| One of the essential elements to hip hop
music and culture is breakdancing, a dance form that works on special footwork and power
moves (spinning and others) . Unfortunatly it is mostly ignored today by the greedy, money
concentrated hip hop artists such as Puff Daddy and other rappers who are more at home on
MTV. B-boying as it is often known as has its origins in the Bronx, NY. The term itself
was created by Kool Herc who was a DJ in the early days of hip hop. B-Boys means
"break boys" and are called like that because they dance to the break part of
the music (this is how breakbeats have also gotten their name). Breakdancing still has a strong underground support and is also slowly becoming more popular again with large b-boy events such as UK Fresh and Battle of the Year in Germany. Switzerland also has a good underground breaking scene including crews such as the Basel City Crew, Crazy Force Crew, Gleis X B.Boyz & The Spartanic Rockers. For more information on b-boying and b-boy culture I suggest you check out Dancer's Delight.
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