary
vict0rlance 8 months ago
Beyonce got it from them though ! she even said it on Beyonce Year 4
Geekz4Lyfe 8 months ago 4
haha your watching it too right?
MegaHellokitty888 8 months ago
@brooklynbajan415 if you do not like the breakdown, do not watch it, it is that simple. Pantsula, kwaito and Jaiva are Township dances from southern africa. if you search fec botswana and dance you will get traditional dances with a lot of footwork similar to this, just so you do not think it is something they have taken with inspiration from neither the caribbean or the USA. I say search botswana because if you search south africa you get too much Zulu dancing with kicks instead.
bodyroll83 8 months ago
@bodyroll83 lol this is not botwana dancing this is a mozambique group called tofo tofo and south africa mozambique and botwana pretty much have the same culture
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kevinrocksyo 8 months ago
@bodyroll83 lol i don't know who told you this was Botswana dancing but , this is a group called tofo tofo that comes from Mozambique not Botswana. Zulu dancing is not about kicks its about moving ur feet get your facts straight if you do not believe me type in Zulu dance on Youtube and you'll see Kwaito was created in South africa get your facts straight .
kevinrocksyo 8 months ago 8
@brooklynbajan415 You need to study Kumina, Dinki Mini, Nyabhingi, brucking, junkannoo etc if you thiink the reggae and its moves comes from the blues, it sais bajan if your name and i do sincerely hope that you will look into the culture of the caribbean.........funk however has influenced as well. Nowhere do i say that it is all caribbean, and as a sidenote deprived has a completely different meaning, i think you meant to write derived as in "coming from..." (?)
bodyroll83 8 months ago 6
@bodyroll83 thank you for saying that because i think alot of people do not know that. i am from the bahams and we have junkanoo festivals and things like that. :)
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brooklynbajan415 8 months ago
when she made that video beyonce said she was inspired by differnet cultures. So aatleast she gave them the recognition they deserve :)
ChocolateDiesel 8 months ago
pansula.
mochaOforever 8 months ago
You forgot about the pansula.
mochaOforever 8 months ago
THE TOFO TOFO BOYS AND THE BEYONCE IS AMAZING!!
PRETTYGAL1431 8 months ago
Wow! And so nice that they were all in there dancing with her
nicegyrl1 8 months ago
I would love to see them perform live.
TruthFan 8 months ago
She's an amazing dancer, isn't she?
gottabehavingdejavu 8 months ago
black power!
blackboysports 8 months ago
she's half african/black so Beyonce try do her best side she anti dumb. It would be funny if she dance like white ppl smh!
blackboysports 8 months ago
okey I see it's the same but this is nog hip hop !!!!! it is nog because beyonce dances that is means it is hiphop!!!! you know the first is like the chinken dance :-D the rest is more like tapdance and the video that you show of those guys who said the weren't influenced by other dances!!!!!!!!!! You don't know that!!!!!!!!!! so don't always shoud that this comes from there or there you don't know !!!!!!!! nobody knows!!! the only thing we do know that is that dance comes from the people!!!
NostraKamikaZ 8 months ago
Two of the Tofo Tofo Boys were dancing by Beyonce's side in the video. They helped her with the routine....took her 2 months to find them. MTV interviewed her choreographer.
OWNERBUSINESS 8 months ago 6
BTW, I read that her entire choreography was inspired by African dance moves pop and traditional.
OWNERBUSINESS 8 months ago
Yeah I immedately thought of a traditional Ethiopian dance I saw at my school a few yrs back when I saw her to that shoulder shake move.
TevyeWill 8 months ago
She's not stealing.....its called inspiration people! We all are inspirations for one another. It's a compliment that Beyonce and/or her choreographer chose to use some of their routine. It looks very difficult and she made them look easy. Those Tofo Tofo Boys are awsome.
OWNERBUSINESS 8 months ago
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OWNERBUSINESS 8 months ago
who gives af
t00muchredbull 8 months ago
OMGAHHH BEYONCE STEALING PEOPLES WORK?? ....oh ....not a suprise .-.
isnt the first time
D0P3BiTCH 8 months ago
@D0P3BiTCH Sweetie, she didn't steal it. The two on the outside were in her video! She flew them out to LA. All those guys helped her with the choreography.
lilstar0403 8 months ago 2
@D0P3BiTCH beyonce flew these guys out to teach her the routine AND 2 of them were in the video next to her so ummmm what exactly did she STEAL?
