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DJ Kool Herc, an Uncommon card
Clive Campbell, better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is a pioneer of hip-hop music, where he along with others popularized it in the Bronx, New York City, in 1973.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
DJ Kool Herc quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the DJ Kool Herc card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is often referred to as the ______ of hip hop.
Answer
founder. He is often referred to as the founder of hip hop. From the DJ Kool Herc article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Clive Campbell, better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is a pioneer of hip-hop music, where he along with others popularized it in the Bronx, New York City, in ____.
Answer
1970s. Clive Campbell, better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is a pioneer of hip-hop music, where he along with others popularized it in the Bronx, New York City, in 1973. From the DJ Kool Herc article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gyeonggi Province. Gyeonggi Province 79 · Gary Clark Jr. 76 · Volkan Oezdemir 73 · DJ Kool Herc 70 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is often referred to as the founder of hip hop.
- Nicknamed the Father of Hip-Hop, Campbell began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown.
- Campbell isolated the instrumental portion of the record which emphasized the drum beat, the "break", and switch from one break to another.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The DJ Kool Herc article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get DJ Kool Herc
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, DJ Kool Herc (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Richard Alexander Caraballo, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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