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When the beat was born

DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop
  • Hill, Laban Carrick
2013
A biography of Dj Kool Herc, discussing his childhood in Jamaica and New York, and his career as a hip hop DJ.

When the beat was born

DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop
  • Hill, Laban Carrick
Introduces DJ Clive Campbell and describes how he devised new ways of playing music between dance songs, sharing insight into his youth in 1970s Jamaica and the Bronx, and how his musical achievements helped counter gang violence.
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