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Afrika Bambaataa News

AFRIKA SHOX!

He's not going to use his most familiar name though...

Oct 18, 2001

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YouTube Afrika Bambaataa Videos

Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock (alternative video) (02:03)

Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock This is a short music video for the hip-hop masterpiece Planet Rock, edited from the BBC documentary 'Hip-hop A Street History'. Lyrics: Rock rock to the Planet...

Planet Rock Soul Sonic Force (07:27)

The ORIGINAL music video edited for Afrika Bambaataa and TommyBoy in 1982 by VIDEOMIX PRODUCTIONS, NY (Danny Cornyetz & Jessica Jason) An earlier version of the clip played the niteclubs in 1980 and 81. We took a...

Feel the Vibe - Afrika Bambaataa (06:00)

Feel the vibe

Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For The Perfect Beat (00:00)

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Afrika Bambaataa - Freestyle (02:31)

Afrika Bambaataa - Freestyle

Afrika Bambaataa Reviews

Tommy Boy DJ Tour @ Scratch : London King's Cross Scala

Afrika Bambaataa, Dan The Automator and De La Soul's Maseo celebrate 20 years of Tommy Boy...

Jul 9, 2001

Afrika Bambaataa: Madison, Wisconsin Luther's Blues

Afrika Bambaataa brings the perfect beat to Wisconsin...

Apr 23, 2001

Afrika Bambaataa : Looking For The Perfect Beat

Essential collection from one of hip-hop's pioneers...

Mar 30, 2001

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Afrika Bambaataa Biography

Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and "Godfather" and The Amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture as well as The Father of The Electro Funk Sound. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he is responsible for spreading hip hop culture throughout the world. On September 27, 2007, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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