He was born Clive Campbell on April 16, 1955, in Kinston, Jamaica, but he’s best known as DJ Kool Herc. Hec’s family immigrated to the Bronx in 1967. Due to his size, kids at Alfred E.

From DJ Kool Herc to DJ Jazzy Jeff, these artists have not only played records but have also profoundly shaped hip-hop culture, leaving an indelible mark on the genre. Grandmaster Flash was far ...

Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and hip ...

DJ Kool Herc spun his turntables on August 11, 1973, introducing a now infamous drum break during a back-to-school party in his apartment at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. It wouldn’t take long for ...

Breaking originated in the Bronx in the 1970s. DJ Kool Herc realized that people tend to dance with more energy during the instrumental section songs, also known as the "break." He then created the ...

Meet Marty Cooper, the inventor of the mobile phone, and one of our 40th Friends. Kool Herc: Founder of Hip Hop CBC Radio in Thunder Bay turns 40 this year and so does a little global cultural ...

African-American DJs, such as Grandmaster Flash and the Jamaican-born 'father of hip-hop' Kool Herc, extended the instrumental sections (or 'breaks') from records by mixing between two identical ...