He was born Clive Campbell on April 16, 1955, in Kinston, Jamaica, but he’s best known as DJ Kool Herc ... years after the party took place, according to the Grammy Awards. Herc’s deejaying ...

DJ Kool Herc spun his turntables on August 11, 1973, introducing a now infamous drum break during a back-to-school party in his apartment ... been a DJ since the ’70s, inspired by the rhythms ...