“Buss It” rapper Erica Banks has Black Twitter side-eyeing her for twerking in front of a group of male football players during a high school performance on August 19 at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta. Banks walked up to a crowd of teenagers in a packed gymnasium during a pep rally in a clip that just surfaced. The video’s caption raised some questions, “Mind you, she is at a high school!! Why tf you twerking for children!”
We just brought Erica Banks out for Doug High School Pep Rally 😎 @theBeatATL @realericabanks pic.twitter.com/H4zoRgDLyS
— 🎈Yaq🅴🎈 AKA The Visionary (@BigHomieKODAQ) August 19, 2022
Banks responded under The Neighborhood Talk’s reposting of the video, “Girl, didn’t nobody touch them, kids, clearly,” Banks replied, “We had a great time. Good day.”
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While the students appeared entertained by the performance, critics went right to Twitter with Bank’s choice of dance in front of a group of children.
walked right up to them. @realericabanks this is gross. children. kids. juveniles. boys that have hardly started puberty. weirdo behavior. https://t.co/qTojbdVcQ7
— 🍋 NSFW (@lemons_for_ya) August 20, 2022
If you see someone defending Erica banks twerking at a HS pep rally in front of underage children don’t let them around your kid. Y’all sick af.
What they do or see outside of school has nothing to do with an adult shaking her ass in their faces on purpose at a pep rally. 🤦🏽♀️
— Lex (@Beautiful_Lex) August 20, 2022
now girl, why were you throwing it back for high school boys? @realericabanks pic.twitter.com/O8zx74UQYp
— ALIEN SUPERSTAR👽 (@Akua_Keys) August 20, 2022
Anyone defending Erica Banks turning her whole body around for teenage boys to watch her twerk is weird. 😮💨🤢
Y’all already allow your kids to twerk and smoke. You gonna allow grown folks do whatever around your kids too? Okay. 🥱
— Mouthy Queen 👑 (@MouthyQueen) August 20, 2022
Somebody called Erica banks R Shelly and I am fucking screaming 😭😭
— Ninaa 🫶🏽 (@SincerelyTaniaa) August 20, 2022
A few posts attempted to defend the Texas native, saying her behavior is not all that uncommon.
Not y’all trynna eat Erica Banks up for twerking at a high school when Nicki had a whole little white boy on her stage popping like his life depended on it 😳😳😳🫠
— 😿 Cry Bby Angg 🧚🏽 (@IndigoLioness_) August 20, 2022
In response to all the Twitter posts about her flooding in, the rapper hilariously put out a tweet of her own.
I could sneeze & it’ll go viral 💀
— FLOW QUEEN (@realericabanks) August 21, 2022