[spinning rice]

i remember JZ posting his story up so here's mine

hip hop = the greatest movement ever to be misunderstood

I was never really that popular. I used to get picked on in elementary school for being asian. I was one of the outcasts and it ate at me. I wanted to be like all the other kids, so i started to dress like them and act like them and befriend them; except it didn't work. I was still on the outside looking in. I was desperate to be accepted and it got to me. This continued for the next few years, all the way to high school.

I entered high school with a plan. It was called operation cool kid. It was a fresh start. No preconceptions, all new people. So I started high school with a brand new wardrobe and a whole new look. I dressed like a "thug" and i talked like one. I listened to their music of choice and I tried to live by it. Gradually i began to be accepted by the "cool kids". I hung out with them, I was invited to parties, and I got to meet the girls. I started to feel happy.

However, these "cool kids" got me into lotsa trouble and I started a whole mess of things. My grades began to plummet, due to lack of doing hw and other assignments, cutting class, the usual stuff. They got me into smoking weed, drinking and getting drunk. We started jumping people on the streets and robbing them for no good reason, but what did I care? I was one of the cool kids. Suddenly one day, I woke up and realized that I was alone. These guys weren't my friends. None of them really looked out for me. When times got hard, it was every man for himself and we ratted eachother out quickly. I started to hate myself. For being blind enough to fall into this trap hole. For letting myself degrade myself just to have "friends".

Then one day, I met Omar.

My high school started a club called the Hip Hop Officials (H20). It was a club dedicated to dancing. There was Sieggy and Nonon who taught popping(real popping none of that usher nonsense). And there was Omar (Deadgame) who taught bboying. I was the only person out of about 200 ppl to go to bboying. Omar taught me bboying. Horrible teacher but thats besides the point. I started hanging out with him, we had class together, we checked out girls together. But he always made sure that I stayed back on track. He made me go to class, do my HW, study for the SAT's. Gradually I hung out with him more and my old clique less. He introduced me to real hiphop. He showed me vids of Immortal technique, Eyedea, Jedi Mind Tricks, Tribe Called Quest. It blew my mind how intellectual hip hop could be. He should be famous graffiti artists and their pieces. That blew my mind how artistic graffiti could be. He showed me DJ's and likewise blew my mind. Best of all, he showed me bboying. I researched the history of hip hop and the just caused my mind to rupture. I went with Omar to jams and parks to bboy. We got kicked outta school together for bboying in the halls. Gradually I made more friends through bboying. No one cared how I dressed anymore, no one cared how I talked anymore. All that mattered to these people was that I loved hip hop. Omar gave me something to do other then run the streets at night. Now I run the streets at night with a marker in my hand (thnx alot snoop >.<).

Now my old clique, they're selling drugs and hustling people and joining gangs and all that other good stuff. Me I'm dancing, going to college, making friends with many good people. I found my passion, my love, my heart, my soul. But best of all I found happiness. True happiness that no one can take away from me. Cut off my legs and ill get prosthetic ones. Cut of my arms, I'll have the wickedest windmills. Cut off my head and I'll be doing air chairs till I stop twitching.

As for hip hop, it saved me from myself. It provided me with a positive outlook on life. It's given me friends and fam all over the place. Doesn't matter who you are, if you dance your my cousin, if you bboy, you're my sibling. Hip hop can never be wholly understood. But hip hop understands you. It understood me anyway. It sent me someone to lift me up and change my life.

i love hip hop
i passion for hip hop
i eat sleep breathe hip hop
i am hiphop

inspired by JZ aka Desi Boogie



















desi for ban! jk dude

[spinning rice]

oh yeah shout outs

shout out to:
my friends
my crew Break Out
ppl who've helped in bboying (omar, merlin, erock, ru +more)
all of NYC
and to all you on bboy.org who put up w. my nonsense

[Blu]

nice autobiography... we should all have something like this on our profiles... even I have a story to tell

[Bboy samurai]

It's good to know Hip Hop was a major, positive factor that ameliorated your situation.

