In the summer of 2025, what began as a simple message between two old friends turned into a full-circle reflection on culture, movement, music, and gaming. Tips (aka Fernando) reached out to his longtime friend and fellow bboy Frawgy Gunso—a reconnection rooted in the rhythms of high school cyphers and digital camaraderie.
A Brotherhood Born in the Breaks
Both Tips and Frawgy’s story begins at Michael M. Krop Senior High, where they founded their school’s breakdance club—an idea sparked by passion and made real through community. Those early jams forged a bond that’s kept alive across years, oceans, and game servers.
> “We met back in high school and started the break dance club together. That space became the launchpad—for our style, our sound, and our connection through hip hop.”
The Interview — 4 Questions, 2 Perspectives
To mark the moment, Tips flipped the script and sent Frawgy four simple questions about life, breaking, and what’s fueling them this summer. Here’s what they shared.
1. Who are you, and how’d you get into breaking?
Frawgy Gunso: “I consider myself a hip hop head. I first got involved with music, and in high school I met up with you and the others at the breaking club and stuck with breaking.”
Tips: “My family and friends know me as Fernando, and my bboy name is Tips. If I had to describe myself as a mythology, I’m the vanguard in pursuit of hip hop culture—embracing and evolving its styles. Breaking and hip hop have always been a passion since I first learned bboying at age 12.”
2. What keeps you coming back to it?
Frawgy Gunso: “The chance to get down. I always focus on the skill of listening.”
Tips: “It’s the culture and the fitness. The music speaks—it carries depth and soul—and breaking keeps the body sharp. It’s movement with meaning.”
3. What’s your summer looking like?
Frawgy Gunso: “I’m focused on doing a bunch of DJ gigs. Planning to head out to Japan again—maybe for another jam or just to practice with friends.”
Tips: “I’m getting serious about training again after stepping back to handle personal projects. Right now, I’m reinventing my top rock and sharpening my freezes—especially the air baby and the chair freeze.”
4. What game’s got you hooked?
Frawgy Gunso: “Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. I jumped back on to fight the final boss again—one of the dopest fights in the game, if not the dopest.”
Tips: “Destiny 2, hands down. I’ve hit 100% completion and earned the platinum trophy on PlayStation. With the new expansion and a massive Star Wars collab on the way, I’m hyped for what’s next.”
More Than Nostalgia
This wasn’t just a trip down memory lane—it was a celebration of persistence. From spinning vinyl to top rocks, from pixelated victories to spiritual reconnections through movement and music—Tips and Frawgy remind us what it means to stay in the cypher, even when life spins on a different beat.
So whether you’re breaking on concrete or breaking through endgame bosses, there’s something sacred about keeping that rhythm alive.
> “Same crew, different quests—but always grounded in hip hop.”
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