Dr. Dre has called out the Olympics over this year’s breakdancing competition, taking issue with the performance of one athlete in particular.
2024 was the first year that breakdancing, one of the foundational elements of Hip Hop culture, was featured in the Olympics. And the dazzling athleticism of b-boys and b-girls from around the world was on display, the contest was somewhat overshadowed by the bizarre antics of Australia’s Rachael “Raygun” Gunn.”
Reacting to the inaugural Olympics breakdancing competition in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Dre said: “I did not like that. It’s so many great breakdancers that I don’t know why they had this particular person doing that.
“It was funny, I got some laughs out of it, but what the fuck? […] There are incredible breakdancers out right now; I don’t know how that happened.”
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Earlier this week, Raygun spoke out after going viral for her widely ridiculed performance at the Paris Olympics, which saw her fail to perform any traditional breakdancing moves and instead flop and roll around the floor.
The Australian athlete failed to score a single point during the competition but defended her performance from online mockery.
“What I wanted to do was come out here and do something new and different and creative — that’s my strength, my creativity,” she said to ESPN.
She also seemingly acknowledged her lack of talent in the sport, saying: “I was never going to beat these girls on what they do best, the dynamic and the power moves, so I wanted to move differently, be artistic and creative because how many chances do you get in a lifetime to do that on an international stage?”
There were plenty of viral videos made of Gunn’s performance, with one dubbing commentary from Peter Griffin in Family Guy over the footage.
Another viewer compared one move she did to the Grinch creeping around.
Even Pete Rock chimed in on her moves, joking on social media: “Ooohhh sh%# [shocked emoji] Wait, that bunny hop kangaroo sh%# she was doing took me way down to floor [laughing emoji] this is so messed up.”
Others echoed Dr. Dre’s disapproval, with R&B singer India.Arie writing on Instagram: “sigh … an art created by young black and brown people in the bronx is NOW an Olympic sport and this POORLY EXECUTED EXCUSE FOR THE ART ~ is being praised. this is yet another insult to artists And artists of color. this is why we’re exhausted.”
Raygun, who possesses a PhD in dance, lost all three of her one-on-one contests by a total margin of 54-0.
Japan’s Ami Yuasa took home the gold medal in women’s breakdancing, while Canadian b-boy Philip “Phil Wizard” Kim emerged victorious in the men’s.
Stfu and get the homeless daughter straight. Also, the woman beating still needs to be paid 4.
@Thriller 1. None of anyone’s business. 2. That was 30 years ago.
When the F**k was break dancing considered a sport? Did I miss something 🤔. Carry on!!!
Do crews not battle. Do they not do flips and tricks thats just as difficult as a gymnast. Why wouldn’t it be considered a sport at some point.
They got rid of wrestling for this trash. Freestyle will be in it next time lmao the indignity!!!
America wil take that gold every time lol
Many of the best breakers are in Japan, AMI being one of them, she took the Gold.
@vincent yup, Asians dominate the artform/dance currently. That culture kinda died out in USA over time, though it’s still here. But in Japan and South Korea, it got extremely popular. Russia kind of too. I think it died down in Brazil, used to be going on there hundreds of years ago
This nonsense but no baseball?
Because most people outside of the USA don’t care about baseball.
If you watch the men’s competition, it was dope. Raygun is buffoonery, but the rest of the compettion (I only saw the men’s competition) was off the chain. Dope. Everyone else that watched it with me was wondering why this wouldn’t be in the 2028 Olympics. Look past Raygun, the breaking was dope. US’s Jeffro was mad ill.
I actually liked raygun it’s original at least