When the beat was born : DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop
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New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013.
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Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781596435407 (hardcover)
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Published
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781596435407 (hardcover)
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 4.2, 1 Points

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Includes bibliographical references.
Description
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, Laban Carrick Hill's book tells 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.
Awards
Coretta Scott King Award -- John Steptoe New Talent, 2014.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hill, L. C., & Taylor, T., III. (2013). When the beat was born: DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop (First edition.). Roaring Brook Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hill, Laban Carrick and Theodore Taylor, III. 2013. When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop. Roaring Brook Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hill, Laban Carrick and Theodore Taylor, III. When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop Roaring Brook Press, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hill, Laban Carrick,, and Theodore Taylor, III. When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop First edition., Roaring Brook Press, 2013.

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