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  1. DJ Kool Herc

    Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with being one of the founders of hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in 1973. Nicknamed the Father of Hip-Hop, Campbell began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown.

  2. DJ Kool Herc

    DJ Kool Herc (born April 16, 1955, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican American disc jockey (deejay or DJ) who is credited as the founder of hip-hop, a musical and cultural movement that revolves around four elements: rapping, graffiti painting, B-boying, and deejaying. In 1973, Herc introduced a number of innovations at a party he deejayed and ...

  3. DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell)

    DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) was born April 16, 1955 in West Kingston, Jamaica and migrated to the Bronx, New York in 1967. His classmates at Alfred E. Smith High School referred to him as Hercules because of his size and avid trips to the weight room. Herc started out as a graffiti artist in a group called the Ex-Vandals, but was introduced to deejaying when his father bought a PA system and ...

  4. Hip-Hop 50: DJ Kool Herc: The Founding Father of Hip-Hop

    For his innovation of hip-hop, Herc received a 2-page spread. DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy contributed towards making their previous home at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue more affordable for current ...

  5. Hip-hop 50: The party that started hip-hop

    On a hot August night in 1973, Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, and his sister Cindy put on a "back-to-school jam" in the recreation room of their apartment block at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in ...

  6. Kool Herc gave hip hop its break

    This style evolved into a part of his set he called 'The Merry Go Round'. In this way, as DJ Kool Herc, he gave the world the eureka breakthrough that created everything that followed. Herc invented hip hop. In 1998, Herc gave us this interview for Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. After two weeks tramping around The Bronx, collecting pager ...

  7. Kool Herc Biography

    Kool Herc emigrated to the Bronx in 1967 when he was 12 years old. While attending Alfred E. Smith High School he spent a lot of time in the weight room. That fact coupled with his height spurned the other kids to call him Hercules. His first deejay gig was as his sister's birthday party. It was the start of an industry.

  8. DJ Kool Herc/Clive Campbell (1955- ) •

    DJ Kool Herc was the earliest major figure to emerge from the mid-70s Bronx, New York, music scene that would eventually come to be known as Hip-Hop. Born Clive Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica, Herc immigrated to New York City and was exposed at an early age to both American and Jamaican musical traditions. Influenced by soul, rock, funk, reggae ...

  9. Hip-Hop 50: Kool Herc on the Birth of Rap on August 11, 1973

    Kool Herc and the History (and Mystery) of Hip-Hop's First Day. Even as the world celebrates rap turning 50, the debate over the genre's birth date spins on. HIP-HOP WAS BORN IN THE BRONX IN the ...

  10. Kool Herc: A Founding Father of Hip Hop : NPR

    DJ Kool Herc is the father of the breakbeat, the deejay practice of isolating and repeating "breaks," the most danceable portions of songs; breakbeats make up the foundation of modern hip-hop.

  11. DJ Kool Herc : NPR

    DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of the Breakbeat Fresh Air. August 29, 2005 • DJ Kool Herc is known as the father of the DJ breakbeat, part of the foundation of modern hip-hop. He also wrote the ...

  12. DJ Kool Herc

    Clive Campbell, better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with being one of the founders of hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in 1973. Nicknamed the Father of Hip-Hop, Campbell began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown. Campbell began to isolate the instrumental portion of the record which emphasized the drum beat ...

  13. Kool Herc Biography

    Kool Herc emigrated to the Bronx in 1967 when he was 12 years old. While attending Alfred E. Smith High School he spent a lot of time in the weight room. That fact coupled with his height spurned the other kids to call him Hercules. His first deejay gig was as his sister's birthday party.

  14. DJ Kool Herc: The Back-to-School Party That Started A Revolution

    Forty years ago, DJ Kool Herc spun records at his Bronx apartment building that led to the beginnings of hip-hop. At first glance, the 102-unit apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the ...

  15. The Real Story Behind the Party That Birthed Hip-Hop

    The Real Story Behind the Party That Birthed Hip-Hop. DJ KOOL HERC and CINDY CAMPBELL. Published Wed, August 11, 2021 at 11:08 AM EDT. MIC DROP is a recurring series featuring the thoughts and opinions of some of the biggest voices in classic Hip-Hop. Raw, uncut — and in their own words — these are the gems you've always wanted.

  16. Founding Father DJ Kool Herc & First Lady Cindy Campbell Celebrate Hip

    The legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee DJ Kool Herc is consistently credited as the founder of hip-hop. His mastery at the turntables is known worldwide, as are his positive contributions to the evolution of hip-hop culture. Herc's popularity rose by playing long sets of assorted rhythm breaks strung together.

  17. Hip Hop Founder

    DJ Kool Herc is the founder of the Hip Hop culture that has consumed people worldwide. top of page. HOME. BIO. Kool Herc; Cindy Campbell; DATES. VIDEOS. SOCIAL MEDIA. INSTAGRAM; CONTACT. DONATION. More. 1/3. HipHop Founder Historian Consultant Technical Advisor. Site is ...

  18. Kool Herc

    The Legendary DJ Kool Herc is consistently credited as the Founder of Hip-Hop. His mastery at the turntables is known worldwide, as are his positive contribution to the evolution of Hip-Hop culture. Herc has received a lot of recognitions including being highlighted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in 1995. The people's Hall of Fame ...

  19. 'Come as you are': DJ Kool Herc and the birth of hip-hop

    Sold for $107,100 in DJ Kool Herc & the Birth of Hip-Hop on 18 August 2022 at Christie's Online. Another crucial element of Herc's influence was his sound system, especially his speakers, 'The Herculoids.'. Having grown up in Kingston, Jamaica before immigrating to the US in 1967, Herc was inspired by the loud, innovative set-ups he saw ...

  20. 'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: DJ Kool Herc

    DJ Kool Herc is considered the first DJ to isolate the breaks --the most danceable beats in a record — and repeat them, to keep the dancers going. Originally broadcast in 2005.

  21. DJ Kool Herc Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor...

    Kool DJ Herc is the originator of breakbeat DJing, the essence of hip-hop. By isolating and repeating the "breaks," or most danceable parts, of funk records by Mandrill, James Brown, and the Jimmy Castor…. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY:

  22. 50 years ago, a summer party in the Bronx gave birth to hip-hop : NPR

    In August 1973, an 18-year-old DJ Kool Herc played his sister's back-to-school fundraiser in the rec room of their apartment building. But he and his friends sparked something much bigger.

  23. DJ Kool Herc, Cindy Campbell threw a party that birthed hip-hop 50

    Retropolis. She threw a party to buy school clothes. Hip-hop was born that night. 8 min. Cindy Campbell, center, her brother DJ Kool Herc, second from right, and Coke La Rock, right, at the ...

  24. Dj 쿨 허크

    클라이브 캠벨(Clive Campbell, 1955년 4월 16일 ~ )은 DJ 쿨 허크(DJ Kool Herc)라는 이름으로 잘 알려진 ... Wikipedia®는 미국 및 다른 국가에 등록되어 있는 Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 소유의 등록 상표입니다.