Rock Steady Crew Celebrates 30th Anniversary

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  26 Comments

300px-rock_steady_crew_circa_1981.JPGThe legendary Rock Steady Crew (RSC) will celebrate their 30th Anniversary this July with a host of events and parties taking place in Manhattan, the Bronx and New Jersey. Founded in 1977, the RSC is the world’s most famous break dancing crew. The collective holds a yearly party to celebrate the group’s history and the preservation of hip-hop culture. This year’s event will feature b-boy/girl contests, DJ sets, art shows, panels, parties and free concerts. “After 30 years we’re proud to say that we’re still going strong,” says Crazy Legs, RSC President. “For the anniversaries we want to focus on all aspects that make hip-hop the social force that it is. This is about education and entertainment. With crew battles, hot DJs, panels and live graffiti shows our 30th promises to showcase everything hip-hop represents.” This year’s RSC Anniversary will feature appearances from Sway of MTV, Rob Swift, RSC founder Joe Joe, Large Professor, Mr. Wiggles, Keith Murray, EPMD and Grandmaster Mele Mel. For a complete list of the 30th Anniversary events, visit www.rocksteadycrew.com.

  • steve

    1st!

  • My Effin’ Opinion

    “The real hip hop is over hear”

    -KRS ONE

  • My Effin’ Opinion

    *Here

  • http://www.yahoo.com Streets Is Watchin

    big ups to the rock steady crew word life thats history right there bitches

  • Purple Hulk

    DANCING ISNT HIPHOP, THEM GIRLIE BOYS CAN DANCE IF THEY WANT TO, BUT THEY NEED TO STOP CLAIMING HIP HOP WHILE EMBERASSING THEMSELVES

    IM SICK OF THE DAMN DANCING

    • STEEL ONE

      @ Purple Hulk: STFU and stop embrassing yourself, homeboy… If you hate B-Boying, you hate Hip-Hop, simple as that… Do you even know what Hip-Hop is? B-Boying is an element of our culture.. the Hip-Hop culture, which obviously, you’re not a part of… and what’s up with all this “gay”, “little men” name calilng about? Are you an undercover fag, or what? Dancing is not gay… not dancing is gay… Sick of all this dancing? Punk, you hate it, because you can’t do it… You must also hate emceeing, dj’ing and sick ass graffiti pieces?

      You’re WHACK and a lame motherf’er…

      You simple minded little toy… you must not understand the Hip-Hop culture… if you did, you would be in awe of the things B-Boys can do!

      Go listen to Britney Spears you fag! Go listen to Justin Beiber, you homo! Leave Hip-Hop alone, bitch!

  • krills

    ^^^^^^^^^^ you must have never seen some one break dance that is str8 hip hop real mc real dj graff artists doin they thing lets take it back to this for real the true essence of hip hop some call it rap because it is the same shit wrapped up and recycled thru the industry nowadays it is time for a hip hop revival

  • Q-BURO

    YO I GOT A PICTURE JUST LIKE THIS, ME AND MY DUDES ALL NAKED AT THE PARK!LOL

  • Q-BURO

    YO I GOT A PICTURE JUST LIKE THIS, ME AND MY DUDES ALL NAKED AT THE PARK!LOL

  • Purple Hulk

    TO KRILLS, I HAVE SEEN BREAKING A BILLION TIMES, ITS JUST AS GAY AS THE SHIT YOU SEE ON TV NOW. IN ALL CASES, ITS A BUNCH OF LITTLE MEN TRYING TO OUTDANCE EACHOTHER

    IM SICK OF THE DAMN DANCING

  • Rednose pit bull

    talk about haters,if you dont like breaking,thats cool,but you dont have to talk shit like a bunch of little tampon wearing bitchs…i dont care for breaking myself,but that dont mean i have to talk shit..thats the problem with you little intern et thugs,all you do is talk shit all day about everything,and then you italize idiots like g unit…half you little kids dont really know shit about the streets or life..get the fuck off the computer and get ur ass in the streets and see what its really like

  • Purple Hulk

    IM NOT TRYING TO START SHIT
    IM JUST SAYING IM SICK OF THE DAMN DANCING, ITS GETTING OLD AS FUCK

  • Purple Hulk

    HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU ITALIZE A HIP HOP GROUP?

