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DJ Kool Herc

DJ Kool Herc

Known for
Acting
Born
April 16, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Kingston, Jamaica
Website

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.

Known For

Dave Chappelle's Block Party poster

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Beat Street poster

Beat Street

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown poster

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Sample This poster

Sample This

This Is Pop poster

This Is Pop

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme poster

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

The Freshest Kids poster

The Freshest Kids

The Making of Sun City poster

The Making of Sun City

5 Sides of a Coin poster

5 Sides of a Coin

The Hip Hop Years poster

The Hip Hop Years

Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall poster

Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall

VERSUS poster

VERSUS

Filmography

2023
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall poster

Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall

Movie · as Self

2021
This Is Pop poster

This Is Pop

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2017
From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop poster

From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop

Movie · as Self

2013
Sample This poster

Sample This

Movie · as Self

2013
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown poster

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

TV · 1 ep

2008
VERSUS poster

VERSUS

Movie · as Self

2005
Dave Chappelle's Block Party poster

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Movie

2004
5 Sides of a Coin poster

5 Sides of a Coin

Movie

2002
The Freshest Kids poster

The Freshest Kids

Movie

2000
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme poster

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

Movie

1999
The Hip Hop Years poster

The Hip Hop Years

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1985
The Making of Sun City poster

The Making of Sun City

Movie · as Self

1984
Beat Street poster

Beat Street

Movie · as Clive Campbell

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