In this section of the website you can find every single detail about the 10 years lasting history of the event. You can read how the BOTY was founded back in 1991, how it progressed and which background changes happened during the last years. This section hopefully also gives you an impression of the philosophy behind the whole event which is very important to us because we know that there are many persons out there who criticise the BOTY and label it as a big commercial event losing the roots to the hip hop culture. While reading the philosophy section you might get an idea that of course we still support the culture, especially the b-boy aspect of hip hop, trying to offer the dancers and the audience as much service as possible - more than on many other hip hop events. To the public the BOTY might look commercial because it is getting so big and of course it is no longer the underground event we had in the early years. Yes we have our BOTY products we sell and yes of course we have some (authentic) sponsors who help us but this does not mean that the organizers behind everything are rich and forgot about the meaning of hip hop culture. Everybody who organised just a small event should know how much work, energy and costs it takes to put it together and at the end it is only fair if you earn some money with it if you still stick to the roots.