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Source: Handout / Getty One of the four elements of Hip-Hop (MC’s, DJ’s, graffiti and breakdancing breaking/b-boying) is now a proper Olympic sport. Today (Dec. 7), it was announced that “breaking” will be included as part of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. That’s still almost four years away, but we’ll take it. “We have had a clear priority and this is to introduce sports which are particularly popular among the younger generations. And also to take into account the urbanization of sport,” said International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach after today’s executive board, per USA Today. Breaking actually made its Olympic debut a couple of years ago in Buenos Aires at the 2018 Summer Youth Games. While this certainly is a cause for celebration, there are those in the breaking communi...