Kool Herc’s Back to School Jam (1973)
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Kool Herc’s Back to School Jam (1973) is widely regarded as the seminal Bronx party where DJ Kool Herc’s innovative breakbeat DJing helped spark the birth of hip hop culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kool Herc’s Back to School Jam (1973) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13636279 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kool Herc’s Back to School Jam (1973) Context triple: [hip hop culture, hasNotablePioneer, Kool Herc’s Back to School Jam (1973)]
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A.
Rapper's Delight
"Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 hip-hop single by The Sugarhill Gang that is widely credited with bringing rap music into the mainstream.
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B.
Maurice's Jumpin' Retro Mix
Maurice's Jumpin' Retro Mix is a dance remix of Destiny's Child's hit single "Jumpin', Jumpin'" featuring a retro-inspired club sound.
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C.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were a pioneering hip hop group from the South Bronx known for their innovative DJ techniques and socially conscious tracks like "The Message."
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D.
Kool DJ Red Alert
Kool DJ Red Alert is a pioneering New York hip hop DJ and radio personality known for helping break and popularize many early rap artists in the 1980s.
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E.
Disco Demolition Night
Disco Demolition Night was a notorious 1979 baseball-promotion-turned-riot in Chicago where a mass destruction of disco records led to chaos, a forfeited game, and symbolized the cultural backlash against disco music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kool Herc’s Back to School Jam (1973) Target entity description: Kool Herc’s Back to School Jam (1973) is widely regarded as the seminal Bronx party where DJ Kool Herc’s innovative breakbeat DJing helped spark the birth of hip hop culture.
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A.
Rapper's Delight
"Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 hip-hop single by The Sugarhill Gang that is widely credited with bringing rap music into the mainstream.
-
B.
Maurice's Jumpin' Retro Mix
Maurice's Jumpin' Retro Mix is a dance remix of Destiny's Child's hit single "Jumpin', Jumpin'" featuring a retro-inspired club sound.
-
C.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were a pioneering hip hop group from the South Bronx known for their innovative DJ techniques and socially conscious tracks like "The Message."
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D.
Kool DJ Red Alert
Kool DJ Red Alert is a pioneering New York hip hop DJ and radio personality known for helping break and popularize many early rap artists in the 1980s.
-
E.
Disco Demolition Night
Disco Demolition Night was a notorious 1979 baseball-promotion-turned-riot in Chicago where a mass destruction of disco records led to chaos, a forfeited game, and symbolized the cultural backlash against disco music.
- F. None of above. chosen
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