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...

finalized as "Coke La Rock". Coke La Rock joined Kool Herc for his first party, in 1973, to celebrate Herc's sister Cindy's birthday. It wasn't until about...

Press. p. 45. "Interview w/ DJ Kool Herc: 1989 New Music Seminar". 1989. Frank Broughton (2015). "Interviews: Kool Herc". DJ History. Archived from the...

Look up herc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Herc may refer to: Christián Herc (born 1998), Slovak footballer DJ Kool Herc (born 1955), Jamaican-born...

debut extended play. On February 6, 2018, Jackson played hip hop legend Kool Herc in a segment of Drunk History. On October 4, 2019, Jackson made a guest...

performed to DJ Kool Herc's breakbeats. The obvious connection of the term breaking is to the word breakbeat.[citation needed] DJ Kool Herc has said that...

Bronx hip hop scene emerged in August 1973 when brother–sister duo DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell hosted the first hip hop party in the Bronx, sparking...

adopted by early hip hop artists. A forefather of turntablism was DJ Kool Herc, an immigrant from Jamaica to New York City. He introduced turntable techniques...

his book Can't Stop Won't Stop (2005), describes DJ Kool Herc's eureka moment in this way: Herc carefully studied the dancers. "I was smoking cigarettes...

later known as DJ Kool Herc, presided over parties in the community room at a pivotal point in the genre's history. DJ Kool Herc is credited with helping...