Breakdancing History

B-Boy “B-Boys go down!” (Frenando 123) This quote, said by Kool DJ Herc, is the quote that almost literally, started breakdancing into the main stream as we know it. The life of breakdancing: how it started, where it’s at now, and where it possibly may go, is purely one of urban origin. Breakdancing was originally a way for gangs to settle conflicts. (Fluent-C) When breakdancing first started it was not called breakdancing, nor was it …showed first 75 words of 551 total…

…showed last 75 words of 551 total…it may even become an Olympic sport. Who knows? It may even become as big as ballet, or ball room dancing, or tango. There is no limit to where breakdancing may go. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** “B-Boy.” The Source Hip-Hop Magazine December 1998: 103-106. Breakdancing: New York: Avon, 1984. Fluent-C, Suspense, Toze, and Zia. “Breakdancing Breakdown.” The Bomb Hip-Hop Magazine. Online. 3 November 1999. S. H. Fernando, Jr. “Up Jumped the Boogie to the Bang Bang Boogity Beat” SPIN Magazine November 1999: 122+