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From the Bronx to the 2024 Olympic Games, Breaking Rises Again

Frank “B-boy Frankie” Perez offers an insider’s look at Hip Hop’s legendary dance form.

© Frankie Perez

On August 11, 1973, Kool Herc DJed his sister’s back-to-school party in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. Emulating the sound-system culture of his native Jamaica, the teen set up two turntables, dropped a copy of...

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