[DJ Kool Herc & Coke La Rock]

RARE EARLY FLYER FEATURING ONE OF THE EARLIEST CLUB PERFORMANCES BY THE DJ KOOL HERC, THE "FATHER OF HIP HOP", AND HIS FIRST MC, COKE LA ROCK

DJ Kool Herc is lauded as being the "Father of Hip Hop". He began hosting block parties in the Bronx in the early 1970s, before taking those parties to clubs such as the Hevelow. The present flyer, designed by flyer artist Kenneth Byrd, promotes a week of events between Christmas eve and New Year's eve hosted by Herc and his first MC, Coke La Rock.

Flyers such as this are some of the best primary sources for documenting the nascent Hip Hop movement. Packed with information, they record early fashion, the party scene, and give us the ability to trace the early evolution of the careers of numerous DJs and artists; because they were only intended for short time use, very few have survived intact.