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Kool Herc

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Kool Herc
Kool Herc was born on 16 April 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is an actor, known for Beat Street (1984), Erykah Badu Feat. Common: Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop) (2002) and Legends of Hip Hop: The Fifth Element (2003).
BornApril 16, 1955
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    Known for

    Beat Street (1984)
    Beat Street
    6.5
    • Clive Campbell(as Clive Campbell)
    • 1984
    Erykah Badu Feat. Common: Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)
    8.2
    Music Video
    • Kool Herc
    • 2002
    Legends of Hip Hop: The Fifth Element
    Music Video
    • DJ Kool Herc
    • 2003
    Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985)
    Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City
    7.0
    Music Video
    • DJ Kool Herc
    • 1985

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Legends of Hip Hop: The Fifth Element
      Music Video
      • DJ Kool Herc
      • 2003
    • Erykah Badu Feat. Common: Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)
      8.2
      Music Video
      • Kool Herc
      • 2002
    • Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985)
      Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City
      7.0
      Music Video
      • DJ Kool Herc
      • 1985
    • Beat Street (1984)
      Beat Street
      6.5
      • Clive Campbell (as Clive Campbell)
      • 1984

    Additional Crew

    • Hip-Hop Honors (2004)
      Hip-Hop Honors
      5.6
      TV Special
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      • 2004
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Clive Campbell
    • Height
      • 6′ 5¼″ (1.96 m)
    • Born
      • April 16, 1955
      • Kingston, Jamaica
    • Parents
        Keith Campbell
    • Relatives
      • Cindy Campbell(Sibling)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The undisputed godfather of hip-hop, who brought the Jamaican sound-system culture to the south Bronx, a borough of New York City, in the 1970s.
    • Nicknames
      • Kool DJ Herc
      • Father of Hip-Hop
      • DJ Kool Herc

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