| Kool DJ Herc |
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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. He was the originator of break-beatdeejaying, where the breaks of funk songs—being the most danceable part, often featuring percussion—were isolated and repeated for the purpose of all-night dance parties (AMG). Later DJs such as Grandmaster Flash refined and developed the use of breakbeats, including cutting.
He is also well known for his massive high quality high volume sound system, against which even superior DJs could not compete (Toop, 1991). Herc –the name adapted from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, the original name was Kool Herc and the Herculoids – first used reggae records and was toasting to the music like Jamaican artists U-Roy and I-Roy. He started using funk records due to popular demand. Kool DJ Herc and his MC crew The Herculoids "started a movement which recycled the creativity of black American jive jocks back into the USA" (Toop 39). The relationship between hip hop and reggae became more important again with reggae artists and rappers collaborating with each other, from Yellowman and Afrika Bambaataa to KRS One and Shabba Ranks. Hip hop and reggae still influence each other in both directions.
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. During the 1990s, he made several appearances, gave interviews, and appeared on The Godfathers of Threat by Terminator X (a DJ with Public Enemy). He still DJs around the world.
To many that have been inspired by the Hip Hop movement, Godfather Kool DJ Herc is and always will be the truthful originator of Rap Music, Funky Break Beats, and purest form of Urban Economics!
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| 30th Anniversary Breaks Tour feat Kurtis Blow & Kurtis Blow Jr.
Europen Tour 2010
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| 30th Anniversary Breaks Tour |
| Kurtis Blow with Kurtis Blow Jr, will be touring in Europe between the months of Sept & Oct of 2010! Performing classic Hip Hop Songs such The Breaks, Basketball, Christmas Rappn, Tough, If I Ruled the World, and many more. This Hip Hop Classic Rap show is guranteed to be a winner. |
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