Acting

DJ Kool Herc

Born 1955-04-16 · Kingston, Jamaica

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.

Credits

Newest first

Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
as Self
2023
This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2021
From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop
as Self
2017
Sample This
as Self
2013
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
VERSUS
as Self
2008
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
5 Sides of a Coin
2004
The Freshest Kids
2002
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000
The Hip Hop Years
as Self
1999
The Making of Sun City
as Self
1985
Beat Street
as Clive Campbell
1984