Comments on: How did Junior (Wanted Crew) become the B-Boy Rick Astley?

By: tom from instant

tom from instant — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:18:38 +0000

funny (and extremely frustrating) story, a guy i met once tried showing me both clips back-to-back, he called them by their actual names so i had no idea what i was getting into until he told me to search “amazing breakdance” and “robot dance.” and this was after he tried convincing me that popping and locking were one dance style.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:54:20 +0000

He ain’t missing half a leg. It’s more thought to be polio that gave him that limp.
It blew up when a guy named ?Scott Willis? used that clip as a promo vid for his website(I think, forgot the exact reason.) Since it was used as a promo vid I’m assuming that it’d have more exposure to the mainstream/non-bboy area. It was also featured several popular websites one being “Ebaumsworld”. More people know the song in the video than the bboy…”I know you got soul” But it’s seen by its more common titles like “Best breakdance” or “Amazing Breakdance” or something along the lines of that.
It’s sad though that most non-bboys who see that clip don’t go outside of that video and is stuck with the thought that he’s the best bboy out there. Or when they meet a legit bboy and the first and only thing they can talk is about Junior and embarrass themselves.

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By: Ebun

Ebun — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:33:11 +0000

Any guesses as to how he became a world-wide web phenomenon?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:43:59 +0000

Hahaha nice, I think I’ve seen that video as a featured clip on YouTube and MySpace at least once a month for the past 4 years.

By: calvin

calvin — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:02:01 +0000

haha, the “b-boy rick astley” — that’s genius. the notoriety of that one clip always struck me as odd as well. and most people don’t realize he’s missing half a leg either.