{"id":1179,"date":"2011-09-12T16:48:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T23:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2019-05-30T14:04:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T21:04:15","slug":"keeping-hip-hop-alive-in-the-av","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/09\/12\/keeping-hip-hop-alive-in-the-av\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Hip Hop alive in the AV"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1180\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/stellz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1180 \" title=\"Stella (B-girl Stellz) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/stellz.jpg\" alt=\"Stella (B-girl Stellz)\" width=\"643\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/stellz.jpg 643w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/stellz-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stella (B-girl Stellz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Saturday, the Cedar Center was like a scene straight from a 1980s break-dance movie. The DJ was spinning on two turntables, as MCs rocked the mic on stage, and the crowd circled the dancers on the floor. Breakers drenched in sweat, with faces full of intensity, battled for supremacy, or at the very least, bragging rights. But the event was much more than a dance battle. It was an all out movement to celebrate hip hop in the Antelope Valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s for people to come out and have a good time,\u201d said Hazz, one of the break dancers. \u201cThis is real hip hop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Annual Seedz of Change took place from 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday and was attended by a diverse crowd of nearly 100 hip hop enthusiasts of all ages. The event featured rap performances, break dance and beat box competitions, a graffiti expo and giveaways.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the event was the one-on-one, freestyle dance battle, where break dancers dazzled the crowd with gravity-defying moves like windmills, headspins, and backflips.<\/p>\n<p>For some of the dancers it was less about winning and more about self expression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been shy, so this is the only way that I can communicate with other people,\u201d said Allen Wrench of Lancaster. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m free to express myself and how I feel inside, and that\u2019s what break dancing is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYouths need an outlet, they need a form of expression,\u201d said winner Stella (aka B-girl Stellz) of Palmdale. \u201cI just hope I\u2019m able to inspire someone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Organizer Jaime Contreras said he was inspired to develop the event based on his teenage memories of the hip hop scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could have gotten involved with drugs and gangs and stuff, but instead we would go and break dance, we would go and beat box battle,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to get back to how things used to be when we were growing up. Basically our main objective is to support hip hop in the AV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See a complete galley of photos from this event on our <a title=\"Hip Hop Hooray galley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Antelope-Valley-Times\/159957944090164#!\/media\/set\/?set=a.160454277373864.41671.159957944090164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">facebook page here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Saturday, the Cedar Center was like a scene straight from a 1980s break-dance movie. The DJ was spinning on two turntables, as MCs rocked the mic on stage, and the crowd circled the dancers on the floor. 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