http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jFJpEPF7QA
Over 25 years ago Kool Boy was determined to make a career from the art of pop lock and throughout he has lived his life and made his living from doing just that. He has performed in over 30 music videos by artists such as Snoop Dogg, DJ Quik, Badd Lucc, Big Wy, the Def Tones, and DubC of the Westside Connection, just to name a few and has toured across the country with artists such as Suga Free and Afro Man.
Kool Boy founded WestCoast Pop Lockin Entertainment. Under his company he has two dance crews the WestCoast Pop Lockers and the newly founded Compton Pop Lockers. Besides the two dance groups the company has a clothing line and graphic department.
In July 2008 Kool Boy made history by being the first dancer to win at the West Coast Hip Hop Awards. He has done choreography on Snoop Dogg’s Dogg After Dark show which airs on MTV. He also is an instructor at Fox Studio of Dance in Sylmar, California. Some of his accomplishments are writing, recording, directing, and producing his own song and video entitled, “If You Aint Poplockin, You Aint Doing Nothin.” Currently he has 3 DVDs of his own in circulation with a 4th soon to be released. Kool Boy has also produced, directed, and hosted a show called Poplock T.V. which is in rotation on Compton access channel 28. He has successfully organized events and shows pertaining to the art of street dance. Kool Boy was internationally recognized as he was featured in a full page article in Germany’s BackSpin Magazine, October 2008 Edition.
Kool Boy not only credits pop locking as his way of livelihood, but acclaims it to be what kept him in a positive productive route while growing up and living in the overwhelming gang infested streets of Compton, Ca. Kool Boy on a regular gives back to the communities by providing classes and studio sessions at reasonable to no cost to children who are looking for and are in need of guidance, mentoring, and a positive and peaceful way to resolve disputes. He comes from a time when genuine street beef and disagreements were settled by dance battle, not gun wars. With consistency and determination it is one of he’s aspirations to instill this peaceful way of settling dispute amongst our children.
Kool Boy carries the torch for pop lockin and has never gone into hiatus. And in the mean time and in between time, he’ll continue to strive, to keep the art of pop lock alive and now with jazzy management in his corner Ultimately, Kool Boy would like to make a feature length movie about the true essence of pop lock.
myspace.com/koolboypoplockin
myspace.com/westcoastpoplockinent
for booking contact jazzy dee
818 320 1299
jazzymanagement@hotmail.com
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