Lets see what fuse says.
A Brief History of Twerking
Two decades after its birth, Miley Cyrus discovered the booty-shaking craze and shoved it down our throats.
It started in the 1990s, got name-checked by
Beyonce and Justin Timberlake over the years and then exploded into the stratosphere this week when Miley Cyrus did it all over Robin Thicke's crotch at the 2013 VMAs. Yep, we're talking about twerking. - See more at:
http://www.fuse.tv/2013/08/brief-his....fLvQASx1.dpuf
2000: Atlanta rap duo Ying Yang Twins' debut single "Whistle While You Twurk" described the act of twerking in (far too much) detail in its NSFW chorus: "Whistle while you twurk / Go head and start and make that p—sy fart / And whistle while you twurk."
2001: Bubba Sparxxx's debut album features a Timbaland collabo called "Twerk a Little."
2003: The first definition of twerking is submitted to Urban Dictionary: "To work one's body, as in dancing, especially the rear end."
2005: Beyonce's No. 1 hit "Check On It" features the line "Dip it, pop it, twerk it, stop it, check on me tonight" in the chorus.
2006: Justin Timberlake's No. 1 hit "SexyBack" features the line, "Let me see what ya twerkin' with."
2009: The Twerk Team—three teenage girls from Atlanta—upload a video of themselves twerking to Soulja Boy's "Donk." It receives over a million views in one week.
- See more at:
http://www.fuse.tv/2013/08/brief-his....fLvQASx1.dpuf
Trent explain cause the media seems to credit Bey too ?