{"product_id":"9781466844810","title":"When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. \u003cbr\u003eOn a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks—the musical interludes between verses—longer for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is \u003ci\u003eWhen the Beat Was Born\u003c\/i\u003e. From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, Laban Carrick Hill's book tells how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roaring Brook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167400313072,"sku":"9781466844810","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466844810_p0.jpg?v=1763685947","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466844810","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}