The urban dance style breaking officially made its debut as a competitive sport at the Paris Olympics on Friday, and rapper Snoop Dogg was there to kick off the occasion.
The legendary rapper came out to his hit “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and performed the opening brigadier ceremony—with fellow rapper Ice T tweeting his support of the event, writing: “This is gonna blow the minds of people that haven’t seen breaking in a while… INCREDIBLE All Respect to HIPHOP.”
The competition began with three strikes of a wooden staff on the floor of an arena fashioned to resemble an old vinyl record. Then came the breaking (don’t call it breakdancing). Up first for the “b-girls” was 18-year-old India Sardjoe of the Netherlands and 21-year-old Manizha Talash from Kabul, representing the official Olympic refugee team.
