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DJ Kool Herc
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.
Top Filmography
6.8
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005 // MOVIE
6.8
Beat Street
1984 // MOVIE
7.7
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013 // TV
6.7
Sample This
2013 // MOVIE
5.9
This Is Pop
2021 // TV
6.9
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000 // MOVIE
8.1
The Freshest Kids
2002 // MOVIE
9.0
The Making of Sun City
1985 // MOVIE
7.0
The Hip Hop Years
1999 // TV
0.0
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
2023 // MOVIE
0.0
VERSUS
2008 // MOVIE
0.0
From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop
2017 // MOVIE
0.0
5 Sides of a Coin
2004 // MOVIE