I live and die for Hip Hop
This is Hip Hop of today
I give props to Hip Hop
So Hip Hop Hooray-ho-hey-ho-hey-ho-hey-ho

[bnewbie]

yea hanging with de "cool kids" is stupid i did that like 1 and a half years ago n i cut class and shit like that for no reason just 2 walk in de hallway to be "cool" so i was like fuck it n i got into bboy 2 be different an 2 meet new people in new activities u kno everytime u get involved in new activities u get 2 meet different ppls

[Bboy samurai]

Originally Posted by spinning rice hip hop = the greatest movement ever to be misunderstood

KRS-One's Definition of "Hip Hop":

Hip is to know
It's a form of intelligence
To be "hip" is to be update and relevant
Hop is a form of movement
You can't just observe a hop
You've gotta hop up and do it
Hip and Hop is more than music
Hip is the knowledge, Hop is the movement
HIP HOP IS INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT

[elkodust]

Nice. Inspirational shit here. I wish i had a cool story.

[Bboy samurai]

'Doesn't matter whether or not it's cool, Elko. If you've got one, post it up. Just be real.

[Mevels]

My story isnt as awesome as spinning rice's but here it is anyway;

In pretty much all of school, i was seen as a nerd. This was pretty much because i was asian, i had a dodgy haircut and i liked computer games.

from the very beginning of high school i was pretty much branded a nerd right away, being made fun of and even being mistaken as other asians that were deemed nerdy.

This pretty much made me an extremely shy guy and i had eventually given in and really believed that i was what everyone said i was. so for all those years, i stuck to playing computer games.

over time i began to discover music and particularly, the hip hop genre (some gangsta-ish, some not) so i began to dress thuggish then. Everyone made fun saying i listened n dressed like that to try and be cool but i only did that because i really did like that kind of music.

So when people made fun of me for liking hip hop music saying that it was only about money and hoes and told me that i was trying to be 'ghetto.' I thought it was wrong to like that kind of music so i hid it away. There were also jokes here and there made of me about doing certain things like sports etc. people thought it would be hilarious to watch me play sport etc, like as if i was an unco. There was even one particular comment saying "wouldn't it be funny if (me) started breakdancing" and everyone laughed. Once again i thought what they said was right and these were things i could never do.

I went out of school still in this state of mind, until during university(college) i met a bboy. People in my course thought "wow hes so awesome! he can do power moves!" and i said in my mind that bboyin was something i could never do. However, one quote from that friend changed me and he said "bboyin is like everything else, it takes time and dedication." So i decided to give it a shot and asked him to teach me and he did.

After that, gaining knowledge of Hip Hop came naturally, and i learnt that Hip Hop wasnt anything like people used to tell me. This made me extremely happy that i was finally able to let out my love for Hip Hop.

Actually doing this has shown me how wrong all those people were, about Hip Hop and Myself. In fact, even back then i was a better dancer than them (not that i was that good but they were horrible).

I continue to bboy now, (not really good though) as a form of self expression and as something that i truly love to do. Doing this has really shown me that; not only is Hip Hop Culture a good thing, but also appreciating people with real skills and talents and not people who try to be "cool."

I always describe Hip Hop to others with KRS's quote that Hip Hop is

"Peace, Love, Unity. Having fun"

Which is why i love it cuz its not about being 'ghetto' or 'black.' There is no colour, it promotes world peace..

But most importantly, it has changed my whole outlook on life. Things like not listening to what people say about what you can or cant do/have, Things are possible if u really try, and never hide who you really are.

Without it i don't know if i would still be that kid with absolutely no confidence in anything.. so Hip Hop saved me in that way.

It is definately my Salvation...

well that was bigger than i thought it would be... wouldnt be suprised if no one read it lolz.

[Desi Boogie]

Rice, thanks for sharing that man. We all seem to have similar stories and hip hop seems to be a salvation to all of us.

Don't forget though, it's not just hip hop that has saved us, it's been up to us to take that first step and we ARE hip hop, so don't forget, if we have anything to thank hip hop for, it's most definitely the confidence to break out and believe we can have something better and that we ARE worthy of it.

Keep that in mind.

Glad that i played a part in helping you to share your story, thanks for the story man, shit like this keeps me grounded.

