When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

Type
Book
Authors
Hill, Laban Carrick
Taylor III, Theodore
 
ISBN 10
1596435402 
ISBN 13
9781596435407 
Category
Non-Fiction / Instructional  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2013 
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press 
Pages
32 
Tags
music, musician, biography, juvenile literature, disc jockeys, hip-hop, culture, Kool DJ Herc, rap, Coretta Scott King, John Steptoe Award for New Talent, ALA Notable Children's Book, Notable Books for a Global Society, Texas Bluebonnet Award 
Abstract
An introduction to pioneering DJ Clive Campbell describes how he devised new ways of playing music between dance songs, sharing insight into his youth in 1970s Jamaica and the Bronx and how his musical achievements helped counter gang violence. 
Number of Copies
1 
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35241000056977 VISSER 782.42 H5501w   Yes

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