there's a group of clowns in town with
nearly a half million followers on
Instagram and we're not talking about
circus clowns this group is part of a
hip-hop movement inspiring children all
around the country you know I've never
been able to do this I had literally
have clowns to the left of me Joker's to
the right Here I am stuck in the middle
with you and photojournalist Alex at
well shows us what makes fresh the
clown's uniquely Detroit
yeah we've read a little bit really win
we got to keep it you know a little
funky flavor for three workers we are
Detroit Michigan we make viral sensation
dances all around the world
and we turned up at the universal so
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cool sounds cool man calm clouds are
cool clown swag out clouds half full
what a difference between the normal on
we ain't got the red nose when you got
the big shoes we ain't got the big throw
we have a swag hope in the native
comfort but the difference between us we
swag out we we reach out for the kids
with a dancer gotta move
dancer got me new shoes we try to get
out the scary clown to get fit a rarely
clown the superhero clown legit is
basically a foot movement you you moving
it with your feet you know you swerve in
it you swerve I have my beautiful kids
the kids see the little kid's peer
pressure clowns it's like a role model
thing they like oh they got little kids
via clowns I want to be a clown now
every year one audition that make us
feel like superheroes it's very
important because right now like
basically in Detroit in Detroit it's not
a lot of fun things to do like I said
it's not that many Boys and Girls Clubs
to go to anymore it's not that many
after-school program so that's where we
come in at and get on something to look
at on Instagram or on the social media
and we always be now positive vibe
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okay
basically we wants them to continue to
get good grades listen to your parents
don't do drugs say no to drugs please
that's that's the main thing I'm trying
to stay focused which are my friends so
we here with local four and we tell
y'all to stay no to drugs graduate
listen to your parents and do the right
thing Wow we are joined now by a tyrant
Taylor aka The Fresh Prince fresh the
clown's a lively group how long have you
been doing this I've been doing this for
almost seven years Wow what do you like
about it oh I love making kids happy
yeah that's the best thing about it so
you say kids how old are you I'm 15 okay
okay so I guess I'm sorry you do that be
very low-key oh yeah a little kid all
right they're gonna perform you are
gonna perform what are we yeah what are
we gonna see it's got a way to see what
the blow you off my all right all right
all right
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you
all the ladies in the place hey hey
let's whip me take Milly rock like me
can sexy walk like me can't hit the car
like me
hey butt screams drop like me can't hit
the folks like me came Nene like me
okay dlow shuffle like me
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all right very nice someday we had to
cut off the DJ cool she's not gonna die
with that for a while thank you all for
being here thank you guys so much you're
great