Herbie Hancock
Born in Chicago, Illinois, his parents named him after the singer and actor Herb Jeffries.
Hancock had a mainstream hit with the Grammy-award winning instrumental single "Rockit" from the album Future Shock. It was the first jazz hip-hop song and became a worldwide anthem for the breakdancers and for the hip-hop culture of the 1980s.
He's granted with the Miles Davis Award, by the Montreal International Jazz Festival, 1997
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