When the beat was born / Hill, Laban Carrick

A biography of Dj Kool Herc, discussing his childhood in Jamaica and New York, and his career as a hip hop DJ.

Introduces DJ Clive Campbell and 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.

Presents a picture-book biography of DJ Kool Herc, a young man who lived in the Bronx and is credited with the invention of Hip Hop music and a unique way of mixing songs and records.