#onecypher

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Hip Hop is the culture exposing what it means to truly self-express.

-Ignasty, popper from Fresh Dynamix/Poptikz

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What does Hip Hop give you?

A life style and an attitude.

-Bruce, hip hop/popping from Poptikz

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Hip Hop is a lifestyle and it is a part of who YOU are. It gives positivity to anyone, and the endurance to strive in the real world. An outlet, to take a break in the real world.

-Frank, popper from Mix’d Elements

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What Does Hip Hop Mean to You?

Hip Hop is an American culture that is part of my lifestyle. We live it, we breath it, it is who we are!

-David “Happy Feet” Nguyen, Homeland/NCC

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Hip Hop Means...

Learning the soul and culture of the minority. 

-Yuka

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Hip Hop is a culture not bound by any specific race or geographical location. - Omeed of "The Body Poets"

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Locking Ewok of Homeland, Long Beach, CA

What has Hip Hop done for you? What Hip hop and dance did for my life is pretty damn amazing. I mean, I was depressed or at least I felt like I was nothing. Dance kept me distracted from all my worldly problems, when I entered the circle, and as I got out of it; Hip hop helped me gather my thoughts and face them. I couldn't turn to my family when it came to talking about my problems because my family was already broken both as a unit and emotionally. I couldn't turn to my best friend cause he has a family of his own and people I knew from high school went their separate ways. All I had was music and the dance-floor. Then soon after came great people and finally a sense of self. This is what Street dance and hip hop to brought me.

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Dancing is freedom and happiness. It is for everyone and anyone and you don't even need music to do it. You just let your soul do it's thing.

-Eduardo Iniestro, bboy, of Saint City