According to DJ Premier, Kool Herc, one of hip-hop's founding fathers, was recently hospitalized for reasons that remain unknown at this point. What we do know, though, is that Herc's condition is worsening and that he, like too many Americans, does not have medical insurance. As such, Premo made the following statement on his XM radio show.
"Kool Herc is very sick. For those that know about Hip-Hop, who we call the father of Hip-Hop, Kool Herc, is not doing well. It's funny how we have a father of a culture that still lives, where as in some cultures they are dead and gone even though they may still be worshipped or reflected on in some kind of way."
"Since he's very sick and has no insurance, uses a metro card to get around, needs to pay his bills so he can get out of the hospital, it's ill... If you don't know about it, now you know about it. ...We spoke today, and he needs some help to pay his bills for the hospital because he can't hold it down. And being that he is the man who set this whole culture off, ya'll should be wanting to do it any type of way that you can. People know how to reach us."
For all donations for Kool Herc....send to: Kool Herc Production PO Box 20472 Huntington Station NY, 11746
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