DJ Kool Herc
April 16, 1955 (69 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall as Self
- 2021 · This Is Pop as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop as Self
- 2013 · Sample This as
- 2013 · Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown as
- 2008 · VERSUS as Self
- 2004 · 5 Sides of a Coin as
- 2000 · Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme as
- 1999 · The Hip Hop Years as Self
- 1984 · Beat Street as Clive Campbell
- Future · The Making of Sun City as