B-Boys: A Children's Guide to the Origins of Hip Hop

By Lamont Clark

What most people call Breakdancing was originally called B-Boying, one of the five elements of Hip Hop culture.

This book teaches children of all ages the origins of B-Boying, from the great tap dancers to James Brown to the movie Flashdance to being done by people all around the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lamont Clark
• Release date: Nov 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310089190

Lamont Clark

Lamont Clark was born and raised in Mount Vernon., New York. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park (Smith Business School) and earned his MBA at the University of Maryland University College.A man of many interests and talents, in addition to writing, Lamont has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry as a musician, record producer, on-air radio personality, actor, and television producer and director. Lamont is a multiple award winning producer and director for his television shows.Lamont also has over ten years of experience teaching and training both adults and children.Lamont is married with two sons.Together with his beautiful wife Sheila Clark, they have put together several cookbooks including:A Coffee Lover’s Dream! 88 Great Tasting Coffee Recipes; Cheesecake Delights! 77 Gourmet Cheesecake Recipes; Chocolate Heaven! 500 Scrumptious Chocolate Recipes; Cookie Cravings! 101 Divine Cookie Recipes; Popcorn Love! 101 Exquisite Gourmet Popcorn Recipes; Wonderful World of Wings! 85 Mouth Watering Wing Recipes;Yummy! Yummy! 101 Fun Children’s RecipesYou can check them out at www.70WestPress.com .

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B-Boys

A Children’s Guide to the Origins of Hip Hop

Lamont Clark

Published by 70 West Press

Copyright 2013 Lamont Clark

Smashwords Edition

Foreword

This book was created from and for my love of Hip Hop,

with my sons, nephew, and niece in mind.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Before B-Boying

Original B-Boys

The Resurrection of B-Boying: The Rock Steady Crew

From B-Boying to Breakdancing

West Coast Dance Styles: Popping, Locking, and Electric Boogaloo

The Robot

Popping

Locking

Electric Boogaloo

More Than a Fad

About the Author

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Introduction

Today when people say Hip Hop they really mean rap music but Hip Hop is a ‘culture’ that consists of four elements: DJing, B-Boying (dancing), MCing (rapping), and Graffiti (art). A fifth element, Knowledge, was introduced by the Godfather of Hip Hop Afrika Bambaata.

While all of these elements were not new, it was the way all of these