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When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
When the Beat Was Born DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
Author: Laban Carrick Hill
Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc.On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks—the musical interludes between verses—longer for dancing. He calle...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781338193183
ISBN-10: 133819318X
Publication Date: 2013
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Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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