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DJ Kool Herc
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…
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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.
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2023
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
Movie Self
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2021
This Is Pop
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2017
From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop
Movie Self
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2013
Sample This
Movie Self
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2013
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
TV show
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2008
VERSUS
Movie Self
- 2005
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2004
5 Sides of a Coin
Movie
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2002
The Freshest Kids
Movie
- 2000
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1999
The Hip Hop Years
TV show Self
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1985
The Making of Sun City
Movie Self
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1984
Beat Street
Movie Clive Campbell
