Talk:DJ Kool Herc

message: I honestly must raise some points here.  First of all, at the end of the 1980's, Herc was a mythical figure.   He was almost never (if ever) recounted in clearly stated first-hand accounts by anyone, and no one seemed to know who, where, or even IF he was. Then a whole wave of people started  appearing with first hand stories of their "homey" Herc (reconstructing much?) Now all the sudden he's a real person and all the sources for his identity are dubious "Bio's" and self-serving business partnerships.  I'm sorry but I'm not going to buy this that easily.  I really want to see some substantiated and objective sourcing on this matter.  As it stands, the Wikipedia is in danger of creating an perpetuating mythology and I advise some experts (which I am admittedly not) to take this page to task and make sure it's factually represented.  If Herc is really Herc, then the story is gravely lacking and we are doing his accomplishments no favors with a sub-par biography of a hugely influential (and controversial) figure.  I hope someone else out there feels the same and comes their senses about this one.--207.69.138.13 20:40, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What is dubious about the biographies cited in this article? Feel free to consult the  other sources listed in the article or to find sources crediting another or other DJs with originating break-beat DJing. Hyacinth 08:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Also see http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kool_DJ_Herc, which has a not too positive quote which we could add to the article, and it'd be easy to cite as the source is already used in this article. Hyacinth 09:00, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

text: In the first edition of Toop's early book on hip hop, Rap Attack—which was 1985, I believe—Grandmaster Flash and particularly Afrika Bambaataa were scrupulous in giving credit to Herc as the originator of this form of DJing, and therefore their direct antecedent (with Toop evincing mild surprise that they should so carefully do so, given the competitive nature of hip hop generally). And in fact, Bambaataa had already explained this to Steven Hager for Hager's 1982 piece in the Village Voice, "Afrika Bambaataa's Hip-Hop". Before that, no one had bothered to ask. 86.44.30.16 (talk) 00:01, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Mythical figure

message: this needs bringing into line with the wikipedia way of doing things. bracketed phrases such as '(Chang 1995)' are not clear. what does this refer too? is it a reference to a source? they either need changing to the format wikipedia uses or deleting completely
Inzy 19:49, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources? 

message: Please add the title that is most credited to Herc the 'father of Hip hop'  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ditc (talk • contribs) 22:53, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  add 

message: Does "hip hop music" always mean the same thing as "rap music?"  Does rap music contain some speaking and some singing, or just all speaking?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 05:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  question 

message: That looks like vandalism to me. 68.225.171.64 (talk) 04:31, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The ****** Twins 

message: Shouldn't this be Bronx, NY rather than Kingston, Jamaica? He didn't begin DJing until he was in the Bronx.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.248.156.100 (talk) 03:33, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin? 

message: I'm guessing afterschool parties is what's meant, though perhaps Herc was a champion of education? Gimelgort (talk) 00:37, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  back-to-school parties? 

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