DJ Kool Herc

Today In Hip-Hop: Hip-Hop Turns 40
Today In Hip-Hop: Hip-Hop Turns 40
Today In Hip-Hop: Hip-Hop Turns 40
On this day, August 11, in hip-hop history... 1973: Cindy Campbell, an entrepreneurial young girl living in the South Bronx, was looking to scrape together some extra cash to go shopping for a new wardrobe for the upcoming school year. Cindy had used her modest paycheck from a summer job to put a deposit down on a nondescript recreation room in the basement of the nondescript apartment building s
Today In Hip-Hop: DJ Kool Herc Celebrates 58th Birthday
Today In Hip-Hop: DJ Kool Herc Celebrates 58th Birthday
Today In Hip-Hop: DJ Kool Herc Celebrates 58th Birthday
On this day, April 16, in hip-hop history… 1955: DJ Kool Herc, who is the father of the DJ breakbeat, celebrates his 58th birthday. The BX native was a pioneer of isolating and repeating breaks, which was known as the danceable part of the beat. Herc ...