The ecstatic, exuberant, crotch-grabbing ways of the late great Michael Jackson may have caused some controversy in their time, but that hasn’t stopped innumerable musical artists since from adopting the iconic move and making it their own. There’s Lil’ Wayne (at right), for instance, who seems to be doing it out of reflex more than anything, whereas other rappers often do it as a kind of defiant, macho show-off move.

Then, of course, there are several female performers doing it, which introduces interesting new (feminist?) nuances to the move and its mythology. To help us track the various imitators and homage-payers, YepYep has a listicle of 15 Celebrity Crotch-Grabbers Since Michael Jackson.