Hip-hop

Wayne "Frosty Freeze" Frost, a hip-hop pioneer whose acrobatic performance with the legendary Rock Steady Crew in the 1983 movie "Flashdance" helped set off a worldwide breakdancing craze, has died. He was 44.

Frost died Thursday at Mount Sinai Medical Center after a long illness, said Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon, a senior vice-president of the Rock Steady Crew where Frost and other b-boys (for beat or break boys) made their name performing street dance routines.

This is sad news for the hip hop community. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. R.I.P. Frosty Freeze.