| LC control no. | no2006107543 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | DJ Kool Herc |
| Variant(s) | Kool Herc Herc, Kool DJ Campbell, Clive Kool DJ Herc |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Bronx (New York, N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1955-04-16 |
| Place of birth | Kingston (Jamaica) |
| Affiliation | Sparkle (Nightclub: Bronx, N.Y.) Herculords (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Disc jockeys Musicians |
| Found in | 5 sides of a coin, c2004: opening credits (Kool Herc) Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 6, 2006 (Kool DJ Herc; b. Clive Campbell on April 16, 1955; Jamaican-American musician & producer) AllMusic WWW site, viewed Sept. 6, 2006 (Kool DJ Herc; b. Apr. 16, 195?; genre: rap ; styles: hip-hop, old-school rap ; instruments: DJ) Internet movie database, viewed Sept. 6, 2006 (Kool Herc; sometimes credited as: Kool DJ Herc; b. April 16, 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 29, 2013 under DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell also known as Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Herc) African American National Biography, accessed January 29, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Herc, DJ Kool; Clive Campbell; disc jockey, hip-hop innovator, musician, producer; born 16 April 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica. His family immigrated to West Bronx, New York. His sound became the foundation of hip-hop (1973); he developed a technique called "the Merry-Go-Round"; pioneered the DJ/MC/break crew triad with his collective the Herculords; performed in the most popular Bronx nightclubs (1976); was stabbed as he prepared for a show at a club called the Sparkle (1977); withdrew from the hip-hop scene. He is credited as the father of hip-hop) |
| Associated language | eng |
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