2. Kool Herc is a Jamaican DJ who is “mentioned as the sonic originator of hip-hop” (Bradley 2). Becoming to be an impactful figure in the begging’s of many new DJs, like Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. His sound style was to “obscure records and played the instrumental breaks, extending them until they sounded like new records” (George 17). Creating break spinning. Adding to his sound style a bit of his culture that differentiated him “the Jamaican sound system toasters or black radio announcers hyping a record” (George 17).
