Tommy The Clown, the father of hip-hop clowning, is the subject of a documentary that will be screened at the upcoming Pan African Film Festival.

Clowning is a dance made popular in the 1990s in Los Angeles. Tommy the Clown is the father of the movement, and was featured in Kendrick Lamar's music video for "Not Like Us." ...

If you’ve been paying attention to hip-hop — and particularlyKendrick Lamar’s moves the past few weeks — you may have noticed a colorful afro’d character named Tommy the Clown.