DJ Kool Herc

Facts About Hip Hop Dance Hip hop dance has a huge impact on clothing dance and graphic design.(WordPress."HistoryFacts." Hip-Hop History. Word Press, 19 June 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.)the beginning of hip hop did not start with dmc or LL Cool J it started with Kool Herc of Africa who was the first to put words to music. ("Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music." Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music. Learnhowtorap. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.)"Rap was created to reduce all the negativity such as gang violence and etc."("Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music." Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music. Learnhowtorap. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.) Run DMC was the golden age of hip hop. ("Word Press. "History Facts." Hip-Hop History. Word Press, 19 June 2012. Web. 10…

Music beat, lyrics and harmonizing are used in many different forms and ways to catch the attention of the audience. With all these different genres we are going to focus on one today and that on is Hip Hop. Hip Hop was created by Clive Campbell, also known as Kool Dj Herc. But many people want to know more than who made it. They want to know “How is it made?”,”Why is it popular?” ,”How has it evolved?” and “How is it relatable?”. Clive Campbell, also known as Kool DJ Herc, was born and raised…

The Golden age of Hip Hop began on August 11,1973 and was generally the first in New York South Bronx. It started in a party where Dj Kool Herc used his turntables and got the people to party. Dj Kool Herc knew that to have a party going the mic was important because thats what got the people pumped. So young African Americans started to rap. SInce that day ,it was embraced by young African American men who invented new music using turntables to epress themselves and express their culture. It…

Hip hop is a very popular type of music. The music was so vast that it has developed its own culture! It has developed a lot over the years. The story started on August 11, 1973 on 1520, Sedgwick Avenue. DJ Kool Herc, a building resident, was entertaining at his sister’s back- to- school party. He tried something new on his turntable- he extended the instrumental beat (breaking) to let people dance longer (break dancing) and began rapping during the extended break dancing. This had never been…

He would discuss how the increased divisions of labor that goes into how hip-hop music is made, produced, and distributed illustrates how art is a collective entity. Becker would want to focus on how hip-hop’s first MC, Coke La Rock and the only DJ he worked with DJ Kool Herc and the very minimal divisions of labor compared to how many artists have now. Coke La Rock and DJ Kool Herc did their first performance at Herc’s sister’s birthday party. DJ Kool Herc had turntables, speakers, and music…

SCRATCH Scratch is a documentary movie, directed and altered by Doug Pray. The film examines the world of the Hip Hop DJ. From the introduction of Hip Hop, while spearheading DJ's started broadening breaks on their gathering records (which enlivened break moving and rap), to the innovation of scratching and beat-juggling vinyl, to its later blast as a melodic development called turntablism, it's an account of obscure underdogs and genuine virtuosos who have fundamentally changed the way we hear,…

The interviewee, Sam, stated his favorite genre of popular music is rap. Sam was introduced to rap in middle school so roughly in 2009-2010. Although Sam was first introduced to rap in 2009-2010 the word rap has been around for quite some time (Mize para. 2). Originally, rap meant to strike or to hit(Mize para. 2) However, in the 1960’s it began to pop up in the black community and was used as a slang word to mean that someone was talking or having a conversation (Mize para. 2). DJ Kool Herc is…

the airwaves were overrun with disco. The only escape for people who wanted to dance but not like idiots while doing it was the early funk movement (ex. Ohio Players with their album Honey, and Parliament with their album Gloryhallastoopid). The place: 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the South Bronx, New York. Who: Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc. Herc noticed that dancers enjoyed the instrumental breaks of soul, funk, and reggae songs the best, so he invented a way…

More than a century before rap exploded o­nto the American music scene, West African musicians were telling stories rhythmically, with just the beat of a drum. Meanwhile, folk artists from the Caribbean Islands were also telling stories in rhyme. Indeed, these singing poets from Africa and the Caribbean lay the foundation for modern-day American rap music("The Birth of Rap: A Look Back."). DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican immigrant, was one of the first to introduce rap into America (Kurutz, Steve).…

was born in Bronx, New York City. The style of music, hip hop has roots in other forms, and its evolution was shaped by many different artists and came to life precisely on this day. DJ Kool Herc had been using and refining his break-beat style for the better part of a year. However put him before his biggest crowd ever and with the most powerful sound system he’d ever worked. Hip-bounce music is for the most part considered to have been spearheaded in New York 's South Bronx in 1973 by…