hiphop Archives - Break Fast Jam

Saturday 9th June / Jinja Town Hall / 2pm until 8pm. (Doors open at 2pm and battles start at 4pm).
ENTRY: 5000ugx and free for kids aged 10years and below.

Since 2012, we have been holding elimination event in Jinja city for Breakdancers & poppers from around the Eastern Uganda region, and also an opportunity for practitioners of other hip-hop dance styles and elements to exhibit their skills at the Break-Fast Jam platform. Further, Break-Fast Jam has been a united the hiphop practitioners plus fans under one roof.

FreshLane, an initiative working to empower young people socially and economically through cultivating and elevating art, culture, education and facilitating creative development. Comprised of members of Breakdance Project Uganda (BPU).

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Break-Fast Jam Finals 2017 // presented by FreshLane
More information here. Please share with a friend and stay tuned for more info.

Battle Categories
Seven 2 Smoke (8 breakers)
Solo Breaking battle for adults (8 breakers)
Solo kids battle – breaking (8 breakers)
Solo Bgirl battle (8 breakers)
Solo popping battle (8 poppers)
3 on 3 crew battle – Breaking (8 breakers)
SEVEN 2 SMOKE

Bboy Umar Xperience – Eastern Uganda eliminations winner

Bboy Yusuf – Central Uganda eliminations winner
Remaining 6 slots will be direct invites – to be announced soon.

SOLO BREAKING BATTLE FOR ADULTS

All will be wild cards – to be announced soon

SOLO KIDS BATTLE

Eliminations on day 1 / Saturday 18^th Nov

SOLO BGIRL BATTLE

Winner from last year gets a wild card.

Remaining slots to be gained through eliminations on day 1 / Sat 18^th Nov

SOLO POPPING

Popper Shakur, winner of Central Uganda eliminations

Popper Shafique Code, winner of Eastern Uganda eliminations

Remaining slots to be battled for on day 1 / Sat 18^th Nov

3 ON 3 CREW BATTLE

Hit The Beat Crew, winners of last year get a direct invite.

Remaining crews to be selected at the eliminations on day 1 / Sat 18^th Nov

Itinerary for the weekend

Preliminaries 3 vs 3 Breaking Crew Battle
Preliminaries for popping
Preliminary for solo Kids breaking
Preliminary for solo Bgirl
3 vs 3 Quarter, semi and finals

Popping quarter, semi and finals

1 vs 1 kids quarter, semi and finals

1 vs 1 bgirl quarter, semi and finals

Seven 2 Smoke

1 vs 1 breaking adults

New Style hiphop dance ciphers

Powermove ciphers

Individual & crew Dance showcases

Rap & Beatboxing performances

Street wear markets

Food & drinks stores

Live graffiti writing

Parties

And many more…….

We will be featuring artists like
Sylvester Kabombo
Willstone
Holy Dance Crew
Erick Sama
Nemesis
Ibra Buwembo Dance crew

And many more ………

JUDGES –
Abramz (Breakdance Project Uganda & Rock Steady Crew) – Uganda

SoonEnough (Breakpoint/FloorWars) – Denmark

Ryo Anijha (FreshSox/MZK) – Japan
Fullmoon (Hit The Beat Crew) – Uganda
Fahadhi (Hit The Beat Crew) – Uganda
Bboy Neuz (Dream House Uganda) – Uganda
Walter Ruva – Uganda
Sammie Poppings (Pop Lock Funk) – Uganda
Mostrixx (Tabu Flo & Hit The Beat Crew) – Uganda

Dj’s
Snuff (Ireland), Issa (Uganda) and more to be announced.

More info to be announced here or on www.breakfastjam.org

For inquiries call +256773251003 / +256775101122 or email admin@breakfastjam.org

The event was a mix of Hip-hop elements; Dance (Breaking, popping, newstyle), rap and beat-boxing performances, graffiti, competitions/battles, and educational workshops. Check out #BFJ2016EUelims on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to see live coverage of the event.

Special thanks to our sponsors, partners and supporters: US embassy Kampala, Breakdance Project Uganda, Gagawala Graphics, Smart FM, Infinite records, End Of The Weak Uganda, Fresh Lane, Youth Legacy Africa, Ruyonga, the Uganda breaking & Hiphop fraternity.

Photos by: Kibuuka Mukisa Oscar (Kibuuka photography) and Kibazzi Pius (Kibazzi photography)

BREAK-FAST JAM 2017 FINALS

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