Walk into the Skate Key, off the 149th Street stop on the 4 and 5 train in the boogie-down Bronx, on a Friday night. You could take a left and spend the evening roller-skating to bling-bling mainstream rap music with most of the kids in attendance. Or take a right, following the sounds of James Brown's "Get on the Good Foot" into a dimly lit, half-carpeted room where people keep their sneakers on, gathering around a wooden floor in the center to cheer their crew members on. This is a B-boy battle. The dance scene that originated in New York City more than 20 years ago lives on, as evidenced by the ciphers, or circles, of young adults who enter one by one to test their breaking skills against... More >>>