While growing up as one of three children in Victorville , California , he learned b-boying , locking , and popping by traveling to Los Angeles and frequenting the b-boy scene ; he was eventually cast as an extra in the movie Breakin ' 2 : Electric Boogaloo in 1984 .
While growing up in Victorville , California , Napoleon learned how to dance by traveling to Los Angeles and spending time with b-boys ; he was eventually cast as an extra in the movie Breakin ' 2 : Electric Boogaloo in 1984 .