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DJ Kool Herc is a male hip hop artist, DJ, and musician born in 1955. He holds United States and Jamaican nationalities and speaks English. His professional work began in 1973.
He is recognized as the founder of hip hop culture, which has spread worldwide. Herc is included in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame collection.
Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, VIAF, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1955
- Nationality
- US, JM
- Role / Field
- Producenci muzyczni, Muzycy, Musicians, Hip hop artist, Dj, Hip hop muzyka
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 11 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Campbell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Occupation
- rapper
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- turntablism
- Official website
- djkoolherc.com
- Image
- Kool Herc.jpg
- Residence
- The Bronx
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- Commons category
- DJ Kool Herc
- date of birth
- 1952-04-16
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- name in native language
- Kool Herc
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