When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
By Laban Carrick Hill
Illustrators
Illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
Edition
By Laban Carrick Hill
Hardcover edition
Publisher Macmillan Imprint Roaring Brook ISBN9781596435407
Awards and Honors 2014 Coretta Scott King Award / John Steptoe New Talent Winner; ALA 2014 Notable Children’s Books, Middle Readers; Winner, IRA Notable Books for a Global Society, 2014When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
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Kool Herc brought the Jamaican DJ style from Kingston to the Bronx, ushering in an era of break dancing and rapping MCs, all set to a thumping, bumping beat. Author’s note. Select biography. Full-color illustrations.
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