TootsieTv 8 months ago
wow that crazy i neva wud have thought that..... i love the video
j521c 8 months ago
Putz que locura pior que esta igual mesmo o da Bey nossa fiquei pasmo vendo aqui
tfgbh 8 months ago
Influence does not equal stealing without proper credit
fmbaks 8 months ago
@fmbaks She didn't steal that one those boys are actually in the video and were helping with the choreography. That's why it's practically the same routine.
goldygates 8 months ago 3
i love my african people!!!
makmck77 8 months ago 36
AFRICA WERE EVERYTHING STARTED DANCING, SINGING YOU NAME IT, THERE IS NO RACE IN THE WORLD THAT COULD MOVE LIKE A BLACK WOMAN, ,BUT THERE NO RACE IN THE WORLSD AS FREAKY AS A WHITE GIRL,HAHAHA
Mrcodigo23 8 months ago 3
wow...i did not know this until I happened upon this video...wow and all a long we thought that her dance choreographer was a genius....the dance was truly copied i hope the Tofo Tofo boys got paid for this.. if they didn't that piracy and they can sue her...it was truly their dance.
aujoka 8 months ago
@aujoka The Tofo Tofo boys were in the video! They are the two guys doing the dance with her! She never claimed to originate or choreograph the dance. They reworked the dance for her and her video.
Rdbtwndalinez 8 months ago 6
@Rdbtwndalinez indeed! She is promoting african dances and we should applaud that
Sherynella 8 months ago
@aujoka The Tofo Tofo boys were in the video! They are the two guys doing the dance with her! She never claimed to originate or choreograph the dance. They reworked the dance for her and her video.
Rdbtwndalinez 8 months ago
@aujoka @aujoka The Tofo Tofo boys were in the video! They are the two guys doing the dance with her! She never claimed to originate or choreograph the dance. They reworked the dance for her and her video.
Rdbtwndalinez 8 months ago
:oooooooooooooooooooooo :O
ladyrockelina 8 months ago
@bodyroll83 PFFT! No matter what you do NO one will want to hear about africas roots in Hip-Hop...they'll automatically say "its for everyone not just black people..." fucking ignorance.
HimeBerrii 8 months ago
@sunchyld5 did she give them the credit due them?
Msbea345 8 months ago
Btw just thought I mention that the dance at the beginning of her video is actually the Ethiopian dance called "eskista"... with the hands on hips and shaking of shoulders and hair ;) check it out
FruityLizzy 8 months ago
first of all bey did not steal anything, the tofu dancers are featured in the video. damn whats the problem?
upow2 8 months ago
thank you bodyroll83!!
Cheerboy82 8 months ago
OK ITS ONE THING TO SAMPLE A BEAT AND PAY HOMAGE TO CERTAIN DANCES BUT COME ON SHE STOLE THE BEAT AND THE DANCES
MAJOR LAZER - PON DE FLOOR (FT. VYBZ KARTEL) <---------- SEARCH THIS ON YOUTUBE
SMH NO ORIGINALITY WAT SO EVER
sliqkrah 8 months ago
uhh, yoohoo, Beyoncé flew these tofo tofo guys in and they teached her this dance because her choreographer Frank Gatson Jr. saw it on yo tube, there even IN the video. cunt
ingmarbernard 8 months ago
@ingmarbernard she should have given them the credit....she only said it was "African inspired" but she didn't give this group the credit due them. Most African groups have a native dance but most of them have their own unique entertaining variation. she needed to give them the credit in her video as well.
Msbea345 8 months ago
@Msbea345 She credited them in her new documentary. Besides, those guys were in the video. How much credit do you need?
lilstar0403 8 months ago 2
Wait aren't they in her video? LMAO how is that a rip off? This is another example of people doing too damn much. Should have never gave you bastards blogs or youtube.
fresh77896 8 months ago
Stupid, we knew that before even your arrogant ass was born!!
viunoman 8 months ago
SA representing!
nomsipops 8 months ago
She can learn anything she wants!! She's simply the best!!!!!!!
savamounange 8 months ago
Dance is just dance it is the art of movement and no one group owns it. Why cant it just be shared like it was suppose to be.
cocomcloven96 8 months ago
@bodyroll83 I feel u, thanks to Beyonce, for throwing us a bone, giving us that shine. This is the beginning of great things for African dancer. World here we come. U are going to get a pinch of "Why African's love Africa so much?" heheh.
slickslagg 8 months ago
Actually you just need to search the web to find that the two guys upfront are the the Tofo tofo boys...Dumb people!
Diasl 8 months ago
I think that in the begging they (both the african tribe and Beyonce) were imitating chickens,
nonetheless great video
eukbos 8 months ago
Beyonce tried but it just isnt in her naturally
H2T 8 months ago
RIP. OFF. Ok the music was sampled from some other tune but the choreo ripped too? Damn.
