Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up In 1973, Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool Herc, hosted a party in the ...
When DJ Kool Herc spun records at a small party in the Bronx in August of 1973, no one would have predicted his unique style would give birth to the most influential and dominant music in the world: ...
On August 11th, 1973, Kool DJ Herc and his sister Cindy organized a back-to-school party in the recreation room of a residential building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. The shindig is credited ...
On this day in 1955, Clive Campbell—better known to the world as DJ Kool Herc—was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At the age of 12, he relocated with his family to the Bronx, New York, where his influence ...
The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...
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