DJ Kool Herc
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday16 April 1955 (71 years old)
Place of birthKingston, Jamaica
Known credits13
Biography
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.
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
2023 · Self
This Is Pop
2021 · Self (archive footage)
From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop
2017 · Self
Sample This
2013 · Self
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
VERSUS
2008 · Self
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
5 Sides of a Coin
2004
The Freshest Kids
2002
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000
The Hip Hop Years
1999 · Self
The Making of Sun City
1985 · Self
Beat Street
1984 · Clive Campbell
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