DJ Kool Herc Movies, Biography, Credits & Career Highlights

DJ Kool Herc Biography

DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell , is a Jamaican-American DJ and performer who is credited with helping originate hip-hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s through his "Back to School Jam", hosted on August 11, 1973, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue.

DJ Kool Herc Career Highlights

• Known for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, This Is Pop, The Hip Hop Years, From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop, Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall, and VERSUS.
• Credits include actors.
• Recent listed credits include Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall, This Is Pop, From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop, and Sample This.

DJ Kool Herc Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

13

Birth Date

1955-04-16 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kingston, Jamaica

DJ Kool Herc Known For

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  Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
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  This Is Pop
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  The Hip Hop Years
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  From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop
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  Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
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  VERSUS

DJ Kool Herc Movies and Credits

• actors (8 credits)

  • Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • This Is Pop

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Sample This

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • VERSUS

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Dave Chappelle's Block Party

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • 5 Sides of a Coin

    actor

    actors
    2004

DJ Kool Herc Profiles and Sources

• Official site
• TMDB