DJ Kool
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 66 |
| Born | Washington |
| D.C. | |
| United States | |
| Full name | John W. Bowman Jr. |
| Genres | Hip Hop Music |
| Go-go | |
| Associated acts | Will Smith |
| DJ Kool Herc | |
| Fatman Scoop | |
| Chuck Brown | |
| Mýa | |
| Redman | |
| Job | Disc jockey |
| Rapper | |
| Date of birth | March 20,1958 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Songs | 1996 |
| List | 1996 |
| 1998 | |
| Albums | Let Me Clear My Throat |
| The Music Ain't Loud Enuff | |
| 20 Minute Workout | |
| Hip Hop Time | |
| Record labels | American Recordings |
| Warner Records | |
| Skos genre | Hip-Hop/Rap |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 618583 |
DJ Kool Life story
John W. Bowman Jr., better known by his stage name DJ Kool, is an American DJ and rapper who produced several popular rap singles in the late 1980s.
Hip-hop: Eve on five female MCs who changed the genre
... It was Cindy who wrote invitations on index cards and invited her brother Clive, aka Dj Kool Herc, to play the music...
Hip-hop at 50: The artists mixing it up and moving it forward
... It started in the Bronx, in New York, in August 1973, when funk and soul Dj Kool Herc mixed two records together...
Hip-hop at 50: How beats and bars spread from the Bronx around the world
... Using two turntables and a microphone, Jamaican-born funk and soul Dj Kool Herc mixed two records together - isolating and extending the kick drum beats or " breaks" - while also making rhythmic announcements over the top...
Grammy Awards 2023: How to watch and who will win
... The anniversary itself falls in August - recognising the date in 1973 that 18-year-old Clive Campbell, aka Dj Kool Herc threw a back to school party at his apartment in New York...
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