CULTURAL BLOG
THE EVOLUTION OF THE OLDSCHOOL B-BOY CHARACTER
NEW YORK – BERLIN 1980-2000 The 1980s Hip-Hop explosion, spearheaded by the Bronx-born Rock Steady Crew and groups like RUN DMC, transformed (West) Berlin into a major European hub for the culture. This era was defined by the cinematic influence of films like Beat Street and Wild Style, which introduced global audiences to the four…
BERLIN HISTORY X
BERLIN OLDSCHOOL Berlin’s legacy of old-school culture is inextricably linked to the city’s political history and the drive for freedom. While the Berlin Wall was a „death strip“ in the East, it evolved into one of the world‘s largest canvases and the mouthpiece of a rebellious subculture in the West starting in the early 1980s. Where the…