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It sits within the topics 1958 births, 20th-century African-American musicians and 21st-century African-American rappers.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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DJ Kool (Born John W. Bowman, Jr.) was 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 Th
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Bowman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- rapper
- Genre
- go-go
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1958-03-20
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- pseudonym
- DJ Kool
- birth name
- John W. Bowman Jr.
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