B-boying is a form of hip hop dancing which is popularly known as breaking. It consists of top or up rock, footwork, spinning moves (power moves), and freeze. B-boying came from Bronx, NY. The term "B-boy" or "B-boying" was created by Kool Herc who was a DJ spinning at block parties in Bronx back in the days. B-Boys means break boys and they were called so because they dance to the break part of music. Later, by repeating this break part done by DJ, "breakbeats" was born.

Because of these reasons, Rock Steady Crew suggests that footwork-emphasized style should be the direction of breaking of 90s. Breaking is the most popular style of hip hop dancing and it has been spreading all over the world while new school dancing such as hip hop and house limited to big cities in the US and Japan. It was late 60s , early 70s when people started a sort of b-boying.

Break-dancing has always been in urban dance and stands side by side with the music that accompanied it throughout - Hip-Hop. A blend of breakbeats, r’n’b vocals and rap this form of music has found its place in the hearts of break dancers. Because of its diverse appeal and how easily applied to the performance the moves has meant that hip-hop music from artists like Run DMC, Beastie Boys and many more have influenced break dancing and music today.