Hip-hop's superstars owe DJ Kool Herc more than just respect

Few artists are true architects of their genre – but DJ Kool Herc has that distinction. It's time for hip-hop to pay him backIt's hardly a surprise that Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell is struggling to pay medical bills after an undisclosed condition required his hospitalisation. In the past year alone, Them Crooked Vultures played an extra gig on their UK tour to raise money to pay for cancer treatment for their friend Brian O'Connor, bassist with Eagles of Death Metal; jazz musicians Eddie Gale a...

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