Lord Jamar Angers Legendary DJ By Saying Breakdancing Isn’t Element Of Hip-Hop

DJ Rob Swift spoke out against Lord Jamar, who claimed breakdancing shouldn’t be considered an element of Hip-Hop. The respected DJ lamented how Hip-Hop culture suffered from what he described as “truth decay” in an X (formerly known as Twitter) post on Thursday (August 29). “The issue is microphones are shoved in the faces of some Rappers who share untruthful stories and narratives,” Swift wrote. “These unvetted Hip-Hop accounts are then spread throughout social media by podcasters and influencers who sacrifice facts for views and feed their followers with lies. Then we’re left to argue about misinformation, and round and round we go.” He added, “In our age of ‘Information’ overload, Hip-Hop needs to channel the energy from discriminating against each other towards correctly discriminating between truth and falsehood—guard against being led astray by rappers like @lordjamar who falsely claim Breaking, the element responsible for introducing our culture to the world, isn’t a part of Hip-Hop!” [embedded content] Jamar complained about breakdancing’s longstanding status as a core element of Hip-Hop on a podcast. The controversial rapper scoffed at breakdancing’s relevance and suggested it wasn’t a critical part of the culture. “Breakdancing been f###### faded out,” Jamar said. “I don’t even...