DJ Kool Herc and Coke La Rock met in High School DJ Kool Herc and Coke La Rock, the pioneers of Hip-Hop attended the same high school, Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School in the Bronx. Kool Herc and Coke La Rock first met at their High School in the Bronx of

DJ Kool Herc’s party that night of August 11th, 1973, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, featured a new style of dance. Herc called these dancers b-boys (break-boys) and b-girls (break-girls) as they were breaking (dancing to the breaks), which Herc says was a street slang for “acting energetically” or “causing a disturbance”. DJ

When was Hip-Hop created? and Who started Hip-Hop? On August 11th, 1973, Hip-Hop was born at a “back to school jam” birthday party in the Bronx. 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the Bronx, New York, USA. The Party was hosted by Clive Campbell AKA Dj Kool Herc. DJ Kool Herc, an 18-year-old Jamaican-American DJ, spun the turntables