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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 16, 1955
Place of Birth
Kingston, Jamaica
Also Known As
- D.J. Kool Herc
- Kool Herc
- Clive Campbell
DJ Kool Herc
0.3 Popularity
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
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Self
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
2023
5.9
Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop
2021
0.0
Self
From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop
2017
6.7
Sample This
2013
7.7
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
0.0
Self
VERSUS
2008
6.8
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
0.0
5 Sides of a Coin
2004
8.1
The Freshest Kids
2002
6.9
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000
Credits
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
as Self
2023
0.0
This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.9
From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop
as Self
2017
0.0
Sample This
2013
6.7
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
7.7
VERSUS
as Self
2008
0.0
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
6.8
5 Sides of a Coin
2004
0.0
The Freshest Kids
2002
8.1
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000
6.9
The Hip Hop Years
as Self
1999
7.0
The Making of Sun City
as Self
1985
9.0
Beat Street
as Clive Campbell
1984
6.8