Rock Hall EDU Presents DJ Kool Herc's "Merry-Go-Round" Technique

✨ Fun Facts from Rock Hall EDU ✨ The "Merry-Go-Round" technique 🎠
PhD candidate Rafique Illyas-Watson explains how 2023 Inductee DJ Kool Herc used the "Merry-Go-Round" technique to extend the "break" in a song. This is how, in hip hop's earliest days, the turntables and sampler became their own musical instrument.
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