 Everything started in summer 1983 where Joey Starr and Kool Shen were watching American hip hop dancers break it down in Paris.Joey Starr and Kool Shen started learning how to dance and defined their own style, smurf for Joey Starr and break dancing for Kool Shen.They then started painting graffiti, and were part of a graffiti writer group that was composed of DRC, TCG, 93 MCs and Joey and Kool Shen.