gramatikalerror Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Creator of the break beat. Most people owe him thier life. http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2011/01/30/22571305.aspx For all donations to Kool Herc, send to: Kool Herc Productions PO Box 20472 Huntington Station, NY 11746 (AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc has been released from a medical facility, but remains in need of financial aid to help with an unknown health condition. "I just spoke to Kool Herc.he’s ok and in good spirits..but needs surgery..THIS TUESDAY at SUTRA..we’re gonna do a collection for him," DJ Tony Touch tweeted earlier today. According to Gangstarr's DJ Premier, Kool Herc's health is deteriorating and he is in need of monetary assistance, because he doesn't have health insurance. "Kool Herc is very sick," DJ Premier revealed on his XM Satellite radio show Live From Headqcourterz. "For those that know about Hip-Hop, who we call the father of Hip-Hop, Kool Herc, is not doing well. It's funny how we have a father of a culture that still lives, where as in some cultures they are dead and gone even though they may still be worshiped or reflected on in some kind of way." According to DJ Premier, he spoke to Herc, who revealed that he was in need of financial assistance because he didn't have medical coverage. Kool Herc, 55, is recognized by music historians as the Founding Father of Hip-Hop for his style of "Break" DJ'ing, which isolates the rhythm of a particular portion of a record. He is credited for laying the foundation for the most popular genre of music in the world, after a party he hosted at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, in the South Bronx. DJ Kool Herc is also a community activist who led a multi-year effort to prevent the sale of 1520 Sedgwick to greedy real estate speculators. In September of 2010, the building received a $5.6 million dollar federal loan that halted the sale of the building, allowing hundreds of tenants to keep their homes. Additionally, the building has officially been recognized as the place Hip-Hop music during the party, which took place on August 11th, 1973. "Being as though he is the man that set this whole culture off, y'all [the fans] should be willing any type of way you can." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasfacevictm Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Wish I had money to donate. Why can't this be one of the rappers whose name starts with "lil" instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inappropriate_Responder Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 unknown health condition = no bueno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decyferon Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 i know it is all good asking the fans, how about all the rich as fuck rappers who have made a living from what he began, fuck asking us for help when they are millionaires n shit that can just pay for his treatment. Not that Herc doesnt deserve it but more famous people should be putting the $$$ forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Good point, Decy. I'll gladly give what I can to help out a dude who has indirectly contributed to my life in a pretty major way, but you kind of have to wonder why Kanye or someone else who has literally become a multi-millionaire (many times over) by building on the foundation Herc created step forward and just pay for the operation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY MAYO Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The first multi-millionaire rapper who steps up and does the man right is a strong contestant for "Good Guy Of The Year 2011" Award But somehow I've got the feeling it won't be any of the top 10 richest to do so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasfacevictm Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Wide mouth bass lookin' Jay-Z should step up. That mushmouth lookin' dude has like a third of a billion dollars to his name. I'm sure Herc's operation ain't costing more than a few hundred grand. Tight assed rich people. Tight assed rich BLACK PEOPLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampFightOner Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Jay Z should just buy him his own hospital or something. Edit: Almost half a billion, actually ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayWORD? Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 i know it is all good asking the fans, how about all the rich as fuck rappers who have made a living from what he began, fuck asking us for help when they are millionaires n shit that can just pay for his treatment. Not that Herc doesnt deserve it but more famous people should be putting the $$$ forward this. and props given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool_Hand Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Gucci Mane to be specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 A common procedure in Hospitals in the South is to tattoo an ice cream cone onto a patient that has just had their tonsils removed. Refrigeration of ice cream in vast quantities is costly for the hospitals. So, the ice cream tattoo has a Placebo effect on the newly tonsil free patient. AAAAAALLL THE ICECREAM YOU CAN EAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickos Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 ^^^hahahaha And yes someone use the interwebs to tell those rich fucks to chip and sort it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watson Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 RAPPERS WHO MADE BANK BUT SPENT MORE THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE SAVED 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Nothin on the White Tax Master Rick Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 RAPPERS WHO MADE BANK BUT SPENT MORE THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE SAVED I don't know if you're referring to Kool Herc here, but I have a feeling that he's one of those dudes who never got a paycheck to match their cultural contribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Harris Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 ^ this! i'll fuckin' donate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasfacevictm Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Not to mention he has no real albums or recording deals. Dude is a party DJ and community activist. His income is probably middle class level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityonSMASH Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 smart enough to spark an entire culture, dumb enough to have no health care. im canadian tho so it should be mandatory i stay out of such topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityonSMASH Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 pysch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullnbones Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Hercs too stylish to die, he'll be fine. And anyway, he's ripped as fuck these days isn't he?? He'll beat the shit out of any disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
substanceOVERhype Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 he dnt look that cock d. in this pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_gacy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 HEAVY FUCKING METAL!!!! !!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 oh bullshit US health care system. W T F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pissdrunkwhat?! Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gDI_4hxXrE SHAMEFUL.... AND, LOOK AT THE CLUB OWNERS NECKLACE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1800SUICIDE Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Not to mention he has no real albums or recording deals. Dude is a party DJ and community activist. His income is probably middle class level. I honestly doubt he's even at the middle class level. Sad state of affairs because he was one of the forefathers of the movement, but the earlier hip hop artists did not get paid well, its a fact. Man have those cats you were bumping in the 80's and 90's are broke as shit now a day if they haven't diversified. Came out with some classic shit as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inappropriate_Responder Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 shout out to Nas for remembering... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 kool herc is a legend, im surprised no other hip hop artists have stepped up to help him out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPS Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 are we talking of the same current hip-hop "movement"? with the current hip-hop "artists"? most of those "entertainers" have no clue who Kool Herc is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPS Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 and what about the music majors ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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