When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
Laban Carrick Hill
ISBN 10: 133819318X ISBN 13: 9781338193183
Published by Scholastic, Inc., 2018
Used
Soft cover
From
World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 20, 2007
This specific item is no longer available.
About this Item
Description:
Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00063390073
Synopsis:
Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc.On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks—the musical interludes between verses—longer for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born. From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, here's how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Bibliographic Details
Title: When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the...
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Theodore Taylor, III
Condition: Acceptable