I read the story you got, to my surprise a lot is twisted, but the fact is: if it wasn't for us, my crew especially, by not giving up on Bboy, Bboy in South Africa would have only ended up in Cape Town only, and then ended up slowly done away there too...... Coz there was a time Bboy was nothing in Jhb. We commercialized it, made it a brand, today I hear people live in Jhb with the brand, there is only a few guy's that kept the fire burning, the rest left Bboy, and went in it again, and I was still in it!.
I’ve been away from S.A. 8 years now. I know the root facts cause some of them we created, and lived when no 1 cared, even b4 it became fashion today there, here too, when I tell them my stories they acknowledge them.
Question 2 what made you start, and what was the biggest contribution to you starting?
WALLACE: as months were passing, Gogga was the teacher, DJ Pierre was DJaying and practicing his setz. Sometime Gogga called up on all of us during the practice and said "people the club is having a birthday so we would like that you all represent Reality this Friday" the people who were there accurately were me, Miggs, Clayton, C-live, Marcel, Cee Jay and Morgan. These were the originals of the Reality Rockers.
Question 5: If you can write me up a short story; about what was going on when you started, were there crews? How did you battle? Where did you go during his time while breaking? Who was there until roughly when you left?
WALLACE: Yeah:) when I came in 1999, I was from an acrobatic background, but then there were already Chisto, Marcel, Miggs, Nasmi (troop 101) Buddha, C-live, Clayton, Morgan, Seb, Moss, Bboy Bianca and her friend I don't know her name, and some other guys too but I don't remember their names, these guys where already bboying when I started, club Reality was owned by Gogga, Buddha, Bianca, troop 101 and a DnB DJ Pierre Armageddon. Bboy was not in fashion then. On the other side, there where breakers from Soweto in a club next to Carlton centre called LEE club then. as months went by, there was a very silent battle between the Reality Bboy’s nicknamed the "Suburb Bboy’s", and the LEE club as the ghetto Bboy’s, Me and Bboy Cee Jay didn’t care and just wanted to Bboy, so we bboyd on Friday Nights at club Reality and Saturday midday's as LEE club breakers.... by doing that, we dint know we were killing the division between the zones.
Question 2: what made you start, and what was the biggest contribution to you starting?
WALLACE: as months were passing, Gogga was the teacher, DJ Pierre was DJaying practicing his setz, some time, Gogga called up on all of us during the practice and said "people the club is having a birthday so we would like that you all represent Reality this Friday" the people who were there accurately were me, Miggs, Clayton, C-live, Marcel, Cee Jay and Morgan. These where the originals of Reality Rockers.
WALLACE: (Q5) a year later, there was a fight of money(politics) then Clayton, Morgan and C-live left Reality Rockers and go make their own thing, they got joined by Eric and a later stage. Eric was already a Bboy he bboyd on the Soweto guys side mostly in LEE club, Marcel was not anymore regular, cause he had to work and his motor bike gave him problems, plus he was organizing himself to leave to Britain. the troop of Greenside started also not to come regularly cause of studies, and a long way driving, it ended been only ME, Miggs, Cee Jay and a few guys who used to leave nearby in the city. Then us the remaining guys of Reality Rockers started a label and a crew name called "Bboy’s Revenge" that became an anthem....then a lot of Bboy’s stated to join in....this was around Y2k when the millennium was a big thing. So Morgan, Clayton, Miggs, myself, Cee Jay, C-live and also Marcel starting as a Dj sometimes, then we met Eric, and a few guys that were Clayton and C-lives friends from Kensington came around. Some guys from Soweto too.
WALLACE: my real Bboy name is THE O.M.A "The 1 MAN ARMY" I got this name coz I never was battled one to one, so I never lost against anybody, there was a time I was really ill 'not to be arrogant' I was not the best but I knew my shit.
WALLACE: then there was a gig in Pretoria, lucky strike, in a club called Club automatic. Small house club, all 15 of the Bboy’s in Revenge could not all go, that broke us again apart. The main guys of the start of Bboy’s Revenge went to the gig, which created politics. Then Eric, Clayton, C-live, Morgan left, made their gigs and so. STATIC Bboy’s was formed late Y2000. The remaining main guys of Bboy’s Revenge stayed and formed THE THREATS 508 then later Mario"Bigman or Chrome" joined the threats 508, then to keep threats paid, we got gigs from a label, White Trash! Which was a label of the club owners, Gogga was the designer. The Soweto Bboy’s also formed crews amongst themselves, a while later we also heard there is a crew called Demolition Squad. In year 2001 there were around 14 crews we personally knew they existed. coz I was living in Roodekrans, Roodeport the Threats 508, made workshops in dance schools in the western areas 3 times a week for 3 months, but the teachers to the west also teaching in the north, around Randburg. Then we had Bboy’s from the north and the west from the workshops. Not that the other crews were not doing anything, they did a lot too, we were spreading the Bboy flava like that.
WALLACE: (Q2) Club owners know each other, so some of the clubs around muddy waters in Boksburg, knew Reality owners, we had twice a month gigs in this club, we were the 1st to Bboy in the East(on house music) that enabled us to make club workshops(teaching in the club) that’s how east side Jhb knew Bboy, West side Jhb knew Bboy coz I was living there, Cee Jay and Mario were from the South side Jhb, they did their thing by just practicing on grass in some park, a lot of guys who were just playing soccer joined them ended up been Bboy’s.
WALLACE: (Q2) my biggest contribution was, I was the lead dancer of my crew, and I could patiently teach. most of the workshops was been taught by me, others were teaching too, I broke the division between the Soweto Bboy’s, the Town Bboy’s, and started teaching in 6 dance schools by the end of 2001.
Question 1: What do you mean by this statement ?:
"but fact is: if it wasn’t for us, my crew especially, but not giving up to Bboy, Bboy in South Africa would have only ended up in cape town only, and then ended up slowly done away there too"
WALLACE: (Q1) my statement. Reality was the only place there were battles held. all other crews even if they broke off Reality, had to come battle there, we the Threats 508 were the resident Bboy’s in Reality, which was the best place to Bboy, club and Bboy, Bboy performance hosting. Other guys had to study and work etc, when we were trying o keep the Bboy lifestyle alive. Then there was a TV show called "Heita" the Threats 508 was interviewed, together with Gogga, Nasmi. That was our 1st TV appearance.
After this: we were in cinemas, music videos, and ads. Short movies, I have all the copies.
WALLACE: (Q3) I’m not sure about this: but reality was owned b4 by 2 people from Britain, they were living in Houghton, they loved jungle and UK garage, it was still called Reality, as they were leaving back to Britain, the owners I mentioned took over. They used to always bring a hip hop scratch DJ, DJ 1st rate. Reality was originally on jungle, house, Uk garage club, they the new owners added hip hop, that became the 1st gateway of bboying, LEE club was more MC, rap club, they had more MC battles, reality was more a BBOY club in Jozi!
yo!! dawg i hope i could help you with your research, i hop the history stays alive......
