When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

by Laban Carrick Hill

Book Overview

A John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596435402
• ISBN13: 9781596435407
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5