Victim Inspired John Wall Dance
The 28-year-old man that was shot and killed Saturday from a gunshot wound in the head was the man who inspired a popular dance adapted by former University of Kentucky basketball player John Wall.
Lashawn 'Sugar Shizz' Talbert was apparently shot in the 1100 block of Clay Avenue off Preston in Okolona. He was rushed to University Hospital after the shooting, and he was pronounced dead three days later.
John Wall, who now plays for the NBA's Washington Wizards, introduced his own version of Talbert's dance during Big Blue Madness last fall. It garnered national attention as the "John Wall Dance," but Wall told Sports Illustrated in January that he got it from 'Sugar Shizz' and local Louisville rapper Kenzo's single "Do the Shizz."
Anthony Easley, a former member of Kenzo's management team, said Talbert's dance seemed to always draw a crowd and he always performed it locally on stage with Kenzo.
Brittany Taylor, a Louisville native who attends Western Kentucky University, told reporters she remembers meeting Talbert in the VIP room at now-closed Club 26 on West Broadway near 26th Street after a performance by Kenzo and Talbert. "He seemed like a really nice guy," said Taylor.
Louisville Metro Police are still investigating the shooting.
Posted by Shane Alan Andersen
