Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering rapper, producer and DJ who created arguably the first fusion of rap and electronic music with ...

His song "Planet Rock," released in 1982 with Soulsonic Force, was a seminal record in defining electro-funk, though his legacy was tarnished after several allegations of sexual abuse. By Carly Thomas ...

Afrika Bambaataa was a formative figure in hip-hop, as influential at the start as his better-known peers Grandmaster Flash and DJ Kool Herc. At South Bronx street parties in the 1970s, he galvanized ...

The "Godfather of Hip-Hop" Afrika Bambaataa has signed a worldwide deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the company announced on Thursday. By Billboard Staff The “Godfather of Hip-Hop” Afrika ...