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blackchildrensbooksandauthors: When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop Hardcover Author: Laban Carrick Hill Illustrator: Theodore Taylor Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in