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breakdancer. He is part of the French crew Pockemon Crew and the all-star team LEGION X. Since the beginning of his career in 1999 he has won many international prizes, both with his crew and as a solo dancer. He has had a black belt in

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since he was sixteen. He practices Islam and can speak Algerian-Arabic, French and English. Lilou was the winner of the b-boy competition

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in 2005 and 2009. He is one of the only three competitors to have won the Red Bull BC One twice, the other two being

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and Menno. He also won

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in 2003 with Pockemon Crew. In 2005, Lilou won the Chief Rocka award at the UK Bboy Championships. The following year, he was part of the Pockemon team that won the Crews competition at the UK Bboy Championships. In 2006 Lilou was featured in the game 'B-Boy', released by

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. In 2008 Lilou took part in

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' video Midnight Madness. He also appears in the film ''

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''. In 2012 he joined

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as a dancer and choreographer. In 2014, he became the winner of

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. In doing so, he became the world champion bboy in 2014. He lists

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, and

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as influences.

References

External links

Lilou's profile
at RedBullBCOne.com
Pockemon crew
official website
Lilou Official Website
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