Young M.A Shows Off Her ‘Heel And Toe’ While Dancing To Mr. Vegas’ ‘Heads High’
Rapper Young M.A could not go unnoticed when she shared a video of herself dancing to the sounds of Mr. Vegas’ Heads High.
The quadruple-platinum selling Ooouuu rapper, who was decked in all black – jacket, skinny jeans, combat boots (and strapped as many fans pointed out), was spotted in a mall parking lot, evidently taken over by the classic baseline of the Danny Browne-produced single.
She was seen laying down some slick Dancehall moves – headfirst into a stealthy sequence of ‘heel and toe’ before unleashing the robotic shoulder-popping ‘bruk-up’ dance that only a few dare to do. Even trained dancer Lil Mama chimed in the comments with “Nah chill, your Bruk Up Suspect!”
Bruk Up is a style derived from Jamaican Dancehall and prominent in today’s dance cultures, especially on the US East Coast dancing scene. Lil Mama was once a judge on America’s Best Dance Crew, so if anyone has room to judge it would be her.
“Stop playin with my body!!!, Hello!! 🕺🏻🕺🏻 we need them chunes back!! 🇯🇲 brukup! Hilltoe!” Young MA wrote on her video-share to Instagram yesterday.
Young M.A, 29, who hails from Brooklyn, New York is of Jamaican and Puerto Rican descent, so it’s no surprise to see her waving the Jamaican flag and bussin’ out a ‘likkle’ move here and there.
In the comments, a few famous friends showed up to tout her slick moves including Bobby Konders and Mr. Vegas.
The Heads High deejay commended Young M.A’s smooth dance delivery on his hit track. “How yuh mean!!!! Wheel and come again!!!!!!!” Vegas wrote and even re-shared her video on his IG page with the caption, “BUSS A DANCE @youngma#classic #headshigh.”
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Fellow Brooklyn-native Bobby Shmurda threw up a series of fire emojis while rapper Safaree simply couldn’t contain himself, dropping laughing face and fire emojis in her comments.
The New York rapper doesn’t just know how to “buss a dance” to Dancehall music, she has also collaborated with some artists in the genre, namely Skillibeng on the track Money Counter in April this year. She also teamed up with Kojo Funds and Red Cafe for the Dancehall-inspired single, Tunn Up prior in February.
Young M.A even turned heads when she repped Vybz Kartel’s ‘Gaza Empire’ in her Whoopty Freestyle track, Ooouuuvie in March – and to the Worl’ Boss’ grand approval. Kartel also sampled her highly popular Ooouuu single in his 2017 song Don’t Come Back.
Heads High, the 1998 anti-oral sex anthem by Mr. Vegas, was certified silver in 2020 by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of more than 200,000 copies. Produced by Danny Browne, and first released by Main Street Records before licensed to British label Greensleeves Records, it spent several weeks at No. 1 on the Jamaican music charts. The track also scored on the British pop chart, peaking at No.16 in November 1999. It reached No. 69 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Chart and No. 59 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.
According to Mr. Vegas, whose given name is Clifford Smith, Heads High, which remains his biggest hit, has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. “I am humbled and grateful for this milestone. The accomplishment is surreal for someone who has never dreamed of this kind of success,” Vegas told the Jamaica Observer last year.
As for the concept behind the song, “The idea for Heads High was birthed from an event my nieces witnessed at their school with a female and a male student. After seizing my attention with their anecdote, I informed them on the importance of keeping their heads high. Somehow, the words ‘heads high’ rang and I started singing, ‘Heads high, kill dem wid di no…,’ “Vegas recalled.