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Tracing The Origins Of Popping, The Dance Craze Born In Fresno

B-boy Goku (Charles Montgomery) dances for an audience at the Fresno State "What’s Popping" event in November. (KQED)
B-boy Goku (Charles Montgomery) dances for an audience at the Fresno State "What’s Popping" event in November. (KQED)

A new oral history project at California’s Fresno State is documenting the roots of the hip-hop dance craze known as popping.

Alice Daniel from Here & Now contributor KQED has our story.

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