profesional profile
Nana Tuffour Okai, who is professionally known as Bboy Lyricx is a Dance Athlete, Dance promoter and an Entrepreneur who aspires to be a positive role model for young talent from the street where he discovered
his creative potential.
Being the Founder of Africa Breaking Academy and award winning Dancer at
Ghana Dance Award, his vision is to build a modern dance studio to provide an empowering space for dancers with similar interest to connect and learn. He grew up in a society where obstacle and challenges where daily
adventures but through sacrifice and perseverance, he spared no effort to become the change he needed for a better life, now seeking to help others to achieve the same
Nana Tuffour Okai “Bboy Lyricx “ has organized and instructed many Dance workshops and also served as an
Ambassador of Afrobreak Movement , Hip hop Works Incorporation Ghana ,Breaking Federation of Ghana and UDance Art International U.S.A. He is passionate for excellence and love teaching/ interacting with the children, “I consider the physical and intellectual aspect of each child and help them to become the best they can be” its is clear that Bboy Lyricx dance Career is bright and all who crosses his path, shall be inspired in one way or another.
Lyricx being the founder of Africa Breaking Academy (ABA) and worldwide acknowledge as the pioneer of AfroBreak movement. His contribution to the Ghanaian Street Dance Culture has earn him numerous accolades including Best Bboy in Ghana at Dance Ghana Awards 2021.
√INTERNATIONAL AFROBREAK WORKSHOP TOURS AND COMPETITIONS
-Africa Breaking Nation 2023 Accra, Ghana (Judge)
-Kokomlemle Dance Street Battle 2023 Accra, Ghana. (Judge)
-Notre Futur Summit & Battle to Kill 2022 Yaounde , Cameroon (Participant)
– 3FM Dance Challenge 2Some 2022 Accra, Ghana (Judge)
-Afrobreak Championship 2022 National & International Accra, Ghana (Judge)
– The H Battle (Haafani) 2 vs 2 2022 Cotonou, Benin (Judge)
-Redbull BC One Cypher 2022 Nigeria, Lagos & Port Harcourt (Judge)
-Hip Hop Made In East Africa & Hiphop Asili Festiva 2022 Dar es salam, Tanzania (Participant)
-Hip Hop Manufactured In Africa Conference & Africa France Summit 2021 Montpellier, France (Participant)
-Snipes Battle Of The Year Keep On Breaking 2021 France, Montpellier (Participant)
-Red Bull BC One Cypher 2021 Nigeria, PortHarcourt & Lagos (Judge)
– GDF Break Dance Battle 2021 Ghana, Accra (Judge)
– Boot 4 Boot All Style Dance Battle 2021 Ghana, Accra (Judge)
-Afro Break Workshop 2020 Ghana, Kumasi (Host / Instructor)
– Afro Break International workshop 2021 Cotonou, Benin (Host / Instructor)
– Afro Break International Workshop 2021 Ghana, Accra (Host / Instructor)
– Afro Break International Workshop 2021 Nigeria, Lagos (Host / Instructor)
– Bboy Bgirl Africa BBA 2019 Burkina Faso, Ougadougou (Participant)
– Warriors Battle International 2020 Niger, Niamey (Participant)
√PHILANTHROPY
Bboy Lyricx establish the Africa Breaking Academy a Non-for-profit organisation empowering and promoting Break dance by organizing free dance workshop and dance events as a tool of edutainment to promote Hip Hop elements and Dancesport in his country Ghana and other Africa countries such as Benin, Nigeria etc.
His humanitarian efforts as an Hip hop educator earned him becoming the Ghanaian Manager of Generation Hip Hop Global.
His consistent efforts to add up the Dance culture as an hip hop practitioner made him to create the “AfroBreak Movement” with his friends which is a blend of afrodance and Breakdance on Afrobreak music.