Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Rosario Dawson and many other Hollywood stars have found themselves being subjected to criticism for embracing the “planking” craze. In the photos, they are lying flat and straight in odd places. Some people think that planking is stupid. Some even think that planking is actually racist. It turns out that planking was actually a way to transport slaves.

Xzibit, one of the greatest rappers took to his Twitter and blasted the Internet fad in which people take pictures of themselves laying face down in bizarre The 36 year old MC and TV host tweeted on july 6th that “#Planking was a way to transport slaves on ships during the slave trade, its [sic] not funny. Educate.”

Xzibits tweets soon got mixed reactions from his twitter followers and We can be sure that Justin Bieber and other celebrities who did the planking did not want to offend anyone. They did it just for fun. However, we have to admit that planking can be dangerous.