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A lot of the increasing interest in hip-hop came from the radio, of course, but it was also fueled by the rising popularity of b-boy dancing, which was exactly where several of the artists who would become rappers and DJs started. That involves Davis, whom lots of credit as the city’s initial b-boy, assisting import the style from the Bronx by way of Jamaican loved ones connections, and Supernova, who really taught a class on the style for Charlotte Klein Dance Studios as a teenager. The genesis of desi hip-hop traces back to 2002, when Pakistani-Canadian rapper Bohemia released Vich...