It is a spin-off of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Filipino cultural club, Kababayan, which means "countrymen" in Tagalog.

The Kaba Modern Legacy Roster includes all 6 members that appeared on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew (Mike Song, Jia Huang, Cindy Minowa, Tony Tran, Yuri Tag, and Lawrence Kao) and several other Kaba Modern members who no longer dance for the UCI team.

[citation needed] Featured in Vibe 17 was Kaba Modern's movie-themed set, which had previously won first place at the 2011 Prelude Norcal Competition.

The first piece of the set began with Marko Cristal's spinoff of the popular indie film, 500 Days of Summer.

Following this was a collaborative piece by Jon Aldanese, Alex Hung, and Amy Chang that used both locking and waacking to represent the humor found in Zoolander.

Next, coordinators Darren Wong and Dana Roy combined contemporary and breaking choreography as they took on the roles of Jack and Rose from Titanic.

Styles changed once again when Deyo Forteza's Scream piece showcased the dancer's isolation abilities.

Closing off the set was a collaborative effort of many of the team's featured choreographers to create the "credits of the film."

The Kaba Modern set featured a variety of styles (isolations, locking, femme, ghetto, and contemporary hip hop).

FUSION is arranged by the members of the Multi-Asian Student Association (MASA) at University of California, San Diego.

FUSION also seeks to educate its viewers, the day of and after, about Asian-American presence in the hip hop community.

Kaba Modern placed 3rd in the latest competition, FUSION XVI held on April 17, 2016.

Although the group made it to the top 3, they were eliminated in week 7; the two remaining crews, JabbaWockeeZ and Status Quo, advanced to the finale.

The crew danced to a District 78 Master Mix of Fieldy's Dreams' "Baby Hugh Hef" combined with an MTV production, "Knock 'em Dead".

Kaba Modern chose to perform to the beat of "Grown Apart" by Lisa Shaw with lyrics by MTV and "Technologic" by Daft Punk.

The crew acted as if the nerds had created these beautiful, virtual girls, dancing with them until the point where they're about to kiss, until the programs ends before they get the chance.

J.C concluded that the girls' hip thrust was hot and mentioned how impressive the crew's attention to detail was, singling out an intricate hand isolation by Tony Tran.

The final three crews had to perform to these songs using classic hip-hop moves such as Popping, Locking and Breakdancing.

JC Chasez said that seeing JabaWockeeZ and Kaba Modern go against each other was the biggest and greatest competition on the show yet, maybe even surpassing what Status Quo and JabbaWockeeZ might do in the finals.

Kaba Modern was also able to create a track and dance routine, like JabbaWockeeZ and Status Quo's Encore Do or Die round.

Kaba Modern joined Fysh N Chicks and JabbaWockeeZ to represent the West Coast and performed to E-40's Tell Me When to Go.

A different version of the encore was performed at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards with clips of their Gunshots, Technologic and Thriller (song) routines.

[8][9] Mike Song of the six members to compete on ABDC came back for Week 7 of America's Best Dance Crew (season 3) to demonstrate tutting.