On this day in hip-hop, Aug. 11, DJ Kool Herc hosted his first back-to-school party in the Bronx, N.Y., which is credited as the birthplace of hip-hop.

Learning to DJ on his own, Kool Herc came up with a technique where he’d switch back and forth between double copies of the same ... DJ Kool Herc’s Fabled Hip-Hop House Party Was 50 Years Ago ...

The promotional flyer was hand-drawn, and read “A DJ Kool Herc Party,” in large, bold letters. Below, it read “Back To School Jam,” and listed the date, time, and price in addition to the ...

Cindy Campbell thought the most fun way to upgrade her wardrobe was to throw a back-to-school party with her brother, DJ Kool Herc, on Aug. 11, 1973 in the Bronx.

We'll start at the beginning with DJ Kool Herc, who, on August 11, 1973, DJ'd an end-of-summer party in his Bronx apartment's rec center. Little did he know that it was the beginning of hip-hop as ...

SUMMERS: I actually got a chance to talk with DJ Kool Herc over the phone earlier this year. He was 18 the day of that infamous party, but he's 68 years old now, and he called that technique the ...

Set the scene: 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, August 11, 1973, a summer party in an apartment building’s rec room. Twenty-five cents We interviewed DJ Kool Herc, regarded as founding hip-hop ...

The speech started with LL Cool J looking back on how Kool Herc kicked off the origins of hip-hop by DJ’ing a party for his sister, Cindy Campbell. She was doing it to earn money for back-to ...

That party has come to be recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop. Her brother Clive, better known to the world as DJ Kool Herc, has been justly called ‘the Father of Hip-Hop,” LL Cool J said.

DJ Kool Herc had an emotional response to being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.. During the induction ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Fri., Herc, born Clive Campbell, was ...

We'll start at the beginning with DJ Kool Herc, who, on August 11, 1973, DJ'd an end-of-summer party in his Bronx apartment's rec center. Little did he know that it was the beginning of hip-hop as ...