The free live-streaming app Caffeine will host its second display of the popular dance style Memphis Jookin with this Saturday’s The Jump Off 2. The performance will be streamed live at 7 p.m. Central Time.
The first Jump Off event aired on May 1st, and featured Word Play Shugg, Myles Yachts, and well-known dancer Lil Buck, among others. It was the debut of Memphis Jookin on the Caffeine platform, which has become a live-streaming home to street dance leagues like BattleFest.
Jai Armmer, manager to Memphis-born Jookin ambassador Lil Buck, says he hopes the partnership will draw more attention to the creative culture of Memphis. “Coming to Caffeine, we’re pumped to bring more attention and more people to street dancing and, beyond that, to give deserved props to the cultural contributions that Memphis has been delivering for folks nationally for decades,” Armmer said in a statement.
The Jump Off 2 will include head-to-head dance battles from a lineup of Jookin legends, including: Jadyn Smooth vs. Trent Jeray; Surf Taylor vs. JT Gvo; Trill V vs. Dotkom; and David the Dancer vs. KT3.
For a preview of the coming action, check out this performance from the event earlier in the month, featuring the Ladies of Jookin: