Afrika Bambaataa
USA
Born: 17 April 1957
Genres: Rap, Electronic, R&B
Styles: Club/Dance, Dance, Electro, Electronica, Old-School Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Urban, R&B/Soul
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A seminal Bronx DJ during the 1970s, Afrika Bambaataa ascended to godfather status with Planet Rock, the 1982 hip-hop classic which blended the beats of hip-hop with techno-pop futurism inspired by German pioneers Kraftwerk. Even before he began recording in 1980, Bambaataa was hip-hop's foremost DJ, an organizer and promoter of the large block parties during the mid- to late '70s which presaged the rise of rap. After the success of Planet Rock, he recorded electro-oriented rap only sparingly, concentrating instead on fusion -- exemplified by h...
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