Students from across the District are break-dancing for cash…

Jessica Forres watched some of their moves at the Heart Break Ball…



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Hip-hop music blares inside St. Stephens Church and Rudy Castellanos, a student at University of D-C, drops to the floor and dances...

JUST A SIMPLE, TOP ROCKING, BASIC SIX STEP, INTO A HEAD STAND

He is a b-boy, or break-dancer, participating in a battle hosted by Words, Beats and Life Incorporated...a non-profit that offers free after school hip-hop classes to students.

Cory Stowers.. with the group...hopes the event will raise a thousand dollars for the program.

IT WILL GO TO BUYING SUPPLIES FOR THE ART CLASS TO BUYING ANOTHER PIECE OF LINOLEUM FOR THE B-BOYS TO PRACTICE ON.

Stowers says hip-hop classes keeps students fit and out of trouble. B-Boy Castellanos agrees…

IT HELPS ME CLEAR MY MIND AND LET GO OF A LOT OF ANGER.

1-hundred and forty students in DC take part in the after school program.

Jessica Forres WAMU 885 News