10 Apr 2013

Death Of What Bboying Was? | Commercial Culture




It’s been claimed perhaps every day that bboying is dying, that hip hop is dying – that everything that was, is dying. I can see why a lot of idealists and purists think this way, but for me, I see all this change eventually as part of the evolution of a culture.

Surely there will be bboys or hip hop artists out there who will stray too far and still claim it as part of the culture; but at the same time, there will also always be those who stick true to traditions and keep it alive, and therefore I’m not too fazed. Change is inevitable – let’s just not forget the roots.