This article is about the Washington DC-born rapper. For the Jamaican-born musician, see Kool DJ Herc DJ Kool (born John W. Bowman, Jr.) is a rapper in the late 1990s who produced various popular rap singles. Born in 1959 in Washington, DC, his influence from his years of working the go-go and rap circuits became apparent in his music. During the early- to mid-1980s, Kool worked as a warm-up DJ for Rare Essence, until he was picked up by CLR Records. In 1996, he recorded his most famous track, "Let Me Clear My Throat". The song prominently features a sample from the song "The 900 Number" by The 45 King, (that song featuring a sample from Marva Whitney's "Unwind Yourself" [LINK: http://sample-as-that.blogspot.com/2006/03/marva-whitney-unwind-yourself-as.html] [1] repeated over a breakbeat for 6 minutes). The song also begins by sampling "Hollywood Swinging" by Kool and the Gang. The song is an ins

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