-- Posted by Agirl18 at 7:50 pm on July 4, 2009 He learned from some crackhead in the hood who was dancing i the street and MJ wanted to learn it so he asked the guy to teach it and MJ learned it and was better than the crackhead at doing the backwards walk and he took it from there . I love Michael Jackson -- Posted by ItsEllaYeah at 7:50 pm on July 4, 2009 ...So what? -- Posted by Aqueous at 7:51 pm on July 4, 2009 As far as I know, he never claimed to invent it. He just popularized it. -- Posted by namefake3 at 7:54 pm on July 4, 2009 Quote: from saint veronika at 7:51 pm on July 4, 2009 As far as I know, he never claimed to invent it. He just popularized it. -- Posted by DaisyMontana at 7:54 pm on July 4, 2009 SO? he's famous and made it more famous -- Posted by addicted to girls at 7:55 pm on July 4, 2009 k