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The Ninja Star

This is a simple classic that works for diverse styles, but especially for laid-back flows.

Drop your right arm to your side. Turn your palm up towards your face, and open it as if you were about to pitch a softball. Curl your pinky and ring fingers in to your palm, but keep your middle finger, index finger and thumb extended.

As you spit, wag it back and forth. Some rappers keep their arm low, close to their hip, while others bring it up and extend it away from their body. The idea is that as you’re flowing, you kind of look like you’re tossing off ninja stars like that old Sega arcade game Shinobi.

Varation: the Kweli Finger Wag
This is the one used often by Talib Kweli. It’s very similar to The Ninja Star, only more upright. Put your right hand in front of you, bending at the elbow so that your hand is just below your shoulder. Extend only the index finger and curl all others in. Keep your hand extremely loose and shake your wrist back and forth so that your hand wags. Occasionally throw your hand up in the air to mix it up.

Kweli letting off more ninja stars than the seven samurai while performing Blackstar's "Respiration."


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