Birthday

1955-04-16

Place of Birth

Kingston, Jamaica

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.