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Ken Swift

Ken Swift

B-boy

Sep 24, 2026

5:48
But I want to know a little bit more about how you got down with Rocksteady and like how deep was the crew at its height?
5:54
so i started out you know just being uptown you know my mom we came to new york i was born in brooklyn but my dad was in the military so he traveled and i have two older brothers we came back to new york to the projects douglas projects starting on 100th street long story short i came back they were crews from douglas projects and i have to give respect to the untouchables crew mike d and the untouchables dj andre dj sherlock and the shamrock crew right there on Amsterdam.
6:24
So they would bring out their equipment and play music.
6:26
And this is the first times that I saw these things happen around 79, I think it was.
6:33
And I had a bunch of friends, we were all junior high school, elementary school friends.
6:38
And I started a group called the Young City Boys.
6:40
So that was first.

24 MINS LATER

30:24
But what do you think moving forward the future of breaking looks like?

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