DJ Kool Herc

brother, Clive Campbell—better known to history as DJ Kool Herc, founding father of hip hop. It was DJ Kool Herc who kick started the movement; which was historically perceived as an expression of urban youth. It was Herc who laid the groundwork for everything associated with Hip Hop today. Just as rock had implemented aspects from other forms of music to assist in its eventual emergence; Hip-Hop also borrowed from other cultures. For example, DJ Herc was known to often speak over a rhythmic…

Kool Herc got his start at the age of 18 when he and his sister Cindy would throw parties in a small recreation room of their apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx. This is the birthplace of Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop Evolution). Kool Herc’s combination of underground songs and scratches became a sound that everyone wanted to recreate because of the popularity he received. Kool Herc soon came up with the idea to let the instrumental part of…

drugs, violence, and poverty were common things. During the time, African- Americans are living as subordinate members in society. Basically, hip- hop music represents African Americans’ forms of music including jazz, soul, gospel, and reggae. DJ Kool Herc, was an inventor of the hip- hop music, he started music in his small apartment with young unemployed community members. There was no set of rules they just express their issues with the rhyme and beat of music. Alongside with hip-hop music,…

Maria Figueroa Tina Marie Skiles ENG 101 - 27416 Oct. 12, 2017 Reality X: The cause and effect of Hip-Hop music In the beginning there were many different genres of music dealing with social issues, these songs were primarily written about war and injustice. They were given a proper place in our history and were remembered as lyrical, musical achievements of their time. This excluded many injustices, including the war against African-Americans. In the 1970’s, was when the music of…

This was a direct result of a Jamaican man by the name of Kool DJ Herc. He was specialized in the art of being a DJ especially at parties. His sister threw a Halloween dance party and he began experimenting with different tricks and techniques of turntabling. The result of his experimentation was incredible and he was able to create an…

who are at their teenage rebellion. The birthplace of Hip Hop is that 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in Bronx at New York. Before I did this research paper I didn’t even expect to how close we are to the birthplace of Hip-Hop. On August 11, 1973 DJ Kool Herc, tried something new on the turntable at his sister’s back-to-school party. He extended an instrumental beat (breaking or scratching) to let people dance longer (break dancing) and began MC’ing (rapping) during the extended breakdancing.…

Compare & Contrast Between Genres Vernacular in African American literature are spirituals , gospel , hip - hop , country , and hymns all these different types genres are from different time periods that were either past down or put together to make thee other. The genres i would like to compare is hip-hop and gospels people assume that they are so different because one lifts up the followers and the believers of christ and the other talks about money , women , & drugs. The first published…

Dj Kool Herc went down in history as the founding father of Hip Hop, in which he discovered it at his sister’s birthday party. He drew in crowds that would watch him play and would dance to “breaks” in the songs he would play. The breaks meant that it was just the beat that would play in the middle of the song. August 11, 1973 is when Dj Kool Herc drew his biggest crowd at his sister’s birthday party. Hip Hop started…

The question whether hip-hop music has either improved or injured racial relationships is in itself truthful yet deceitful in both its positive and negative connotations. In recent years, there has been contention about rap music and its effect to racial associations. It appears that political and media groups are placing blame on hip-hop for the current witnessed increase in violence amongst the youth. This is based on the rivalry between the East Coast and West Coast regions where rappers…

Hip Hop became really popular in the mid to late nineteen hundreds and still is very popular to this day. Hip Hop has developed an art that reflects culture as well as express social, political and economic situations in many peoples lives, especially the youth. Music started off with drumming. Through drumming, communities were able to communicate, and the use of drums was also utilized in ceremonies and rituals in African American lives. Drumming was the base of African music in the Diaspora.…