Afrika Bambaataa

American DJ and pioneering hip hop artist most famous for fronting , born April 17, 1957 in the Bronx, NY, USA, died April 9, 2026, in Pennsylvania, USA. He adopted the stage name Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, after a nineteenth century Zulu chief. He is of West Indian descent and cousin of Edward Rudolph AKA Kool Rock Steady. He grew up in New York’s South Bronx, his musical eclecticism matched by his vision of African…