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Born: 19 April 1957 Died: 10 April 2026
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Gone, but not forgotten
(2081 items)list by Agent Kermit D. Fonz
Published 1 year, 8 months ago 
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(420 items)list by Onion Jack
Published 4 years, 6 months ago
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Music...Hiphop/Rapper Artists Essentials
(386 items)list by Djbrothamax
Published 8 years, 9 months ago
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Music...Old school Hiphop
(37 items)list by Djbrothamax
Published 8 years, 9 months ago
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Controversy follow them wherever they go or say
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Published 5 years, 3 months ago
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Afrika Bambaataa (born April 19, 1957), is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the early development of Hip Hop throughout the 1970s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three main 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 rap and hip-hop culture throughout the world . Like many of t
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1. Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)
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2. Beat Street (1984) (1984)
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4. Scratch (2001)
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5. Beastie Boys Story (2020)
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1. Biography (1987)
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4. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)
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Gone, but not forgotten (2081 person items)
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 music items)"TIMES NOMINATED► 1 ◄2008AFRIKA BAMBAATAA● HIP HOP ● ELECTRO HOUSE ● ELECTRONIC ●● BREAKBEAT ● ELECTRO-FUNK ●KEY SONGSPlanet Rock (1982) - with 'Soulsonic Force'- selected for 'The 660 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll'- ranked #395 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs'- certified Gold by the RIAA"
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Controversy follow them wherever they go or say (39 products items)
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Music...Old school Hiphop (37 person items)
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Djbrothamax added this to a list 8 years, 9 months ago
Music...Hiphop/Rapper Artists Essentials (386 person items)
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