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	Kool DJ Herc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kool DJ Herc (born Clive Campbell on April 16, 1955) is a Jamaican-American musician and producer, generally credited as a pioneer of hip hop during the 1970s.
		Kool DJ Herc and his MC crew The Herculords "started a movement which recycled the creativity of fl American jive jocks back into the USA" (Toop 39).
		During the later part of the decade, Herc was stabbed at one of his own parties, sidelining him during most of the 1980s as hip hop spread throughout the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DJ_Kool_Herc (395 words)

	Disc jockey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The addition of a DJ mixer (used to mix the sound of the two or four playback devices), a microphone (used to amplify the human voice), and headphones (used to listen to one recording while the other is playing, without outputting the sound to the audience) is strongly recommended, but not required.
		DJ Kool Herc (born 1955), inventor of breakbeat technique, "the father of hip hop culture".
		DJ Clue (born Ernesto Shaw on January 8, 1975 in Queens, New York City) is a mix DJ known for his involvement in the mix tape circuit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Disc_jockey (5082 words)

	DJ Kool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		DJ Kool was a rapper in the late 1990s who produced various popular rap singles.
		During the early- to mid-1980s, Kool worked as a warm-up DJ for Rare Essence, until he was picked up by CLR Records.
		DJ Kool is most recently featured on Mya's latest single "Ayo", from her new album, Liberation, due to be released November 14th.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DJ_Kool (173 words)

	Hip Hop Overview
		DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell, is a Jamaican American musician and producer, generally credited as a pioneer of hip hop during the 1970s.
		Herc immigrated to the Bronx bringing with him his knowledge of the Jamaican 'sound system' scene and Jamaican 'toasting' style.
		Kool Herc began to DJ in 1973 once he had amassed a great sound system.
	www.uic.edu /orgs/kbc/hiphop/overview.htm (443 words)

	Kool Herc (1955 - )
		Kool DJ Herc, the godfather of hip-hop, was born in Jamaica in 1955.
		While Pete DJ Jones was #1 for the fl disco crowd in NYC, Herc and the B-Boys were the essence of the hip-hop movement, because of they lived the lifestyle.
		By most accounts Herc was the first DJ to buy two copies of the same record for just a 15-second break (rhythmic instrumental segment) in the middle.
	www.jahsonic.com /KoolHerc.html (2536 words)

	OldSchoolHipHop.Com - Kool Herc Biography
		Kool Herc emigrated to the Bronx in 1967 when he was 12 years old.
		Herc became aware that although he new which records would keep the crowd moving, he was more interested in the break section of the song.
		Herc would say, "Flash in order to be a qualified disc jockey...you must have highs." Then he would crank up the highs and they would sizzle through the crowd.
	www.oldschoolhiphop.com /artists/deejays/kooldjherc.htm (914 words)

	Wikipedia: DJ Kool Herc
		DJ Kool Herc is a Jamaican American musician and producer, generally credited as the inventor of hip hop during the 1970s.
		He was a pioneer in the development of break-beat DJing, wherein the breaks of funk songs, being the most danceable part, were isolated for the purpose of all-night dance parties.
		In the 1990s, he made several appearances and gave interviews, and appeared on The Godfathers of Threat by Terminator X (of Public Enemy), but he has essentially retired from the music business.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/d/dj/dj_kool_herc.html (134 words)

	Articles - Kool D.J. Herc
		Kool Herc owns the rights to the accolade "first Hip Hop D.J.Illustrating the connections between reggae and rap,Herc brought his sound system to block parties in the Bronx from 1969 onwards.
		Kool Herc was the subject of celebration at the Rapmania Festival in 1990.
		Kool Herc Kool DJ Herc, the godfather of hip-hop, was born in Jamaica in 1955.
	www.hiphop-network.com /articles/djarticles/kooldjherc.asp (2169 words)

	Kool DJ Herc - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Among other things, Herc was notorious for throwing all-night parties and invariably present at a Kool Herc party during mid-'70s were usually young dancers (called b-boys) who were early incarnations of the breakdancers of the '80s.
		Another Kool Herc attraction was his mammoth sound system which was capable of overtaking a party-goer's body, making them literally feel the music.
		Herc's career was sidelined, however, when he was stabbed at one of his parties, causing the DJ to curb his activities for several years.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,679963,00.html (333 words)

	DJs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		It is honestly not a stretch at all to refer to DJ Kool Herc as the Father of hip-hop.
		Herc wasn’t specific about the actual matching of the beats between the breaks, but the idea was out there and would soon get elaborated on by numerous others who’ll be mentioned momentarily.
		Herc would soon be surpassed though, by people elaborating on the technical advancements that he pioneered.
	www1.appstate.edu /~jp48076/hiphop_scene/dj.htm (1483 words)

