| We Are Toonz | |
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| Origin | Stone Mountain, Georgia |
| Genres | Hip-Hop, Pop-rap |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | VPP,Epic, Sony |
| Associated acts | Lil Jon, French Montana, T-Pain, Mike Epps |
| Website | WeAreToonz.com |
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We Are Toonz is an American hip hop group from Stone Mountain, Georgia, formed in 2013, known for the viral debut dance single "Drop That #NaeNae", inspired by Martin Lawrence's character Sheneneh Jenkins from his popular 1990's sitcom Martin.
The group members are Tavin "Levi" Bing-Gardner, Christopher "Crash Bandit" Major, Kavin "K.B." Bing-Gardner and Calvin Larmar "Callamar" Glass
The group members have danced and rapped together since childhood. Levi and K.B. are brothers and Crash Bandit is their cousin.
We Are Toonz has many members: Bear, Rari, rique, Pj, Levi, KB, Crash Bandit, Cal Lamar, Bianca Jay, Lil Spinz, dancing dan, Marc is art. Four members are not in the group: Bear, Pj, Rari, Lil Spinz
We Are Toonz released Drop That #NaeNae in 2013 without much fanfare. The group posted a video of themselves performing the #NaeNae Dance on the social video sharing website Vine and other social media websites like Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. As the song gained momentum the Drop That #NaeNae went viral. The Michigan State Football team can be seen dropping that #NaeNae on YouTube , and breaking down the #NaeNae dance on Vine. Video postings from other college teams dropping that #NaeNae to foster team spirit started going viral as well, Ohio State,Temple University,Auburn University,Notre Dame, and Mercer Bear basketball team victory #NaeNae over Duke's Blue Devils.