Rockin ‘da queen

It’s time for the CIAA basketball tournament which is being held in Charlotte, an important social event. There was a small police incident related to it last night.

In case you aren’t familiar with it (very likely), the Central intercollegiate Athletic Association is made up of of a group of racially segregated colleges and universities, which are perpetuated by people funding the United Negro College Fund. They use the term “historically black” as if clinging to history makes racial segregation more morally acceptable.

Well, one of the official social events was a “takeover party” at a night club in one of the racially segregated neighborhoods on the North edge of downtown. A group of rap artists were supposed to perform. I’m not sure if they are classic hip hop artists.

Surprisingly, gunfire erupted.

CMPD: 2 shot at Charlotte nightclub Label Saturday

If you weren’t that interested in the game, but just the cheerleading, here is the Wikipedia description

The CIAA cheering squads practice Stomp ‘N Shake that incorporates voice, gymnastics, and dance. Over the past few decades, S-N-S has evolved into a more technical style, priding itself on precision, accuracy, and creativity. Included in this style are the techniques of up-stomp, up-step, down-stomp, kick, side-kick, roll, roll-break, power-arms, slpaz-hand, clasp, blade, and the shakes(car-wash shake, single shake, double shake, hit-shake, and jiggle-pop). CIAA Cheerleading is most known for its cheer battles. This is where squads battle each other during games verbally with chants. It provides a heightened level of excitement and competition to the sports they are cheering for. It showcases cheerleading in a different dimension. Only in this style can you excite the crowd, rally them to cheer on the team, cheer on the team and slay your opponent all at the same time.