Gallery: I'm pickin' up good vibrations. . . Happy 80th birthday, Brian Wilson! (BANG Showbiz)Falcon also choreographed much of the late singer’s ‘HIStory’ tour in the 1990s, and worked with Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, and other members of the Jackson family.
His 60-year-old ‘Breakin’’ dance partner, Popin’ Pete – real name Timothy Earl Solomon and father of the ‘popping’ dance style – posted a video of him hugging Falcon in his later years.
He added on Instagram: “Rest in peace my brother Popin n Taco, you will be missed. . can’t believe this. (sic)” Born June 10, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, Falcon was a popular dancer in the 1980s, mixing popping, locking and breaking, before his break out role in ‘Breakin’’, about hip-hop culture, made him one of the most in demand celebrity choreographers.
He was also one of a few hip-hop artists of Mexican heritage in the 1980s, which he said left him facing hate. Falcon said in an interview: “People couldn’t believe there was a Mexican who could pop.
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