About This Item

  • Call NumberJENN_0153
  • TitleHip-hop godfather DJ Kool Herc attends the Dave Chappelle Block Party held in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY.
  • 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
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPEG, color
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle devised by creator.
  • 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.)
  • CreatorJennings, Terrence
  • SubjectDJ Kool Herc ; African American musicians ; African American comedians
  • CollectionTerrence Jennings photograph collection
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsTerrence Jennings photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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