Tobi Omoteso: 'It’s a completely different Ireland to when I first came' 

The Limerick-based breakdancer is curating a celebration of Irish hip hop to be performed at Elizabeth Fort  for Cork Midsummer Festival 

Hip hop dancer Tobi Omoteso. Picture Clare Keogh

Long before he wanted to be a b-boy, Tobi Omoteso wanted to be an astronaut. Now, he jokes, maybe he can be “the first b-boy in space”.

For now, the 33-year-old hip hop freestyle dancer and dance facilitator has his feet firmly planted on planet Earth, or Limerick city, to be precise; a city he says is “hands down the hip hop capital of Ireland.”