Reggie Rockstone Discredits Michael Jackson As The Originator of Moonwalk Dance

Reggie Rockstone Discredits Michael Jackson As The Originator of Moonwalk Dance

Reggie Rockstone, a seasoned rapper, has offered his perspective on the global popularity of the moonwalk.

He claims to know folks who were doing the dance motion before it gained popularity all around the world.

Michael Jackson only made the dance popular with his 1983 song “Billie Jean,” which featured a dance video of him performing the backslide dance, which eventually became known as the moonwalk, according to Reggie Rockstone on Joy FM.

“I always tell people that we did the moonwalk, which you call the backslide before it became popular with Michael Jackson. The reason why: We were not looking at Michael Jackson for the moonwalk and the backslide. We were investigating who had taught Michael Jackson. His name is Jeffrey Daniel. Jeffrey Daniel is a personal friend of mine.”

Reggie Rockstone added that the likes of Adjetey Sowah performed the dance before Michael Jackson took it global.

“People like Adjetey Sowah were doing the backslide way before Michael Jackson made it popular. It was called the backslide. White people were new to it. They are the ones who called it the moonwalk. We were calling it a backslide.”