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Birthday
Apr 16, 1955 (70 years old)
DJ Kool Herc
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Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
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Biography
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.