{"id":304197,"date":"2024-07-28T03:48:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T08:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/breakin-star-michael-chambers-hopes-olympic-breaking-gets-dancers-jobs"},"modified":"2024-07-28T03:49:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T08:49:14","slug":"breakin-star-michael-chambers-hopes-olympic-breaking-gets-dancers-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/breakin-star-michael-chambers-hopes-olympic-breaking-gets-dancers-jobs","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Breakin&#039; Star Michael Chambers Hopes Olympic Breaking Will get Dancers Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.634991119\">\n<section id=\"cb-84f2eacfe5d693580e15729897c6a5b4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-036e3d6d-e995-4f2d-8b47-721c67794f48-1029037799-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-036e3d6d-e995-4f2d-8b47-721c67794f48-1029037799-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"australia\" alt=\"australia\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/22\/16by9\/2024\/07\/25\/22743dec91a14534a983a1fddb60e40e_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-84f2eacfe5d693580e15729897c6a5b4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0c0c107b9a72911958d813201439d35b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p><strong>Michael &#8220;Boogaloo Shrimp&#8221; Chambers<\/strong> says he&#8217;s hoping for some gold out of the Olympics &#8212; not necessarily medals, but cash for the break dancers debuting their sport on the world&#8217;s biggest stage.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0c0c107b9a72911958d813201439d35b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-824f440311bb84e2293f1ec8e9c7f066\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>We caught up with the dancer &#8212; who played Turbo in the hit &#8217;80s film &#8220;Breakin'&#8221; &#8212; and, we had to ask him about break dancing becoming a 1st time Olympic sport in Paris.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-824f440311bb84e2293f1ec8e9c7f066--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4aa462191ff32a1e816147966a5b038c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4aa462191ff32a1e816147966a5b038c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bd95b42b276b304beb60c1c684594eff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Chambers tells us he&#8217;s excited his life&#8217;s passion is finally making it into the Olympics &#8212; legitimizing the art form in the mainstream &#8212; and, he&#8217;s hoping it&#8217;s going to help him and his breakdancing brothers and sisters make a few more bucks here and there.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bd95b42b276b304beb60c1c684594eff--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3094d963847d255c192e55d7984fd6e8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240725_b66a521816874a8ba61cb8b60b8d5a6d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fe428ca4-9268-48c1-af7a-13b23582b021\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b6\/4by3\/2024\/07\/25\/b66a521816874a8ba61cb8b60b8d5a6d_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Michael Chamers in Breakin\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3094d963847d255c192e55d7984fd6e8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-aacc563584aaaa7ea285c97d8a723ec5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>MC imagines a world where master Breakers pick up money via sponsorships or running full academies to try and get their best pupils into the Olympics &#8230; helping the dancers make some money to sustain their art.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-aacc563584aaaa7ea285c97d8a723ec5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-884c40a32ba8f8da2859bfe664fb6fec\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-884c40a32ba8f8da2859bfe664fb6fec--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1a2895dde65edf97938683c33032ecac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>As for the negative nellies out there ripping Breaking for not being a real sport &#8230; Chambers says everyone&#8217;s entitled to their opinion &#8212; but, there&#8217;s no reason for people to be haters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1a2895dde65edf97938683c33032ecac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-93316f4207b44562c1d071c44e5cba58\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-video-block--aside \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-7bbc002b-a81f-4584-9cf9-1e96ddab72e2-1077105369-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-7bbc002b-a81f-4584-9cf9-1e96ddab72e2-1077105369-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chambers\" alt=\"Chambers\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/42\/16by9\/2024\/07\/27\/42237e8c9ade447eb76680107f1be545_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-93316f4207b44562c1d071c44e5cba58--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-66e3c2582b11165c1be4d62a8c11c576\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.7906976744\">\n<p>Like we said &#8230; Breaking is getting its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/12\/08\/breakdancing-olympic-sport-spinning-2024-paris-games\/\"><strong>first appearance in the Olympics <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; with countries as varied as the U.S.A., Australia, Japan, The Netherlands, Lithuania, France, and China and more sending dancers\/athletes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-66e3c2582b11165c1be4d62a8c11c576--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2791952802a0174a1658d9ee4b4a589e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2791952802a0174a1658d9ee4b4a589e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-496cdfc1b19887f0a52f4b8fd228b935\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Of course, Breaking was born in the U.S. &#8212; the Bronx, specifically &#8212; back in the &#8217;80s, but watch the clip &#8230; because Turbo&#8217;s got a prediction about who might swipe gold away from the Team USA.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-496cdfc1b19887f0a52f4b8fd228b935--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-43c8d491e10a7d6a243ad49ec0d5d45e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-43c8d491e10a7d6a243ad49ec0d5d45e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7aa1deda526277b2a02b8676ccfac02d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>The Olympics are already underway &#8230; and, fans won&#8217;t have to wait much longer to see their favorite countries bust a move!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7aa1deda526277b2a02b8676ccfac02d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2e8edd1adc6537f6de1349a02e65b072\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Cringe, we know, but it had to be said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2e8edd1adc6537f6de1349a02e65b072--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/28\/michael-chambers-breakin-actor-hopeful-olympic-breaking-help-dancers-get-jobs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content TMZ.com Michael &#8220;Boogaloo Shrimp&#8221; 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