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DJ Kool Herc

DJ Kool Herc

Acting

Born April 16, 1955, Kingston, Jamaica

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (7)
  • 2023Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall — Self
  • This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop — Self
  • 2013Sample This — Self
  • 2008VERSUS — Self
  • The Hip Hop Years — Self
  • 1985The Making of Sun City — Self