Hip hop legend DJ Kool Herc is to commemorate 50 iconic years of hip hop with a star-studded celebration set to happen in Jamaica in December 2023.
Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell, the Jamaican sibling duo behind this occasion – set for December 29 and 30 at Plantation Cove in St Ann – have invited a number of the largest names in hip hop and reggae/dancehall for the occasion.
Collectively, they don’t solely intend to honour the fiftieth anniversary of hip hop, the globally beloved style, but in addition pay homage to its Jamaican roots, a launch from Reggae Hip Hop Connection mentioned.
The occasion will even rejoice the induction of Kool Herc and Missy Elliot into the 2023 class of the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame.
Hip hop’s origin traces again to a celebration hosted by Campbell in 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue within the Bronx. Her elder brother, Clive ‘DJ Kool Herc’ Campbell was behind the turntables.
DJ Kool Herc has acquired the distinguished Order of Distinction Commander Class (CD) from the Jamaican Authorities in recognition of his contributions.
Hip hop has spawned quite a few iconic artistes, with luminaries like Jay Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, P Diddy, and Dr Dre attaining billionaire standing.
Famend rapper Busta Rhymes has passionately emphasised the Jamaican roots of hip hop, notably praising Kool Herc as “a real Jamaican” throughout the current BET fiftieth Anniversary hip hop tribute.
Additionally, Hip hop producer and character Swizz Beatz has lengthy championed the trigger for honouring DJ Kool Herc inside the neighborhood and among the many style’s devoted followers.
A collection of occasions throughout the US have marked the fiftieth anniversary of hip hop, together with a spectacular gathering at Yankee Stadium. Nas, one of many occasion’s organisers, welcomed a constellation of hip hop luminaries.
The discharge mentioned it’s vital to recognise that hip hop’s sound system strategies had been closely influenced by the trailblazing figures of recent Jamaican music, akin to King Stitt, Rely Machukie, U Roy, and Massive Youth.
Kool Herc, crediting the sound system operators from his time in locations like Franklyn City, eagerly anticipates the grand finale in Jamaica, the place all of it started.
