The Legendary DJ Kool Herc is consistently credited as the founder of Hip-Hop. His mastery at the turntables know worldwide, as are his positive contributions to the evolution of Hip-Hop culture. Herc received a great deal of recognition including being highlighted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in 1995. The people's Hall of Fame Award and Certificate from Governor Mario Cumo were given to Herc in 1994 for establishing the roots of Hip-Hop in the city of New York (5th Avenue & 104th Street). DJ Kool Herc portrayed himself in the 1984 movie "Beat Street", produced by Harry Belafonte, David Picker and directed by Stan Lathan. Herc wrote the introduction to Can't Stop Won't Stop, A History of The Hip-Hop Generation written and released in 2005 by Author Jeff Chang. The book also received the American Book Award in 2005. Herc is always being profiled in countless magazines and books on Hip-Hop culture.

The prestigious Vanity Fair November 2005 issue Magazine, for the first time gave Hip-Hop a great acknowledgement by recognizing the Kings and Queens of Hip-Hop. Herc received a two page spread in the magazine for the innovation of Hip-Hop culture. On October 12th 2004 VH-ONE honored DJ Kool Herc as the Founder of Hip-Hop on their first Hip-Hop Pioneer Award Show. The May 2002 issue of the TIME MAGAZINE credited DJ Kool Herc for being an innovated music founder of Hip-Hop, along with Elvis Presley for Rock 'N' Roll, Louis Armstrong for Jazz and Bill Monroe for Bluegrass. The creation of all these music came from the United States of America. Kool Herc's genius musical creation places him in the category of being a LIVING LEGEND. The New York April 2003 issue Magazine, 35 Years of New York Greatest, Labeled DJ Kool Herc as one of the 100 People who Changed New York. Entertainment Weekly in their May 1999issue Magazine of The Greatest Moments in Rock, gave Herc #6 in the seventies for "Inventing" Hip-Hop. he also received the Source Magazine Hip-Hop Music Awards "Hip-Hop Pioneer" Awards in 1999. Herc was featured in the 2002 Brooklyn Museum of Art's exhibition entitled, "Hip-Hop" Nation: Roots, Rhymes and Rage.

DJ Story began in the Town of Kingston, Jamaica - the home of such other musical legends as Bob Marley, Sir Coxsone, U-Roy, Big Youth, Seal Paul, Beanie Man, Shaggy, Shaba Ranks, Buju Banton, Marcia Griffith and many others. Herc was heavily influenced by the music of his native Jamaica and also the sounds of American music. He was introduced to the sounds of James Brown - His major influence - and Motown music. Herc's ears were already meshing the two traditions, Jamaican toasting, (along - established Jamaican musical tradition of "rapping" over music), with the funk and soul of Black America.

"I have been working with Stanton for years. Stanton needles are durable for recording and also scratching. I recommend these to all mobile DJs that are still using vinyl."

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