Peace

[Mevels]

Originally Posted by Desi Boogie Rice, thanks for sharing that man. We all seem to have similar stories and hip hop seems to be a salvation to all of us. Don't forget though, it's not just hip hop that has saved us, it's been up to us to take that first step and we ARE hip hop, so don't forget, if we have anything to thank hip hop for, it's most definitely the confidence to break out and believe we can have something better and that we ARE worthy of it. Keep that in mind. Glad that i played a part in helping you to share your story, thanks for the story man, shit like this keeps me grounded. Peace

hey thats really good thnx.

[Rubix]

i have a story 2 similar 2 rices but not tht extreme:

well i was also made fun of in elementary skool and back then tht seriously just hurt, whwnever ppl would taunt me... so anywayz i had the need 2 be popular 2 fit in somewhere at skool but nvr hapenned at this point in my life i knew only of rap such as 50 cent and all those other wankers but then i moved 2 saudi arabia... tht was probably the best thing tht ever happened 2 me. cuz over there popularity was nothing at my skool and i becmae friends with every1 in my class, but there was this one guy who i cam ereally close with on this site he's known as Bboy Jester. and at tht time he was knew 2 bboying so i asked him if he could show me what he knew and he taught me...so yah we became the colsest of friends, and 2gethor we explored hip-hop, the pillars of hip-hop and the true meaning of hip-hop. so 2gethor we prospered as bboys and till 2day we r still the best of friends and with his friendship i learned not 2 care about being kl, learned not 2 hate on ppl even if they hate on me, learned just 2 be myself... and yah

its sad though cuz we only have one more year left 2 bboy 2gethor and afterwards we might not c each other again but oh well we'll stay in touch

i owe him a lot so im saying thnks Ehsan, (bboy jester)

i jus remember tht I, we, all of us who support the hip-hop scene r hip-hop

even if one person in the world is left alone 2 believe in hip-hop its still alive

peace easy

[Rubix]

i would also like 2 give a lil shout out 2

omer, farhan, and araz 3 guyz tht stuck with me since i was 7

thnx guyz

peace easy

[Ilustrado]

well hip hop doesnt love you bastards back!

just playing kids *group hugs everybody*

i dont feel like typing up my story but i can definitely relate. art (visual art to be specific) saved me from insanity and depression. and then i picked up bboying because it was another form of art and it feels amazing when i can express myself in different ways

[Mr.Bboy]

this should be the i love hip hop thread.. oh wait it is...


STORY TIME!


i grew up in LA for about 10 years, till i moved to Granada hills.. i was also one of those people who grew up with music.. the weird music that is... i was in 5th grade when i started loving music. i loved Linkin Park. since they were kinda different then most rock bands, but then again it's just my opinion.


i loved having attention. i'm one of those people who when they are noticed, they feel more loved by their peers and such. i was always the shy type throughout my younger years. when i went to middle school, that was the time when i was like "omgzz there's gonna be bullies, hot bitchezz, and cool peoplez everywhere!!!" haha i kinda noticed it was just that. i started listening to other music and pushed myself away and always cared about what other people thought about me... i was an idiot back then.. by 7th and 8th grade i repped G unit clothes, and always thought if i was gonna be gangsterish, i'd be widely excepted into the crowd.


wearing 3XL clothing, baggy ass pants that would almost fall, and most of all, the way i talked... oh god i spoke Gangstanese.. i kept imitating other people just to be like them.. i even thought ALL black people were gangster.. damn i was hella wrong.

but my life changed SOOOOOOOOOOO much in the 9th grade... i started noticing how fucking ridiculous i looked. and how stupid i talked, and said to myself:

"what the fuck??? this isn't who i am.. life isn't about being accepted in life..it's about life being accepted to me" i chose to be who i was back then.



i listened to Hieroglyphics, Visionaries, The Roots, and other various artists you guys know..

a for bboying, i was inspired by my cousin, she taught me the baby freeze.

by then, i noticed how fun, and hardworking bboying is...

blah blah blah.. fuck, your probably saying "tell about your WHOLE LIFE why don't cha?"

lmaooo


this site...was the most important thing that changed me.. all the elements taught me what hip hop is.. and it's hardwork.. dedication.. and love.. mostly love.



<3 <3 <3 if hip hop was a girl, i'd totally hit.. and GET WITH!!!!


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