DJ Kool Herc, the father of Hip-Hop, is in need of surgery and is seeking financial help due to a lack of health insurance. DJ Premier announced Herc’s hospitalization and financial woes on his Live From HeadQcourterz SIRIUS satellite radio show this weekend and the news quickly spread via Twitter, Hip-Hop sites and blogs.
Herc is one of the 4 fathers of Hip Hop and has impact the culture and extend popular segments of recordings, which became known as “breaks.” A party he threw for his sister Cindy Campbell on August 11, 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx is credited as the day Hip-Hop was born since then the culture has been huge for myself our kids and the next generations to come.
Although DJ Premier stated that Herc was very sick and is in need of surgery, the exact nature of the Hip-Hop founder’s illness has yet to be revealed. Word on the street is there will be a benefit for him on Tuesday (February 1) at Sutra in New York City.
To support and help Kool Herc please feel free to click on the links to donate. Remeber if you can't afford to pay cash, prayers always work and bless the situation.
Donations to Kool Herc can be sent to: Kool Herc Productions PO Box 20472 Huntington Station, NY 11746 or paypal cindycampbell1@aol.com.
