Pockemon
wins the
UK B-Boy
Championships
Watch the videoThe Pockemon crew brings home a new international title: following their loss in finals the year before, they win the UK B-Boy Championships in a face-off against Korea's Drifterz, the same team that had defeated them during their first Japanese trip in 2004.
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Lilou features
in the B-Boy
video game
Watch the videoDeveloped by FreeStyle Games and Sony for PlayStation 2 and PSP, B-Boy is the first rhythm (and battle) game based on Hip-hop dance. The soundtrack, supervised by Rock Stead Crew's own Steady Legs, features classics from James Brown, Incredible Bongo Band and Eric B. & Rakim. Oh, and by the way: to unlock Lilou's character, you need to win the "survivor duel" with Mouse in Easy, Normal or Hard mode.
Vagabond Crew
tears up
Boty
Watch the videoPockemon's rivals, the Parisian-based Vagabond crew, piles up feats over feats at the 2006 Battle of the Year. The team is the first in History to win both First Place and Best Show. And they defeat the defending champions, Korea's Last For One.
2006 the highs and the lows
February 10 The producer/DJ/MC Jay Dee passes away, and Hip-hop loses one of his greatest craftsmen. Many artists pay homage, including The Roots, Busta Rhymes or DJ Mehdi with the Loukoums mixtape (inspired by Dilla's Donuts album). In France, the city of Montpellier ville even name an alley after Jay Dee's name.
Listen to LoukoumsApril 01 In Sweden, a future behemoth of music streaming is born, under the name Spotify.
December 25 Sad Christmas: James Brown, Hip-hop's most sampled artist, dies at 73. His legacy includes 63 studio albums.
Listen to James Brown 's most sampled song
March 05 Memphis rap trio Three Six Mafia wins Best Original Song at the Academy Awards with "It's hard out there for a pimp", from the Hustle & Flow soundtrack. This is the first rap song to ever be performed at the ceremony.
Watch the awardsJuly 09 French football icon Zinedine Zidane plays the last game of his career in the FIFA World Cup Finals against Italy. "Zizou" scores one goal, but is sent off late in the game after infamously headbutting Marco Materazzi. France loses.
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March 14 LSA's "I'm Muslim don't Panik" t-shirt becomes a mini-phenomenon. Lilou will wear it in the 2009 Red Bull BC One final, which he will win.
March 21 After two weeks of development, engineer/developer Jack Dorsey posts the first tweet of human history: "just setting up my twttr".
Play this
on loop
00:0000:0000:00- Hip-Hop US
- Yung Joc — It’s Going Down
- Busta Rhymes — Touch It (Remix)
- T.I. — What You Know
- Lupe Fiasco — Kick, Push
- Jim Jones — We Fly High
- The Game feat. Kanye West — Wouldn't Get Far
- Snoop Dogg — Vato
- Unk — Walk It Out
- Nas feat. WiLL.i.Am — Hip Hop Is Dead
- Lil' Wayne and Birdman — Stuntin' Like My Daddy
- Hip-Hop FR
- MacTyer — 93 tu peux pas test
- Casey — Chez moi
- Abd Al Malik — Gibraltar
- Diam's — La boulette
- Booba — Boulbi
- Nessbeal — Rap de tess
- Sefyu — La vie qui va avec
- Keny Arkana — La rage
- Youssoupha — Éternel recommencement
- DJ Mehdi — Lucky Boy
