US breaking pros want to preserve Black roots, original style of hip-hop dance form at Olympics

US breaking pros want to preserve Black roots, original style of hip-hop dance form at Olympics

As ambassadors of the country where breakdancing originated 50 years ago, members of Team USA have something to prove — and potentially to lose — when the hip-hop dance form makes its official debut at the Paris Games in 2024. That’s because for U.S. breakers like Carmarry Hall, Victor Montalvo and Jeffrey Mike Louis, it’s … Read more