Icemissa 9 months ago
@Icemissa wht are u saying?
bkandsk 8 months ago
@bkandsk That the choreo in the run the world vid by Beyonce ripped the tofo tofo boys off!... i assumed the choreo in a Beyonce vid would be original !
Icemissa 8 months ago
@Icemissa ugh...it can't be ripped off if the people LET her use it, they are featured in the video, therefore acknowledging their presence and their choreography...soo o, it's not ripped off. If you want to use that logic then basically anything people use now-a-days is ripped off from somewhere no matter how original u think it is. ex: the tofo tofo may have made the dance, but the mot likely took the idea from their roots, who invented it first, therefore they ripped it off, which they didn't
bkandsk 8 months ago
@Icemissa ; the men doing the dance were asked to come teach Beyonce the choreo because it was inspiring to her. Look it up , it was even stated on her documentary. The Tofo Tofo guys not only helped her to learn it but starred in the Run The World video with her.
Kalonjijr 8 months ago
what is the name of this dance and song?
TylondD 9 months ago
Thank you for giving me further knowledge on where these dances came from. It's beautiful how cultures influence America's mainstream music--dance, speech, food, whatever you want to name it. Beyonce did a wonderful job shedding these dances to light. <3
punkblonde007 9 months ago 28
I enjoyed the song of TOFO TOFO more than the song of Beyonce
LeTitif 9 months ago
Good the culture is continuing to spread. Pantsula and Hip-hop culture are like brothers. We are all coming from the African traditional dance roots, lets continue to share our amazing talents but not forgetting to know our rights guys. GOOD THAT THE GUYS ARE ON THE VIDIO. BEYONCE, Good music and Dance especially when you were with my brothers. Great that Artists like Beyonce still do get their inspiration from SA and the rest of Africa and the continent. Can’t complain:Pantsula Choreographer
vusimdoyi 9 months ago
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tats291989 9 months ago
2 of the tofo tofo boys are in the vid!
mokobey619 9 months ago
@mokobey619 i dnt think maany people have realized this lmao. they're in there to show that they re responsible for the dance and she's giving them credit. She doesn't need to pause the video to say "THIS IS THEIR DANCE, OKAY EVERYONE? "
bkandsk 8 months ago
anywayyyy i see that it looks the same beyonce copied it :d , it doesn't matter wich african county it came from it''s a black movement!!black is black people
jelizzle 9 months ago
TOTALLY AGREE!
elormamenyawu 9 months ago
she didnt mean any harm everyone learns something from everyone and i hear 2 of the guys were in the vid
fromkellytowilliams 9 months ago
I think Beyoncé and her choreographers definitely know they are inspired by Caribbean and African dances. The 2 dancers dancing with her in the "Tofo Tofo Boys" part are actually 2 of the Tofo Tofo dancers in the original video. It seems the choreography wasn't stolen like I read it before, here's one video explaining about it: watch?v=dUyzHgSlzi8 and I agree with Kash Gaines, beautiful example of the "mainstream music supporting his ROOTS" :)
Thanks for your video! It's instructive :)
melanneb 9 months ago
Whoever you are: Thank you for this TRUE enlightenment!!!
RicoLove954 9 months ago
whoever made this video really took the time to show Americans where we get dancing from , we really dont care , ! LIke where do you think African get there dancing from AMERICANS they know NOTHING !
Lewinskie1 9 months ago
check this chic out she needs beats but she has a way with words @techytreckynerd
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thelivingpoet 9 months ago
The beat kind of sounds like Who Runs The World....by the way.lol.=D
BrinaeB 9 months ago
Wow.I commend you for this video.Thank you for putting the truth out there.=D I love it.The guys worked it, and Beyonce did a nice job as well.I love them both.Were the dancers Beyonce was dancing with the same guys from other video?I love love LOVE African dances.Dancing is in our blood.Others think they are being original,but little do they know, it's all been done before.
BrinaeB 9 months ago
@BrinaeB hi brinae lol thankx for puting dis up on face book i loved it!
