DJ Kool Herc

Jamaican-American DJ (born 1955)

Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is a pioneer of hip-hop music, where he along with others popularized it in the Bronx, New York City, in 1973. He is often referred to as the founder of hip hop. Nicknamed the Father of Hip-Hop, Campbell began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown.

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