	NPR : DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of the Breakbeat
		NPR : DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of the Breakbeat
		DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of the Breakbeat
		Fresh Air from WHYY, August 29, 2005 · DJ Kook Herc is known as the father of the DJ breakbeat -- isolating and repeating breaks, the most danceable portions of songs that form part of the foundation of modern hip-hop.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4821646 (228 words)

	Afiwi.Com - Your Caribbean Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		To this Herc added the Jamaican form practice of “toasting” in which a DJ would call out the names of people in the party and speak rhymes and catch phrases often boasting about himself.
		Herc began throwing parties regularly at his home, as his crowd outgrew the house he moved his parties out unto the block.
		In 1980 Herc played himself in the classic film “Beat Street.” He took a hiatus from the music business when he was stabbed at one his own parties during the 80’s.
	www.afiwi.com /people2.asp?id=319 (531 words)

	Sedgwick and Cedar \| Where It All Began '73 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		DJ Kool Herc performed the ground breaking art form of the Merry-Go-Round using 2 Turntables at one time.
		Kool Herc would drive the Herculords around the Boogie Down in his convertible moving hip hop one street, one hood and one borough at a time.
		DJ Kool Herc is the Original King of the Hip Hop Kingdom that has spread to every corner of the world.
	www.sedgwickandcedar.com /herc.asp (344 words)

	DJ Kool Herc, hip-hop pioneer - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican who migrated to the US in the late 1960s, is credited with founding the genre which later evolved into rap music.
		Tribute will be paid to DJ Kool Herc and other figures in hip-hop and rap music beginning Tuesday, October 12 when popular US music channel VH1 premieres And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop, a five-part documentary series.
		DJ Kool Herc is credited as the originator of break-beat deejaying, which is basically the essence of hip-hop.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20041007T170000-0500_67281_OBS_DJ_KOOL_HERC__HIP_HOP_PIONEER_.asp (923 words)

	1989 Interview w/ DJ Kool Herc by Davey D
		Toward the end of the panel Kool Herc walked into the room yet no one seemed to know, understand and to a certain degree care who he was.
		Kool Herc: Hip-Hop, the whole chemistry of that came from Jamaica, cause I'm West Indian.
		Kool Herc: No. Little did anybody know we were making history by creating our own culture for our unborn family or unborn child to be coming up into.
	www.daveyd.com /interviewkoolherc89.html (2134 words)

	Going Back in the Days w/ DJ Kool Herc - www.ezboard.com
		Kool Herc also lets us know that Hip Hop did not start in the South Bronx as is often erroneously reported.
		Herc never lived in the South Bronx, he lived in the West bronx which is a totally different area.
		Indeed, Herc’s backstory is the stuff of myth, legend, and folklore, much of it detailed in Berkeley scribe Jeff Chang’s essential tome of hip-hop history, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (the DNA gig, in fact, was a party to celebrate the book’s success).
	p076.ezboard.com /fpoliticalpalacefrm59.showMessage?topicID=75.topic (1231 words)

	Hiphop History - The Four Elements of Hiphop Culture
		DJ's and Mixtapes were part of the heart and soul of Hiphop during its inception.
		It was the DJ who controlled the night, The DJ "spun "the tunes and kept the party Rocking.
		The Very First DJs appeared as early as the 1940's during World War II as they say "necessity is the mother of invention" The need for uplifting entertainment during the war lead to the invention of the DJ as an entertainer.
	www.djemir.com /hiphophistory.html (2171 words)

	Kool DJ Herc - Wikiquote
		In other words, the hole was there for a headphone to go in but I remember he never had headphones over his ears.
		All of a sudden, Herc had headphones but I guess he was so used to dropping the needle down by eyesight and trying to mix it that from the audio part of it he couldn't get into it too well."
		DJ Grandmaster Flash quoted (1991) by David Toop.
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Kool_DJ_Herc (269 words)

	DJ Red Alert - Biography
		DJ Red Alert is recognized and respected worldwide as one of the founding fathers of Hip-Hop music and culture!
		Kool DJ Red Alert was named an honorary ambassador to the United Nations in recognition of his contributions in the field of music.
		The World Famous Kool DJ Red Alert Old School at Noon Mixshow can be heard daily Monday thru Friday on New York City's Power 105.1 FM.
	www.kooldjredalert.com /html/bio.html (1038 words)

