DJ Kool Herc: The founding father of hip-hop

(NewsNation) — In the vibrant streets of 1970s New York City’s Bronx borough, a young Jamaican American disc jockey ignited a musical revolution that would bring people together and pioneer groundbreaking techniques that led him to become the founding father of hip-hop music. He was born Clive Campbell on April 16, 1955, in Kinston, Jamaica, but he’s best known as DJ Kool Herc. Hec’s family immigrated to the Bronx in 1967. Due to his size, kids at Alfred E. Smith High School nicknamed him Hercules, according to Britannica. He later shorted it to “Herc” as his professional name. ‘I have to be an example’: 1st Black female NASCAR track president In the early 1970s, Herc started throwing block parties in the neighborhood, where he played a mix of American funk and soul records on his turntables. One of these parties, a back-to-school event held by his sister Cindy Campbell on Aug. 11, 1973, is widely recognized as the moment hip-hop culture began — when all the elements came together in one place. However, the term hip-hop — which encompasses the movement’s four elements: emceeing or rapping, breakdancing, graffiti and turntabling — wouldn’t be used until several years after the party...