Supposedly, this was started by Purdue students. Way to utilize that education!

Ok..The hottest topic in the US right now is Planking and it seems that one man has shut the whole conversation down in the hip-hop world.

People are upset at the newest internet craze, planking. Rapper/actor Xzibit explains his thoughts and frustrations with the online pheonomenon. Xzibit went to his twitter page and tweeted:  “Planking is the dumbest s**t ever. Planking was a way to transport slaves on ships during the slave trade, it’s not funny. Educate yourselves. “Don’t get it twisted. I […]

Plankin’ is the lying down game that is sweeping the nation (or at least black people just caught on). Gilbert Arenas planked in a cake shop and actually stuffed his head in the cake and was later kicked out the store for it. Arenas tweeted “I guess plankin a cake gets u kicked out the […]

See! This is EXACTLY why you dont do everything you see on the internet! Apparently Planking is the "art" of going to really random locations and laying face down and taking a picture.