Tuesday, April 01, 2014
When the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill
The full title of this nonfiction book for elementary students is When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop. Clive, DJ Kool Hec, was born in Jamaica and loved the music he heard there. When he moved to the Bronx in New York City as a child, he brought what he had learned about music with him and created hip-hop music. The pictures show the Bronx in the 1970s. Anyone who is interested in the history of hip-hop will enjoy this book.
