See some online reaction mourning Shabba-Doo’s passing below: Quinones also appeared in music videos or worked as a choreographer for pop artists such as Madonna, Lionel Richie and Luther Vandross, and he also choreographed Three Six Mafia’s performance of the Oscar-winning original song “It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp” on the Oscars telecast. Shabba-Doo was best known as Ozone in MGM’s 1984 film “Breakin'” and in its sequel, “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.” He also appeared in “Xanadu” and “Tango & Cash,” among others, and he’s known for cameo appearances and performances on “Saturday Night Live,” “Married With Children” and more.Īlso Read: Pierre Cardin, Fashion Designer and Entrepreneur, Dies at 98 The group was formed in 1971 and was active throughout the ’70s, introducing hip-hop to the locking style of funk dance of freezing in place and continuing at the same previous speed. Shabba-Doo earlier this week posted on Instagram that he was feeling sick but that he had tested negative for COVID-19.īorn and raised in Chicago, Shabba-Doo was a dancer of Puerto Rican and African American descent and joined up with Basil, Don “Campbellock” Campbell and Fred “Rerun” Berry as one of the members of The Original Lockers. This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.A representative for Quinones did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.Īlso Read: 'LA Dance Legend' Shabba-Doo Remembered by Ice-T, Miles Brown and More Go to school, know your craft, know how it works and be in control of your destiny.” Survivors include his daughter and son. Asked in the 2014 interview what was the biggest lesson he had learned, Quiñones replied: “If I could tell anyone out there one thing, it’s that working on your craft is great, having the desire is great, passion is great, but the match that ignites it all is education. He had worked with Kennedy on the 2006 MTV series Blowin’ Up. Quiñones also appeared in such films as Xanadu (1980), Tango & Cash (1989), Lambada (1990) and choreographed the 2007 film Kickin’ It Old Skool, starring Jamie Kennedy and Maria Menounos. With The Lockers, he opened for Frank Sinatra at Carnegie Hall and presented an award at the Grammys with Franklin. His early influences ranged from Cab Calloway, Fred Astaire and Ray Bolger to James Brown and Jackie Wilson.Īfter his mother brought him and his sister, Fawn, to Los Angeles, Quiñones was dancing in clubs around the Crenshaw strip when he changed his street dance name from Sir Lance-a-Lock to Shabba-Dabba-Do-Bop, eventually shortened to Shabba-Doo at the suggestion of Greg “Campbellock Jr.” Pope. “I grew up in a mixed household … so I would listen to James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Tito Puente, all in the same moment.” “When I was three or four years old, I used to dance for my family at parties and holidays for change,” he said. … I knew it was going to be a hit.”Īdolfo Gordon Quiñones’ father was Puerto Rican and his mother was African American. “In that way, there is no other feeling quite like it. “ Breakin’ was more than just a dance film, it launched a cultural revolution,” he said in a 2014 interview. Quiñones starred opposite Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers as Turbo in Cannon Films’ Breakin’ (1984), then returned as Ozone in Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984). That night, the group famously won the Oscar for best original song for “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.”Īfter being accepted as a directing fellow at the American Film Institute - he didn’t have the required bachelor’s degree but got in with credit for his dance career - Quiñones helmed and co-wrote the musical Rave, Dancing to a Different Beat (1993), released by New Line Cinema. He also wrote, directed and appeared in 2017 documentary The Kings of Crenshaw, the title of his memoir that was published last year. He also worked alongside Lionel Richie and Luther Vandross and choreographed Three 6 Mafia’s performance at the 2006 Academy Awards. Quiñones toured with Madonna on her “Who’s That Girl?” tour in 1987 and served as her choreographer on several of her videos. Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2020
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