- Born
- Birth nameClive Campbell
- Nicknames
- Kool DJ Herc
- Father of Hip-Hop
- DJ Kool Herc
- Height6′ 5¼″ (1.96 m)
- Kool Herc was born on April 16, 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).
- ParentsKeith CampbellNettie Campell
- RelativesCindy Campbell(Sibling)
- 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.
- Brother of Cindy Campbell.
- Son of Keith Campbell, and Nettie Campbell.
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