(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 of hip hop...

be mad. Musicologist David Toop, based on interviews with DJ Grandmaster Flash, Kool DJ Herc, and others, has written: Break-beat music and hip-hop culture...

bassist and founder of Kool and the Gang Roger Kool (1954–2005), Singaporean DJ (Roger Kiew) Kool DJ Herc (born 1955), Jamaican–American DJ and hip hop pioneer...

album by DJ Terminator X. The album was released on June 21, 1994, on Def Jam Recordings sub-label RAL and was produced by Terminator X, Kool DJ Herc, Grandmaster...

borough The Bronx via DJ Kool Herc. Later on, Red would also attend parties, witnessing deejay sets from Grandmaster Flash, Kool DJ A.J., and Afrika Bambaataa...

to North Carolina. Coke La Rock was a friend and musical partner of DJ Kool Herc, who himself is generally considered to have laid down the foundation...

was 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...

in the Bronx, Herc's parties had a ready-made audience. DJ Kool Herc developed the style that was the blueprint for hip hop music. Herc used the record...

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

The 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...

Mix Master Ice, and UTFO. Grandmaster D, and Whodini. DJ Cheese, Grandmaster Flash, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa. Jazzy Jay—even Cut Creator. Seeing them...

the earliest DJs to refine their mixing skills was DJ Kool Herc. Francis Grasso was the first DJ to use headphones and a basic form of mixing at the...

famous hip hop DJ. He went on to form the Universal Zulu Nation on November 12, 1976; with several members following him. Kool DJ Herc, an early hip hop...

became involved in the earliest New York DJ scene, attending parties set up by early luminaries like DJ Kool Herc and Disco King Mario. Saddler's uncle Sandy...

make up hip hop music. These two elements were imported from Jamaica by DJ Kool Herc. At neighborhood block parties, DJs would spin popular records while...

and Isadora Duncan. Hip-hop dance started when Clive Campbell, aka Kool DJ Herc and the father of hip-hop, came to New York from Jamaica in 1967. Toting...

Priest Killarmy Kinetic 9 Kirk Knight KMD Koncept Kool A.D. Kool DJ Herc Kool G Rap Kool Keith Kool Moe Dee Kovas KRS-One Kurious Kurtis Blow Kurtis Mantronik...

and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and later loved Grandmaster Flash, Kool Herc, and Afrika Bambaataa. His tenth birthday present was two turntables and...

chronicling the early hip hop scene. The book features portraits of DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, and Ice Cube, among others, and is based...

2020. https://www.waxpoetics.com/connections/new-york-djs/article/kool-dj-herc-vs-pete-dj-jones/ Wikimedia Commons has media related to Echoplex. Mike Battle...

as DJ Kool Herc, presided over parties in the community room attended by Black residents at a pivotal point in the genre's history. DJ Kool Herc is credited...

promoters include: DJ Kool Herc, Coke La Rock, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Fab Five Freddy, Marley Marl, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis...

Beets (1991) and Super Bad (1994), featuring Chuck D, Sister Souljah, DJ Kool Herc, the Cold Crush Brothers, and a bass music track by the Punk Barbarians...

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

Campbell, 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...

funk bomb exploded in the underground in '73, when a young Bronx DJ named Kool DJ Herc would load on the turntables two copies of the Sex Machine album...

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...

compiles a wider scope of his work. Gibbons, along with hip hop pioneer Kool DJ Herc, was among the first American musicians to apply elements of Jamaican...

gangs and form the Universal Zulu Nation. Inspired by hip-hop icons like DJ Kool Herc, Bambaataa began hosting block parties throughout the South Bronx, including...

like Disco King Mario, DJ Hollywood, Grandmaster Flowers, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc, Treacherous Three, Funky...