On August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc was a disc jockey and emcee at a party hosted by himself and his younger sister Cindy at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. [23] She wanted to earn extra cash for back-to-school clothes, so she decided to throw a party where her older brother, then just 18 years old, would play music for the neighborhood in their apartment ...

Nov 16, 2009 · Born and raised to the age of 10 in Kingston, Jamaica, DJ Kool Herc began spinning records at parties and between sets his father’s band played while he was a teenager in the Bronx in the...

Dec 25, 2024 · On August 11, 1973, Herc’s sister Cindy Campbell hosted a back-to-school party, for which she hired her brother to deejay. The party was held in the recreation room of their apartment building on Sedgwick Avenue. In a 1998 interview with writer Frank Broughton, Herc recalled the party as “Lovely.

All centred around a party held by DJ Kool Herc in the Bronx. But by all accounts, it took several years after this party for the musical form that anyone would now recognise as hip-hop to emerge. How did it become almost universally accepted that …

Jul 11, 2023 · In August 1973, an 18-year-old DJ Kool Herc played his sister's back-to-school fundraiser in the rec room of their apartment building. But he and his friends sparked something much bigger.

Aug 11, 2023 · On a hot August night in 1973, Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, and his sister Cindy put on a "back-to-school jam" in the recreation room of their apartment block at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue...

Feb 21, 2023 · What began as a back-to-school party held by Cindy Campbell and her brother DJ Kool Herc, turned into the moment when the global phenomenon of hip-hop music was created.

Jul 6, 2022 · From 4-18 August, Christie’s will present DJ Kool Herc & The Birth of Hip-Hop, an online auction of his and Cindy’s private collection that charts the early stages and ultimate rise of a now ubiquitous culture.

Aug 11, 2020 · Now 65-years-old, the inspirational Jamaica-born DJ has been heralded as the "Founder of Hip-Hop" and "Father of Hip-Hop." In his early music career days during the '70s, DJ Kool Herc began spinning records at parties and also between gigs of his father's band during his teenage years in the Bronx.

Aug 5, 2013 · On Aug. 11, 1973, inside the building’s recreation room, Clive Campbell, a.k.a. DJ Kool Herc, spun records at a back-to-school party that his sister Cindy threw so she could earn money to...