1. Adolfo Quinones, known professionally as Shabba Doo, was an American actor, break dancer, and choreographer.
11 Facts About Shabba Doo
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Shabba Doo adopted the pseudonym Shabba Doo and joined the dance group The Lockers, who were responsible for popularizing the locking style of street dance.
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Shabba Doo's mother, an Ethiopian Ruth Quinones, was an accountant whose family had moved from Mississippi to Chicago during the Great Migration.
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Shabba Doo's mother raised him as a single parent from the age of three.
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Shabba Doo had a younger sister, Fawn Quinones, who was a dancer, and frequently featured on the musical variety television program Soul Train.
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Shabba Doo began dancing in clubs around Crenshaw Boulevard and at venues like Radiotron, near MacArthur Park.
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Shabba Doo started calling himself Sir Lance-a-Lock, which then became Shabba-Dabba-Do-Bop, which was finally shortened to Shabba-Doo.
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Shabba Doo made guest appearances on TV shows including The Super Mario Bros.
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Shabba Doo served as choreographer for Jamie Kennedy's MTV sitcom, Blowin' Up.
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Shabba Doo choreographed Three Six Mafia's performance at the 78th Academy Awards; the group won the Oscar for best original song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp".
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Shabba Doo died at his home from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on December 29,2020, at age 65.