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The original gatekeeping community of the ubiquitous culture of hip-hop has lost another one of its legendary pioneers during 2020’s final days.
According to Deadline News, breakdancing pioneer Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones passed away on Wednesday (December 30) per a public statement released by Toni Basil, Shabba-Doo’s fellow member of “The Original Lockers” hip-hop dance crew.
“It is with extreme sadness the Lockers family announces the unexpected passing of our beloved Adolfo Shabba-Doo Quinones. In this difficult time, we are requesting privacy,” Basil posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday morning.
Basil, Don Campbell (aka Campbellock), Fred Berry (aka Mr. Penguin), Bill Williams (aka Slim the Robot), Leo Williamson (aka Flukey Luke), and Shabba-Doo were all the first-string founding members of the Original Lockers (formerly The Lockers) who joined forces in 1973. This initial pioneering tandem remained together until 1976.
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Shabba-Doo (Adolfo Quinones) performs with Boogaloo Shrimp (Michael Chambers), left, at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago in October 1985.
He worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Bette Midler to Madonna and Three 6 Mafia.
Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two
Breakin movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65.
Dubbed hip-hop s first matinee idol by
Dance Magazine, Quiñones died Wednesday (Dec. 30) in Los Angeles, publicist Biff Warren announced. The cause of death is still pending, he said.
From left: Adolfo Quiñones (Shabba-Doo) with Jamie Kennedy in 2007
He played Ozone in the two Breakin films and worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Bette Midler to Madonna and Three 6 Mafia.
Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two
Breakin movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65.
Dubbed hip-hop s first matinee idol by
Dance Magazine, Quiñones died late Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles. In an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter, his publicist, Biff Warren, noted that the dancer had tested negative for COVID-19, but the next day he s dead. It opens up all kinds of questions.