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DJ Kool Herc

Acting Born Apr 16, 1955 Kingston, Jamaica 13 credits

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.

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Known for

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

2013
Film

Beat Street

as Clive Campbell

Full filmography

  • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)
  • This Is Pop (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Beat Street (1984) as Clive Campbell
  • The Hip Hop Years (1999) as Self
  • Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
  • Sample This (2013) as Self
  • The Making of Sun City (1985) as Self
  • Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)
  • The Freshest Kids (2002)
  • 5 Sides of a Coin (2004)
  • From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop (2017) as Self
  • VERSUS (2008) as Self
  • Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall (2023) as Self