About This Item


  • Call NumberJENN_0153
  • SummaryDJ Kool Herc backstage at Dave Chappelle's Block Party held in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, on September 18, 2004. He wears a T-shirt reading: 197[0?]-birth of hip-hop ... Herc.
  • Date2004-09-18
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPEG, color
  • CreatorJennings, Terrence
  • CollectionTerrence Jennings photograph collection
  • Cite AsTerrence Jennings photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill image
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle devised by creator.
  • SubjectDJ Kool Herc ; African American musicians ; African American comedians
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerJennings, Terrence
  • TitleHip-hop godfather DJ Kool Herc attends the Dave Chappelle Block Party held in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Biographical NoteThese photographs were taken at Dave Chappelle's Block Party, a concert held at Quincy Street and Downing Street in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn on September 18, 2004. The complete collection includes scans of the original film negatives as well as contact sheets (approximately 684 images.)