Fist and foremost, "snapping" or leanin/w it started in the A as a dance called "doin it." Basically, it was a dance for the g's who got in the club w/their pistols to do. They cant jig too hard, so all they could do is lean wit it and rock wit it -- ya feel? NOW it's all comercialized and groups from the A are taking snippets from other groups and biting hard. For example, TI & Dro got shoulder lean, Lil John got Snap ya Fingas, DFB & Ben Hill Squad (Originally came out with the first "lean w/it," and "doin it" song (do your dance on that hoe), and D4L with betcha cant. All these songs are 2 years or older (save for lil Jon and TI) D4L's Laffy Taffy & Betcha cant do it like me songs I haerd back in late '04 along with DFB, it's only just now catching on across the nation as a whole with TV exposure from their videos.
So there's the scoop on that from a repitable playa living in Bama on that tip, so can one of you westcoast nuccaz enlighten me on wtf a hyphy is? And there's a dance for it too????