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Again, apologies for the late update on the site.... Most of you know, and for those of you that don't know we have a new World Bboy Masters Champion from the R16 World Bboy Champs and Urban Arts Festival and the winner is ... drum roll ...
GAMBLERZ CREW from Korea!!!!
the Gamblerz Crew beat out Top Nine Crew from Russia who took 1st place on the first day of the competition which was a Performance/Choreography contest amongst the 16 gathered Crews.
Congratulations to both the Gamblerz Crew (Korea) & Top Nine Crew (Russia) who won a total of $20,000 Each over 2 days.
Congratulations also go to the Brazilian All Stars who got 3rd Place and won $4,000 and Rivers Crew the champions from 2007 who still was able to make it to the final four and took home $1,000.
R16 KOREA DAY 1 : PERFORMANCE COMPETITION
1st Place : TOP NINE CREW (RUSSIA)
2nd Place : GAMBLERZ CREW (KOREA)
TOP NINE CREW takes home 1st Place in the Performance Competition and $10,000.
Gamblerz Crew takes home 2nd in the Performance competition and $5,000.
R16 KOREA DAY 2 : THE BATTLES
1st Place : GAMBLERZ CREW (KOREA)
2nd Place : TOP NINE CREW (RUSSIA)
3rd Place : BRASIL ALL STARS (BRASIL)
4th Place : RIVERS CREW (KOREA)
GAMBLERZ CREW takes 1st Place and $15,000
TOP NINE CREW (RUSSIA) takes 2nd Place & $10,000.
BRASIL ALL STARS take 3rd Place & $4,000.
The 2007 R16 CHAMPIONS - RIVERS CREW (KOREA) takes 4th place & $1,000.
We also had some events and contests for the poppers, lockers, funk stylers and the B-girls for a chance to represent Korea at the UK B-boy Championships and for the B-girls a chance to represent Korea and Korean B-girls at the Battle of the Year - We*B-Girlz tournament this fall. Congratulations.
POPKUN of K.O.G.S. (KOREA) to represent Korea at the UK B-boy Championships Popping Solo Competition this October 2008 in London.
Thanks to all the competitors at this year's R16 KOREA 2008 and CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS! SEE YOU SOON!
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So, it's been awhile since you've heard from us here at the R16 Urban Arts Festival.. The event was a HUGE success and we apologize for dropping off the map but we are back from our extended vacation and again.. we apologize for the lack of updates ...
Our whole team went into hibernation and some of us went on much needed breaks and vacations from the preparations and madness that was the R16 Korea 2008. Over 8 months of planning, stressing, late nights, fatigue and 2 days of sensory overload is our excuse for our lack of presence on this site, but we are back and we hope you guys keep on checking up on us as we prepare for next year. The feedback from the event was great and the news clips and articles are steadily pouring in from all our partners and correspondants. We will update you here on this site so keep your eyes open and ears to the ground as we clue you into all the hype and excitement.
We want to thank all of the Korea Tourism Organization, the Province of Gyeonggi for the support and advocacy of this event and our culture. We want to thank all the international Bboys, the DJ's, the Judges, the artists, the guest performers, Salah, Hilty & Bosch & Cothkoo, Doonga Park and Myosung who brought our stage alive with their shows. We want to thank the Known Gallery and the Seventh Letter Crew, Wontak Crew, JnJ Crew, Mr. Koma, Mad Victor Crew for painting and writing and bringing some ill ass Graffiti to our walls and our cities. Brent Rollins for his awesome mural on our stages! Cool Calm Pete & Diego for helping and starting us off with our design. Thank you to our homegirl Joy for hooking things up! Much love to Jamel Shabazz & Joe Conzo for the pictures that have given us inspiration throughout the years and for taking more pics at the event and helping to immortalize the R16 and Korean Hip Hop. To Dan Pak and Jay Lewis, thank you for coming over and shooting all the bboys, the event and EVERYTHING, the pictures look awesome! Much Much love to all the magazines and journalists that came through from all parts of the world to come celebrate and report on the R16. Thank you Wax Poetics (Andre & Amir), Lodown Mag (Sven & Alex), URB (Raymond) , BPM (Rob), Vapors (Dave), Theme (Linyee), STAF Mag (Juan & Manuel), Swindle (Jordan & KC of Supervision), Jeff Chang, Dazed & Confuse (Nic & Terence), B+ of Mochilla, Channel 4 UK, Eurovision and Eurosports, the whole team at iMeem.com (Steve Jang, Jesse, Jordan and Emily) and a special thanks to David Gensler and the KDU (Lex, Portia) for hooking things up in a mighty way.
Thank you KBSN for always hooking things up in ways we always have a hard time expressing, Mr. Kim K.H. you are our mentor and eternal advisor.. thank you.
to our partners in crime at GCOMM.. without your skills we would be lost. Erwin at Bboyworld and the all our homies @ KOREANROC.com .. keep it going!
To our teachers and our brothers .. Cros1 of Freestyle Session and the head of our Armory Massive, you have given us wings and given us power unimaginable in our journey in Korea. Thank you. To Hooch of the UK Champs, to Thomas of Battle of the Year, to Tyrone and Mario of the IBE, and to all in our Bboy Brotherhood that have shown us the way and schooled us from day one we would not be here without you. God Bless all of you.
a special thanks to the Events team at the KTO.. Mr. Kim. Mr. Wushu Kim, Mr. Jung. you guys are the best. R16!
and finally... to my own family, at Cartel Creative and our homies that support us each year and have supported us since the beginning.. thank you.. for your sweat, tears, and your sacrifice of sleep ... Johnjay, Charlie ('das me), Gun, Dust, Queasy, Hyeon, Erica, Sarah, and my NYC Fam that came and showed love, James, Alice, Rich, Paul and my home Joon of Pr1zm who is NYC at heart.. you guys came through, you fought the good fight.. and we still alive..
R16 2009.. NO DOUBT!
dang. .that was long.. but thas why this event is so legit.. stay tuned!
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Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop! Won't Stop & Total Chaos, books that should most definitely be on Oprah's booklist if she would support our culture more and also overall super nice guy is here at the R16 and already he's not a day off the plane and he's showing us mad love. Already hard at work and throwing some words to the rest of the world about our Event. Much Love!
check the articles!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-chang/in-korea-breaking-beef-hi_b_104213.html
http://blogs.vibe.com/jeffchang/2008/05/in-korea-bboys-beef/
http://www.cantstopwontstop.com/blog/index.cfm
Jeff Chang is an American journalist and music critic on hip-hop music and culture. His writings have appeared in publications such as URB, The Bomb, San Francisco Chronicle, the Village Voice, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vibe, Spin, The Nation, and Mother Jones, as well as in his history of hip-hop, Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, published in 2005 by St. Martin's Press.
Jeff Chang is a 1985 graduate of Iolani School.[1] He was a founding member of the Solesides record label while a DJ at a UC Davis college radio station, which was the home to acts like DJ Shadow and Blackalicious before it was recreated as Quannum Projects.
Chang's latest work is Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop, an anthology of essays and interviews documenting the impact of hip-hop beyond music and the "four elements." The book was released in 2007. According to its companion website, following the release of Total Chaos, Chang held a series of public panel discussions to further explore the subject.
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