Entertainment
Breaking started becoming a form of entertainment shortly after its birth in the '70s.
The first hip-hop films Wild Style and Beat Street were made in the early '80s.
Wild Style was the first movie centered around hip-hop culture; however, Flashdance was the first Hollywood film to feature breaking.
The movies Breakin and Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo, also released in the '80s, introduced the funk styles to the big screen.
The new millennium produced The Freshest Kids, Honey, You Got Served, Step Up 2: The Streets, How She Move, B-girl, and Planet B-Boy.
Rize, The Heart of Krump, and Shake City 101, also released after the new millennium, are documentaries about krumping and the street dancers who developed it.
These movies/documentaries are all examples of films where the plot and theme surround hip-hop dance and how it affects the characters' lives.
Hip-hop dance later moved from cinemas to the television.
Early dance shows include MTV's The Grind, Dance Fever, Dance 360, and The Wade Robson Project.
America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC) is a reality hip-hop dance competition on MTV created by Howard and Karen Schwartz, founders of Hip Hop International the organization that runs the USA and World Hip Hop Dance Championships.
On the show different crews from across the country compete in dance challenges and battle against each other each week.
ABDC has contributed to the exposure of Jabbawockeez, Quest, Kaba Modern, Beat Freaks, Super Cr3w, and SoReal Cru.
These crews now have official websites, make club appearances, perform in different locations/competitions, and appear as guests on news programs.
Though hip-hop dancing has managed to establish itself on film and television, it has not gained the same momentum in theater.
Two of the earliest hip-hop stage shows were 1991's off Broadway musical
So! What Happens Now? and 1995's Jam on the Groove both performed by the Rock Steady Crew, Magnificent Force, and the Rhythm Technicians.
Aside from the pioneers in New York was Rennie Harris' Puremovement hip-hop theater company founded in 1992 in Philadelphia.
The company is still active and has toured all over the world showcasing its original works such as March of the Antmen, P-Funk, Endangered Species, Facing Mekka, and Rome & Jewels.