Shabba Doo

From The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project

Adolfo Quiñones (May 11, 1955 – December 29, 2020), known professionally as Shabba Doo, was an American actor, break dancer, and choreographer[1], considered by many as as the Godfather of Street Dance.

In 2023, the city of Chicago named a street in honor of Quiñones at the corner of Ohio Street and Wolcott Avenue, outside Manuel Talcott School.[2]


Shabba Doo's Way 1840 W. Ohio Street, is the location of the