Father and founder of Hip-Hop DJ Kool Herc will celebrate the genre’s Golden Jubilee with a two-day event in Jamaica in December, featuring some of the “biggest names” in Hip-Hop, Dancehall and Reggae, in what is being described as the “show of the year.”
Three months after it was announced that he will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, New York-based DJ Kool Herc who has the distinction of being the Father and founder of Hip-Hop, is set to get another accolade, this time national honours in the country of his birth, Jamaica.
DJ Kool Herc, the Jamaican who has the distinction of being the Father and founder of Hip-Hop, will be officially inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame later this year, and honored with the Musical Influence Award.
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