Person
DJ Kool Herc
Acting · Born 1955-04-16 · Kingston, Jamaica
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
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
Beat Street
Clive Campbell
The Hip Hop Years
Self
The Freshest Kids
2002
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
Self
5 Sides of a Coin
2004
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
Sample This
Self
Filmography
- 2023Bad Like Brooklyn DancehallSelf
- 2021This Is PopSelf (archive footage)
- 2017From Scratch: The Birth of Hip HopSelf
- 2013Sample ThisSelf
- 2013Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
- 2008VERSUSSelf
- 2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party
- 20045 Sides of a Coin
- 2002The Freshest Kids
- 2000Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
- 1999The Hip Hop YearsSelf
- 1985The Making of Sun CitySelf
- 1984Beat StreetClive Campbell
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