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Afrika Bambaataa

04/17/1957 in New York, NY [The Bronx]

Genres

  • Old-School Rap
  • Electro (Classic)
  • Rap/Hip Hop
  • Dance
  • Electronic

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Popular Songs

Looking For The Perfect Beat 1980-1985 album cover
Planet Rock (feat The Soul Sonic Force)
Looking For The Perfect Beat 1980-1985 album cover
Looking For The Perfect Beat (feat The Soul Sonic Force)
Looking For The Perfect Beat 1980-1985 album cover
Renegades Of Funk (feat The Soul Sonic Force)
Looking For The Perfect Beat 1980-1985 album cover
Unity Part 1 (The Third Coming) (feat James Brown)

Biography

Afrika Bambaataa /ˌæfrᵻkə bæmˈbɑːtə/ (born Kevin Donovan, April 17, 1957) is an American disc jockey, singer, songwriter and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and is respectfully known as "The Godfather" and "Amen Ra of Hip Hop Kulture", as well as the father of electro funk. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he has helped spread hip hop culture throughout the world. ... (see more)


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Albums by Release Date

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Compilations

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