#hyphy

Cut loose on the dance floor in the wildest, most off-kilter way possible.

Vallejo, CA — Mac Dre's home turf.

Oversized shades worn loud — hyphy uniform.

Bay Area tag for 'you know what I mean?'

Get out of a slow-rolling car and dance next to it while it keeps moving.

Bay Area subgenre and the wild, hyperactive energy it celebrates.

Mac Dre's signature hyphy dance move.

The contorted ecstasy-rolling grimace, worn on cue at hyphy parties.

Short for ghost-riding the whip.

Oakland street dance — gliding, contorting, flexing on the block.

E-40's nickname for the Bay — yay = cocaine.

Oakland youth bike with spokes wrapped in coloured duct tape and tinfoil.

MDMA / ecstasy, Bay Area slang popularised by Mac Dre.

An older full-size American sedan dressed up for Bay Area hyphy car culture.

Impromptu East Oakland parking-lot meet — donuts, ghost-rides, street racing.