	X-Press Online: DJ Kool Herc tonight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In the Bronx in 1973 Herc developed a method for keeping the music going at the breaks in the records, extending them by hipping and hopping (where the very term ‘hip hop’ evolved).
		In fact, there were no b-boys until Kool Herc labeled them so and there wasn’t even rapping until Herc adapted the practice from his home Jamaica.
		Kool Herc will be giving lessons in history this Saturday, October 23, at the Monkey Bar.
	www.xpressmag.com.au /archives/001061.php (164 words)

	DJ KOOL HERC \| INTERVIEW \| GODFATHER OF HIP HOP \| RAPINDUSTRY.COM
		Herc – from Hercules – first used reggae records and was toasting to the music like Jamaican artists U-Roy and I-Roy.
		As this phenomenon evolved, the party shouts became more elaborate as dj-in an effort to be different, began to incorporate little rhymes-'Jay D is in the house/An he'll turn it out without a doubt.' It wasn't long before people began drawing upon outdated dozens and school yard rhymes.
		Kool DJ Herc and his MC crew The Herculoids "started a movement which recycled the creaitivity of fl American jive jocks back into the USA.
	www.rapindustry.com /kool_herc.htm (570 words)

	Kool Herc's Playlist
		Every B-Boy, MC, rapper, DJ, rap group, break-dancer, and aerosol artist knew this song, and when it was played at a party or club, everyone knew it was time for the best B-Boys to do battle.
		This is one of the records Kool DJ Herc brought over from Jamaica.
		Pete DJ Jones loved to cut up the break of this song whereas Kool Herc couldn't quite pull it off.
	www.angelfire.com /sk/oldskool/herclist.html (451 words)

	true-skool (lesson) :: Word Is Born (History of Rap) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Herc modeled his sound system, the Herculoids-the loudest and most powerful sound around-after the massive mobile sound systems in his native Jamaica, but his playlist was something else entirely.
		While these DJs did the same old thing with the newest records, Herc was creating something completely new out of old and obscure records.
		Herc wondred what would happen if he got two copies of the same record and cut back and forth between them in order to prolong the break or sonic climax.
	www.true-skool.org /lessons/lesson-KoolHerc.htm (259 words)

	Kool DJ Herc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		All that Campbell had had was his memory of DJ culture back in Jamaica, yet at that moment in 1973, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, he made Hip Hop history...
		Clive's nickname, "Hercules" was shortened to "Herc." He soon became known on the streets of the Bronx as DJ Kool Herc.
		Herc was the major figure in Hip Hop during the mid 1970s and his possee (the Herculoids) would even perform in my old neigborhood in the Valley section of the Bronx which even my brother recalls but unfortunetly, I was too young to remember.
	www.jamaicanpride.com /Celebrities/kool_dj_herc.htm (917 words)

	Kool DJ Herc MP3 Downloads - Kool DJ Herc Music Downloads - Kool DJ Herc Music Videos
		Kool DJ Herc is the originator of breakbeat DJing, essentially the essence of hip-hop.
		DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of the Breakbeat Aug 29, 2005
		Kool Herc: A Founding Father of Hip Hop Mar 31, 2005
	www.mp3.com /kool-dj-herc/artists/280821/summary.html (171 words)

	Kool DJ Herc - AOL Music
		Kool DJ Herc (born Clive Campbell on April 16,...
		Kool DJ Herc and his MC crew The Herculords "started a movement which recycled the creativity of fl...
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	music.aol.com /artist/kool-dj-herc/312125/main (174 words)

	Montreal Mirror : Music : DJ Kool Herc
		DJ Kool Herc became a New York legend in the late '70s and early '80s, rocking genre-jumping house parties, outdoor soundsystem blockos, and clubs like Disco Fever, Hilltop and Twilight Zone.
		Now, even though he never made a record, Herc should hold the same sort of place in hip hop history that Elvis has in rock 'n' roll, but this is not the case.
		Kool Herc: I've got no qualms with that, man. I'm still doing what I love to do, and people are loving it.
	www.montrealmirror.com /2005/080405/music1.html (1321 words)

	KOOL HERC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Herc is the man who took the Jamaican art of toasting......talking in rhyme over the instrumental parts of a record, and made it a main stay in the Bronx.
		Herc was amongst the first (after Pete Dj Jones) to take two copies of a record and manipulate them, so that the drum breakdown played continuously.Along with Klark Kent,Coke La Rock and Timmy Tim (the Herculords) Herc rocked spots like the PAL,Celeb Club, Stardust Ballroom, Hoe Ave Boys Club, Harlem World and Black Door.
		Herc had a small part playing himself in the movie Beat Street.
	www.jayquan.com /koolherc.htm (244 words)

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