Dj hollywood and dj kool herc biography

Posted on Jan 7, 2010

DJ Hollywood is widely considered one of the most underrated and most often forgotten of the hip hop legends.

There is little information around about his involvement in the genre, but when you hear other old school artists talk about pioneers, Hollywood’s name is inevitably among the names mentioned.

He was born in 1954.

As a disco deejay in the early to mid 1970’s, he became one of the first people to rhyme over the microphone.

He also became adept at mixing the break beats of songs like Kool Herc and others. He didn’t use many of the now famous hip hop breaks, rather focusing more on disco joints like “Aint No Stoppin Us Now”, “Love Is the Message”, “Sexy”, “Good Times” and “Got To Be Real.”

He gained a large following and went on to headline numerous parties and was considered one of hip hop’s earliest stars.

He mixed and rhymed and had a kid who use to