10 Black Celebrities Who Just Couldn't Find Their Rhythm

Barack Obama During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show back in 2007, the hilarious talk show host showed off some dance moves alongside the president. It isn’t clear if the president just wasn’t a fan of the music choice or if he truly struggles to find the rhythm when it comes to upbeat songs, but the few seconds of awkward bobbing that ensued were delightfully hilarious to watch. T.I. The hip-hop star certainly has his heart in his music, and the passion that he displays during his performances is unreal and often off beat. Every time the rapper hits the stage, he gives fans a dose of awkward but clearly excited two steps. Once he was featured in singer Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” video, all beliefs that he couldn’t dance were confirmed as he danced in a way that would remind most people of their uncle at a family reunion. Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj is never given any extraordinarily challenging choreography for her performances, but she still just can’t seem to get the hang of dancing without looking like she’s calculating every last step. The curvy rapper has also been criticized in the past for what many consider to be failed attempts at shaking her butt. Lil Kim Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj may be wrapped up in a hip-hop feud, but the ladies are in the same boat when it comes to dancing. Lil Kim has just as much rhythm as Minaj does -- and that’s not quite a compliment. In Lil Kim's defense, however, she could have a more promising future with ballroom dancing. Despite her awkward dance moves during her own hip-hop performances, she pulled in some rather impressive scores during her run on Dancing with the Stars. Mary J. Blige Not every powerhouse vocalist is given the gift of dancing, and Mary J. Blige is the perfect example of it. The songstress doesn’t try to incorporate dancing in her performance or videos very often, but every time she does it doesn’t tend to go over too well. Alicia Keys In most of her performances, the beautiful New York native decides to stay behind the piano, and that may be the best option for her. The singer usually looks incredibly comfortable on stage, but, for some reason, when it comes to dancing she can never move to the beat of the music – not even her own. Brandy Remember Brandy’s dance routine from her “Talk About Our Love” video? The short dancing scene was the result of the songstress spending tons of time with a professional choreographer and some rather clever editing. Despite all the hard work, Brandy couldn’t manage to hit the moves without looking stiff and overcalculated. Amerie The same concept goes for pop songstress Amerie. After spending tons of time with a choreographer for her “1 Thing” video, the results were still disappointing. The dance moves didn’t require much more than a booty pop here and a snap to the side there, but it still proved to be a lot for the young starlet. Master P During his run on Dancing with the Stars, Master P surfaced as an entertaining dancer -- but for all the wrong reasons. His attempt at the cha-cha resulted in him clumsily stomping around on the stage. But in his defense, he didn’t exactly want to do the show in the first place. The rapper and entrepreneur was filling in for his son Lil’ Romeo who hurt himself playing basketball shortly before the season started. Evander Holyfield The retired professional boxer only lasted for two rounds of Dancing with the Stars, during which he got some interesting feedback from one of the judges. After a painfully stiff, robotic number, judge Bruno Tonioli said, “It was a bit like watching Terminator keeping up with Tinkerbell.”

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