TheSnacko 9 months ago
the shoulder moves that beyonce does is ethiopian i can absolutely guarantee that. i would know i am ethiopian haha
OhHeyItsSarahh 9 months ago
@OhHeyItsSarahh : The Yoruba Bata dance from Nigeria too have shoulder dance and some other West African countries do shoulder dance e.g Republic of Benin and Togo including the Ewe of Ghana. But this is Yoruba Bata dance shoulder move. I know it anywhere
Spongyb 9 months ago
@OhHeyItsSarahh TRUE.IT IS ERITREAN AS WELL!THE FOOTAGE IN THIS VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THAT SHOULDER DANCE IS ALSO DANCED IN OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA!
afroguineaful 8 months ago
well well this is an african thin were proud of it,are these so called future artist ready to pay back, encourage good things such as these and not forget their origin. lets not forget brothers and sisters in the continent of africa who find it hard to feed three times daily, where are these charity proceeds ending up to. (BYOUNCE' AND ALL PLS), save african fatherless children and widows from the peril of starvation.
christinelori 9 months ago
thats nice and i respect african dancing. but it seems to me that yall are mad that beyonce did the dance? ok, beyonce totally respects the culture. and beyonce is known for copying different cultures rhythm and using it in her music. no offense, but by her putting it in her video, she introduced african dancing to me. so if i were you, i wouldnt take it as an insult from beyonce . seriously
mrsmikell10 9 months ago
Im so happy that Beyonce is very inspired her African roots and traditional dances. Unlike most of these R&B and hip hop artists?
waydoryu12 9 months ago
its true wat they say if u wanna hide sumthing from "black ppl" then put it in a book. ths just says dat we dont read to educate our selves. cause just but the big misunderstanding i see on this page its clear. get the facts b4 u give ur opinion. any way i love the fact that the dances are international and ppl like my self can relate to the vids even more cause i am a west indian which means we have a strong african infulence and we are proud of it. oh and GIRLS run the world
CCfanatic 9 months ago
@CCfanatic Thanks for that. I keep getting hateful messages in my inbox every day off one single darn comment similar to this one you made. I just give up. Let Beyonce just have the dance and say she created it to. This is why people have to silence themselves in the black community. If you make a black think for 5 min,their temper will flare. Educated blacks suffer in silence. God Bless.
Leah9272 9 months ago
Not surprising, Beyonce has not done something original since.......never! Everything she does is copied, im sorry , 'inspired' by someone else.
linav10 9 months ago
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thelivingpoet 9 months ago
YO BODYROLL83,THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO!THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE SONG I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND IT SOUNDED JUST AFRICAN(COUPE DECALE WAS WHAT CAME TO MY MIND) WHICH IS UNDISPUTABLE BY THE WAY DRUMS WERE BEING PLAYED.I SEEN THE VIDEO YESTERDAY ON 106ANDPARK N SHIT I WAS OUTRAGED.BUT I NOTICED THEMSELVES WERE AFRICAN LOOKING AND THE DANCE ITSELF,THERE IS A PART WHERE THE LADIES WOULD DO SOME DOMBOLO MOVES TOO.BESIDES THE BEAT LISTEN TO HOW THE DRUMS ARE BEING PLAYED IN THE 2 VIDEOS YOU
afroguineaful 9 months ago
COMPARE,THEY ARE JUST THE SAME.I'VE ALWAYS SAID THIS,AMERICANS OR BLACK AMERICANS, REFERRING TO THIS VIDEO,SEE MOST OF THEIR DANCE MOVES WITH AFRICANS AND ADD THEIR LITTLE SLOW TWIST TO IT CAUSE AFRICANS DANCE FASTER.EVEN JAMAICANS AND CARIBEAN GET THEIR MOVES AND DRESSING STYLES FROM AFRICANS,YET AFRICANS NEVER GET THE CREDIT. WATCH THE VIDEO TEK IT TO DEM!
afroguineaful 9 months ago
Beyonce is a bitter.
HoseaCider 9 months ago
PPl thats South African dance called Pantsula and the song playing on that guys is by DJ Cleo
19891441 9 months ago
lol i must say that I do like the original better is has much more swag; lol i cant explain but all my africans should know what im tlaking bout =D
afiamanuwats 9 months ago
I THINK THE DANCERS ARE FROM SOUTH AFRICAN,IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE THEY ARE FROM I AM VERY PROUD THAT B,LIKED WHAT THEY DO AND EVEN INCLUDED SOME OFF THE MOVES IN HER SONG.
nyanjoma 9 months ago
all because somebody do a dancemove in a video is copy cattin beyonce cant pay homage to them nd its crazy enough she flew out the people in the video to do it with her or teach her it...nobody cant pay homage nomore to nobody so if thats the case whoevr who be jerkin or doin wateva nd there not the original dont do it then if u see a dancestyle u like u cant learn them or something smh ya always take something little nd make it big...the majority of famous dancer dont make up their dances
D4l2free 9 months ago
This is a mess. There's one thing to be inspired but when you jack an entire routine, it's hard to see it as just inspiration rather than just being a copycat.
musicstan1 9 months ago