Tommy The Clown, the father of hip-hop clowning, is the subject of a documentary that will be screened at the upcoming Pan ...

Many of you may be wondering, “Who is this clown?” But for those in the know, he’s a legend that may be just as important to Los Angeles as Lamar himself. Tommy performs at birthday parties ...

Clowning is a dance made popular in the 1990s in Los Angeles. Tommy the Clown is the father of the movement, and was featured in Kendrick Lamar's music video for "Not Like Us." ...

“When you start doing the lines, if they’re not precise, you’ll end up with a really crazy-looking clown,” she explained ... the writer and 2014 Los Angeles poet laureate.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thomas Johnson, also known as Tommy the Clown, is an American dancer best known as the inventor of the "clowning" style of dance, which evolved into krumping.