Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
DJ Kool Herc was one of the people who helped develop Hip Hop in the Bronx in New York, in the 1970s. This video discusses his influence on Rap, Hip Hop and turntablism, and what exactly his contribution was. The video is presented by Professor Rupert Till, Professor of Music at the University of Huddersfield in the UK. It concludes that lots of people contributed to the development of Hip Hop, Herc was just one of its originators, but that he is generally credited with bringing Jamaican Soundsystem, DJ, and Toasting culture to Hip Hop, as he grew up in Kingston Jamaica. It was Herc's parties that inspired both Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa. Herc also developed breakbeat mixing, adapting the shipmate cueing and beat mixing approaches of Disco DJs to focus on the rhythmic break, breakdown, or break up, in a record. An interview is shown with Herc talking about this. This is Old School / Old Skool Hip Hop history.
DJ Kool Herc was one of the people who helped develop Hip Hop in the Bronx in New York, in the 1970s. This video discusses his influence on Rap, Hip Hop and turntablism, and what exactly his contribution was. The video is presented by Professor Rupert Till, Professor of Music at the University of Huddersfield in the UK. It concludes that lots of people contributed to the development of Hip Hop, Herc was just one of its originators, but that he is generally credited with bringing Jamaican Soundsystem, DJ, and Toasting culture to Hip Hop, as he grew up in Kingston Jamaica. It was Herc's parties that inspired both Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa. Herc also developed breakbeat mixing, adapting the shipmate cueing and beat mixing approaches of Disco DJs to focus on the rhythmic break, breakdown, or break up, in a record. An interview is shown with Herc talking about this. This is Old School / Old Skool Hip Hop history.
