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Coffee Break: Breakdance!

Bboy Swellz dances during the one-on-one breaking competition at Wild Tymes and the Palace Stage.
Bboy Swellz dances during the one-on-one breaking competition at Wild Tymes and the Palace Stage.Sam Harper | MPR News

by Jill Riley and Anna Weggel

December 09, 2020

Stop the presses. Drop everything.

Breakdancing is now an official Olympic sport!

The International Olympic Committee has decided to put the sport on the docket for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. It's going to be called "Olympic breaking" and we are HERE for it.

The IOC also confirmed three other new sports for Paris -- skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing, but you won't have to wait so long to watch those sports as they will make their Olympic debuts at the Tokyo Games which are currently set to open on July 23, 2021.

But let's focus on breakdancing for today.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that you can breakdance to?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Run DMC - It's Like That
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks (Part 1)
Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five - The Message