Cast & creator
DJ Kool Herc
Best known for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, This Is Pop, The Hip Hop Years
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.
Also known as: D.J. Kool Herc, Kool Herc, Clive Campbell
Movies
10
film credits
Series
3
television credits
Career
13
1984–2023 · acting roles
Credit score
7.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (13)
Showing 13 of 13 credits
Series
★ 7.7
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
Series
★ 5.9
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021
Series
★ 7.0
The Hip Hop Years
Self
1999
Movie
★ 6.9
Beat Street
Clive Campbell
1984
Movie
★ 6.8
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
Movie
★ 8.5
5 Sides of a Coin
2004
Movie
★ 9.5
The Making of Sun City
Self
1985
Movie
★ 6.9
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000
Movie
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
Self
2023
Movie
From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop
Self
2017
Movie
★ 6.7
Sample This
Self
2013
Movie
★ 7.9
The Freshest Kids
2002
Movie
VERSUS
Self
2008