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Interview with Boogie Down Klown

Interview with Boogie Down Klown (a.k.a. Julio Santiago) for The Bronx Hip Hop Oral History Project on July 17, 2025. Boogie Down Klown is a pioneering Boogie Boy, street dancer, hitter, and actor from The Bronx. His parents are migrants from Puerto Rico. Julio was born at Beth Israel Medical Center on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He vaguely recalls spending the early years of his life, until age 7 with his aunt in Ozone Park, Queens. Eventually, his mother would become an overwhelmed single-mother and Julio and his siblings spent nearly four years (8-12 years of age for Julio) in foster and group homes in the north Bronx near 243rd Street and White Plains Road in Wakefield. When he was around 12-years -old his mother took custody of Julio and raised the family in the South Bronx. Boogie Down Klown goes on to speak about his upbringing in the Bronx and the various schools the attended. Boogie Down Klown recalls his first exposure to locking from the 1970s TV serries "What's Happening" where the character Re-run danced. The interview follows the highlights of his street dance and "Hitting" career. The interviewer is Pastor Crespo, Jr., the Research Librarian and Archivist for The Bronx County Historical Society Research Center. The Bronx Hip Hop Oral History Project is a project of The Bronx County Archives at The Bronx County Historical Society Research Library. Content may be utilized only for non-commercial purposes so long as equal sharing privileges are preserved and the following attribution is included: "Courtesy of The Bronx Hip Hop Oral History Project, The Bronx County Archives at The Bronx County Historical Society Research Library." This interview is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of The Governor and the New York State Legislature.