Olympic breakdancer Raygun has spoken out after going viral following her widely ridiculed performance at the 2024 Games in Paris.
The Australian athlete, whose real name is Rachael Gunn, 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.
“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?”
Y'all….The people's faces in the background and Peter Griffins voice has killed me. ☠️☠️☠️ pic.twitter.com/NNa4NJkuTN
— Literally Heather (@Shouse34) August 11, 2024
The Grinch four seconds into Christmas. pic.twitter.com/Kca6ZLNdnD
— Waiting to Oxtail (@ThatDudeMCFLY) August 10, 2024
It was the first time breakdancing had been included in the Olympics and Snoop Dogg was seen watching the event from the stands.
Raygun’s performance was widely mocked as she failed to perform any traditional breakdancing moves and instead was seen flopping and rolling around the floor.
There were plenty of viral videos made of her performance, with one dubbing commentary from Peter Griffin in Family Guy over the footage.
Another viewer also 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.”
Raygun’s inclusion in the Australian team was defended by their chef de mission Anna Meares, who said in a press conference: “I love Rachael, and I think that what has occurred on social media with trolls and keyboard warriors, and taking those comments and giving them airtime, has been really disappointing.”
She added: “Raygun is an absolutely loved member of this Olympic team. She has represented the Olympic team, the Olympic spirit with great enthusiasm. And I absolutely love her courage. I love her character, and I feel very disappointed for her, that she has come under the attack that she has.”
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.
not for nothing we should slander “RayGun” aka Rachel Gun and you guys should be just as pissed as the hip hop community.. Regardless of her “bravery” her performance was disgraceful and deserves to be chastised. I think she should write a formal apology to hip hop and the olympics. Her performance was distastefully executed. It almost feels like as if they did this purposely to discredit hip hop. Sad day in hip hop and the fact that you guys are covering this offering her a blanket of coddling is a bit concerning. FK RAYGUN. FK her PHD and FK who ever approved her of being in the competition.
Nobody gives a fuck
Who cares? She didn’t bastardize hip hop anymore than drake has the past 10+ years. You worried about the wrong shit.
Thank goodness this was posted. I wouldn’t know what tf I would do if I didn’t have this completely pointless info. Go get a
Go get a REAL FCKING J0B Sammy one that you’re actually good at if that’s even possible, a real J0B you can actually get paid real money from and one where you don’t get laughed at and embarrassed at every single day the way you do now instead of this dead end bullshit freelancing gossip gig. Super simp Sammy on behalf of all us non-cornballs go eat a cyanide sandwich I can guarantee you with 100 percent certainty that you won’t be missed.
Supposed hiphop website and you don’t know that it’s called Breaking not breakdancing. Shows just the culture vultures that you are. White media created that term and now white media continues to perpetuate it and mislabel the culture. This site sucks ass now.
These aren’t real “journalists”. They are just a bunch of freelancing bum ass bloggers with nothing better to do with their time. They are all too stupid to realize that nobody reads any of the garbage they post we just come here to shit on and laugh at them. They all have less than ZERO credibility 100 percent vulture.
Second hand embarrassment here.
Culture Vultures failing upward, Part Infinity.
Woah, stop speaking the English language, you culture vulture! Speak your own language.
According to the official narrative it’s because of misogyny, nothing to do with her lack of skills.