  • http://www.xxlmag.com EReal

    Purple Hulk Says
    ^
    You arent HipHop.

    1 hunned.

  • Purple Hulk

    ONLY TO YOU, BUT YOU HAVE A FICTIONALIZED SENSE OF HIP HOP, I COULD CARE LESS WHAT YOU THINK.

    I AM HIP HOP

  • Purple Hulk

    IN THAT PICTURE ALONE, I SAW 3 INSTANCES WHERE 1 GUY WAS INBETWEEN ANOTHER GUYS LEGS…AND SMILING!

  • http://www.xxlmag.com EReal

    Purple Hulk Says:

    July 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am
    ONLY TO YOU, BUT YOU HAVE A FICTIONALIZED SENSE OF HIP HOP, I COULD CARE LESS WHAT YOU THINK.
    ^^
    Fictionalized? Are you retarded? Real HipHop is the 4 elements dumbass. You even know what those are?

    You are an example of a damn 90′s baby snap poppin no homo RAP fan, you arent hiphop.

    RSC is HIPHOP. Real fuckin HipHop. You diss them, and you’re HipHop? LMFAO, GTFOH.

  • Purple Hulk

    I DONT LISTEN TO SNAP MUSIC DUMBASS
    IM JUST SICK OF THE DAMN DANCING, IVE ALWAYS THOUGHT DANCING IN ALL FORMS IS GAY

  • Lazy

    I don’t like you when you’re angry, please stop typing all caps PURPLE HULK you’re such a scary e-thug.

    Anyway, whatever u think of b-boying (break dancing) it still is one of the elements of hip hop. What kind of person has a beef with dancing “in all forms,” it sounds like you’re in the closet if you don’t even like when the females dance.

  • Purple Hulk

    LET ME REPHRASE THAT
    MEN DANCING IS ALWAYS GAY

  • Rednose pit bull

    ok you think break danceing is gay,good for you,no shut ur damn mouth,all you fucks know how to do is hate..yall hate on everything that you dont think is gangster…i dont like danceing either,but thats me,dont mean its gay…i know some break dancers that are out there shooting motherfuckers and gang banging,i know they aint gay,just because you dont like it dont mean its gay…and about the picture,yeah dudes under the other guys legs,big deal,its not like they are naked..its not like they kissing or holding there dicks or anything so shut the fuck up already..you dont have to like all aspects of hip hop,but at the same time theres no need to hate on it or run your little mouth on the computer over it….thats as lame as it gets right there…..fucking lame ass hater bitchs

  • Purple Hulk

    DAMN, YOU DIDNT HAVE TO WRITE A ESSAY OVER YOUR HURT FEELINGS.
    BREAK DANCING IS GAY, AND YOUR GAY IF YOU CONDONE SUCH GAY ACTIVITIES

    IM SICK OF THE DAMN DANCING

  • http://xxlmag Joe

    To Q-Buro you say you have a picture of all your buddies naked at the park,hey dude you’re on the wrong page, look for the gay websites some where else and to Purple Hulk you’re just hating because you can’t breakdance,you probably grew up listening to Madonna or shit like that and you never knew how breakdance so that’s why you’re hating. Rocksteady is Hip Hop and anything that was being established in the late 70′s and 80′s

  • http://WWW.ROCKSTEADYCREW.COM JOJO ROCKSTEADYCREW

    PEACE TO ALL FROM THE FOUNDER OF THE ROCK STEADYCREW CAN WE ALL JUST GET ALONG LOOK LIFE IS HARD AS IT IS TO BE SITTING HERE LISTING TO PEOPLE TALK SHIT ABOUT A DANCE THAT IS MY WORLD IAM THE BBOY ORIGINAL AND I LOVE THIS DANCE PEACE FROM JOJO THE BBOY ORIGINAL

    • Squirrel Master

      Yo JOJO, Squirrel Master here. Thanks for all you’ve done for b-boyin.

  • Sergi

    Soy de ukrania y vivo en España stamos aqui bailando todos los dias en la calle y yo personalmente agradesco a ROCK STEDY CREW POR ENSÑARME LA SLAVACION EN EL AUTENTICO ESTILO GRASIAS SOYS LOS MEJORES ESPERO UN DIA CONOSER OS EN PERSONA