When the Beat was Born hat As translator and editor Wyatt

As translator and editor Wyatt Mason makes clear in his engaging Introduction

Pay in Blood

and rock to transcend racism and oppression through song

From finding inspiration in the music of Buddy Holly and Leadbelly to the works of literature that helped shape his own approach to writing—The Odyssey

When the Beat was Born hat As translator and editor WyattAuthor: Laban Carrick Hill Illustrator: Theodore Taylor III Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back to school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaksthe musical interludes between verseslonger for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born.