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DJ Kool Herc

DJ Kool Herc

Born

April 16, 1955 (70 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
6.8

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Beat Street
6.8

Beat Street

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
7.6

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Sample This
6.7

Sample This

This Is Pop
5.8

This Is Pop

Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall

Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall

Self

0.0

2023

This Is Pop

This Is Pop

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

5.8

2021

From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop

From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop

Self

0.0

2017

Sample This

Sample This

6.7

2013

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

(1 episode)

7.6

2013

VERSUS

VERSUS

Self

0.0

2008

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

6.8

2005

5 Sides of a Coin

5 Sides of a Coin

0.0

2004

The Freshest Kids

The Freshest Kids

8.1

2002

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

6.9

2000

The Hip Hop Years

The Hip Hop Years

Self · (1 episode)

7.0

1999

The Making of Sun City

Self

0.0

1985

Beat Street

Beat Street

Clive Campbell

6.8

1984

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