Beta Langebeck aka Beta

Beta Langebeck, a.k.a. Beta Rawkuz, is Miami Florida’s own Hip Hop gem. She is recognized world wide as a legendary totem in Hip Hop’s classic discipline of “Break dancing,” not only as a rare female minority, but as a pioneer of the movement, evolving a personal style that has secured her reigning status in the scene of yesterday, today and beyond. Introduced to the art of street dance at age eleven, Beta would begin to learn and develop techniques alongside her two brothers Michael “Xeno” and Christian “Zemex” that would garnish immediate attention from elders in Miami’s underground Breaking network. Months later, her mentor Luis “Flex 9” would fly her to attend the Rock Steady Crew anniversary in NYC. The impact of her skill and presence there was immediate upon core members of the original New York Breaking scene, in note Honey Rockwell, who filmed Beta’s first national appearance in what became a collectors item of the best BGirl’s of the time in The Honey Rockwell Video. Over the next decade, Beta would mature into a fierce talent, earning her a mixture of respect, awe, controversy, and imitation among peers worldwide. She would go on to compete nationally and internationally as both a solo dancer and member of notorious Miami Crews Floor Fanatics, Flipside Kings, Ground Zero, Floor Angelz, Street Masterz and Heart Breakerz. Her individual Championship list includes multiple titles from California to Sweden as reigning BGirl in one on one Battles. The past ten years Beta has featured as highlight competitor, judge, host, instructor and forum panelist at Hip Hop Conferences such as BBoy Summit L.A., Might 4 S.F., 5th Element S.J., Be Girl Be MN, Evolution FL, She Got Game Australia, and Rock Steady Crew Anniversary NY. In 2006, she was presented with the very prestigious Spy Award by Rock Steady President Richard “Crazy Legs” Colon, for “most influential and inspirational contributor” to the dance and community, the only BGirl nominee and recipient ever to receive the honor. Presently residing in Miami Beach, Beta is a respected leader within the local community, focusing her energies into “Child of this Culture” as one of the board members, and her affiliation with the Street Masters, Heart Breakerz and MFKZ.