DJ Kool Herc
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1955-04-16
place-of-birth
Kingston, Jamaica
also-known-as
D.J. Kool Herc
Kool Herc
Clive Campbell
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.