TY - BOOK AU - Hill,Laban Carrick AU - Taylor,Theodore TI - When the beat was born: DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop SN - 9781596435407 AV - ML3930.K68 H55 2013 U1 - 782.421649/092B 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Roaring Brook Press KW - DJ Kool Herc. KW - Disc jockeys KW - Biography KW - sears KW - Rap musicians N1 - School Library Journal, August 2013; Publisher's Weekly, May 2013; Kirkus Starred, June 2013; Booklist, July 2013; New York Times, December 2013; Horn Book, April 2014; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2013; Library Media Connection, January 2014; 4.6; 3-6; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; LG; 4.2; 0.5; 160233; BMS N2 - A biography of Dj Kool Herc, discussing his childhood in Jamaica and New York, and his career as a hip hop DJ ER -