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Just one week after Whodini member John “Ecstasy” Fletcher passed away, the pioneering Hip Hop community has suffered another monumental loss. On Wednesday (December 30), DJ Premier shared an Instagram post mourning the death of Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones, better known as “Ozone” from the quintessential Hip Hop films  Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.  “One Of Our Greatest Street Dancers/Choreographer And HIP HOP ICON and Star of the Hit Movie ‘BREAKIN’ A...

"Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" choreographer and actor Adolfo Quiñones aka Shabba-Doo has died at the age of 65.

Raymond Boyd/Getty Images Shabba-Doo (Adolfo Quinones) performs with Boogaloo Shrimp (Michael Chambers), left, at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago in October 1985. He worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Bette Midler to Madonna and Three 6 Mafia. Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two  Breakin movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65. Dubbed "hip-hops first ...

From left: Adolfo Quiñones (Shabba-Doo) with Jamie Kennedy in 2007 He played Ozone in the two Breakin films and worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Bette Midler to Madonna and Three 6 Mafia. Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two Breakin movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65. Dubbed "hip-hops first matinee idol" by Dance Magazine, Quiñones died late T...