DJ Kool

• Name — DJ Kool • Birth Name — John W. Bowman Jr. • Born — 20 March 1958 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Genre — * Hip-hop • go-go • Occupation — * Rapper • DJ • record producer • Years Active — 1979–present • Label — * CLR • American Recordings • Warner Bros.

Raised in Washington, D.C., his influence from years of working the go-go and rap circuits became apparent in his music. In 1996, he released the single "Let Me Clear My Throat" on American Recordings, which charted around the world including the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and top 10 in the UK and Netherlands in March 1997. The song prominently features a sample of "The 900 Number" by the 45 King (which itself features a sample from Marva Whitney's "Unwind Yourself", repeated over a breakbeat for six minutes). The song also began by sampling "Hollywood Swinging" by Kool & the Gang. The song is a recognizable dance floor-filler, and the track remains popular As of 2008. In 2001 he featured on Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club) by Redman. In 2003, DJ Kool contributed to the song "Hit the Floor" from the "Macho Man" Randy Savage studio album, Be a Man.

List of albums, with selected chart positions • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • US — US Heat. — US R&B • The Music Ain't Loud Enuff — * Released: 1990 * Label: SOH, Creative Funk * Formats: CD, LP, cassette — — — — — 60 • 20 Minute Workout — * Released: 1994 * Label: CLR * Formats: CD, LP, cassette — — — — — 84 • Let Me Clear My Throat — * Released: April 23, 1996 * Label: CLR, American * Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download — 161 — 8 — 21 • Gimmie Dat Beat — *Released: April 8, 1997 *Label: Liaison *Formats: CD, LP, cassette — — — — — — • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

• "Let Me Clear My Throat" (1996)

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.

The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1958 at Washington, D.C. It is also recorded that dJ Kool is recorded at birth as John W.