Sunday, July 27, 2014
3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Featuring: M.O.P, Slick Rick, Das EFX, Cormega, Large Professor
Smoothe Da Hustler featuring Trigger Tha Gambler & General DV
Thirstin Howl the 3rd, Chris Rivers, MyVerse and other special surprise guest appearances.
DJs: Red Alert, Jazzy Jay, Tony Touch, JS-1, KaoticBlaze
Hosted by: EOW
The Rock Steady Crew was established in 1977 by Bronx b-boys Jimmy D and Jimmy Lee. When they started this crew in the streets of the Bronx, they had no idea that someday it would take them all around the world. Only the best b-boys were down with Rock Steady. They had rivals in all five boroughs of New York and for every rival there were ten kids who wanted to be down with them. However, getting into the original crew was not easy. To get into Rock Steady you had to battle one of the other b-boys in the crew. It was a competition few people won.
In 1979 when the b-boying hype was beginning to die down, Jimmy D put Crazy Legs and Lenny Len down with Rock Steady just in time to add new life to the art form and take it to the next level. This was at a time when Crazy Legs moved to Manhattan. Going back to the Bronx every weekend became too difficult for Crazy Legs pockets. He then started to explore the Hip Hop scene in Manhattan more often. This meant losing touch with other members of Rock Steady. Crazy Legs would spend most of his time developing his craft in tenement building hallways and battling b-boys that he would come across and eventually hanging out with the ones that he felt had an original style.
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