How can I become a good hip hop dancer?

I've always loved hip hop, but I sort of just gave up on it after a while because I started other sports (swimming, tennies, volleyball... basketball a lot of them, so my mom made me drop something and i decided hip hop). That was when I was like 7. I'm 13 now. I wasn't very interested until I started dating this boy. He's never had lessons and he was an AMAZING hip hop dancer. Like AMAZING. He is on a crew and he is the youngest by 5 or 6 years. He's so talented and amazing. So I look at him dance and it makes me jealous. how it comes so naturally to him. So I recently started searching video on youtube trying to teach myself some hip hope moves. I can reject and spongebob, i can sort of tut, and I can do the body wave (not the arm one though... lol) So I was just asking for some tips? Like what are some basic things you need to learn. What you need to practice. Lessons maybe? Thanks(: