DJ Kool Herc Live at Crotona Park

Listen up, tomorrow your grandfather's grandfather's godfather is coming over. DJ Kool Herc is responsible for exposing the elements of Hip Hop to inspire an entire nation of artists and performers. August 11, 1973 at a party for his sister Clive Cambpell better known as DJ Kool Herc played at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx. This was the first time mixing records was presented to the public. Many great individuals were there including but not limited to KRS-One, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. Herc is responsible for the foundation of sound that Hip Hop used as a platform to extend beyond recreational centers and the streets, by playing the breaks from Funk and specifically James Brown records Herc provided generations with an infinite spectrum of sound that eventually would grow into Hip Hop. He's playing for free tomorrow in the Bronx. New York Hip Hoppas, be sure not to miss this jam!!

DJ Kool Herc is considered the “The Founder of Hip-Hop Culture.” In the early stages of Hip-Hop music, he brought his sound system to block parties in the Bronx and began playing the brief rhythmic sections of records which would become known as “breaks.” Using the two-turntable set-up of the disco DJs, Kool Herc’s style led to the use of two copies of the same record to elongate the break. This breakbeat DJing, using hard Funk, Rock, and records with Latin percussion, formed the basis of Hip-Hop music. DJ Kool Herc’s music along with his announcements to his dancers, called  B-Boys and B-Girls, helped pave the way to what everyone now knows as Hip-Hop.

Part of SummerStage’s “This is __ Hip-Hop” series.
7-9PM, Crotona Park Bronx, NY
ALL AGES, FREE
http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/calendar/dj-kool-herc/