Lord Jamar claims that breakdancing isn’t a pillar of Hip-Hop, and he has since faced backlash for his take. During a recent interview with The Bigga Picture podcast, the Brand Nubian artist opened up ...
Lord Jamar said breakdancing isn’t an element of Hip-Hop on a podcast, provoking a response from acclaimed turntablist DJ Rob Swift. DJ Rob Swift spoke out against Lord Jamar, who claimed breaking ...
Logan Edra grew up learning about the four elements of hip-hop: rapping, graffiti, DJing and breakdancing. Now, she’s taking that knowledge and her love for the Bronx-born street dance style to the ...
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In the basement of a sports complex in Paris, dozens of breakers, or break dancers, gathered almost every weeknight in July to freestyle, practicing classic moves like the windmill, freezes and ...
From the Australian b-girl with the meme-worthy "kangaroo" dance move to the silver-medal winning Lithuanian in a durag, breaking's Olympic debut had a few moments that raised questions from viewers ...
When it opened in 2008, some critics saw the center as a symbol of gentrification, a temple dedicated to sifting “legitimate art” from more community-led forms of artistic performance. But soon enough ...
This story about breakdancing in Paris is part of How Paris Moves, a series of dispatches about communities and social change in France through the lens of the 2024 Summer Olympics. When it opened in ...