Rissa Boo - B.Boys Theory

What this video is

Released in 2013 and later included on the 2015 album Heritage To Defend, B.Boys Theory emerges from a Franco-Lusophone underground hip-hop scene centered in Paris. Rissa Boo — a Portuguese-French emcee and self-described backpacker — operates in the tradition of old-school b-boy culture, foregrounding breakdance heritage ('B.Boys') as a philosophical and aesthetic touchstone. The video's low-budget, kinetic…

Why it matters

Represents the intersection of Francophone alternative rap and Anglo-American backpacker hip-hop aesthetics, a niche but culturally significant node in the global underground rap ecosystem of the early 2010s. The multilingual delivery (English, French, Portuguese) and b-boy conceptual framing make…