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DJ Kool Herc

DJ Kool Herc

April 16, 1955

Kingston, Jamaica

DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell , is a Jamaican-American DJ and performer who is credited with helping originate hip-hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s through his "Back to School Jam", hosted on August 11, 1973, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue.

Poster for Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

2000

Poster for Beat Street

Beat Street

1984

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