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DJ Kool Herc

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.


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Born:
Apr 16, 1955 In Kingston, Jamaica
Movie/TV Credits:
11
First Appeared:
In the movie The Making of Sun City
Latest Project:
Movie Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall 2023-06-08
Known For
Poster of Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
Poster of VERSUS
Poster of The Hip Hop Years
Poster of The Making of Sun City
Filmography
Movie The Making of Sun City 2025
Movie Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall Self 2023-06-08
Series This Is Pop Self (archive footage) 2021-03-06
Movie From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop Self 2017-01-01
Movie Sample This 2013-09-12
Series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Unknown 2013-04-14
Movie VERSUS Self 2008-01-01
Movie 5 Sides of a Coin 2004-11-12
Movie Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme 2000-04-14
Series The Hip Hop Years Self 1999-01-01
Movie Beat Street Clive Campbell 1984-06-08