Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding ...

His song "Planet Rock," released in 1982 with Soulsonic Force, was a seminal record in defining electro-funk, though his ...

The tributes to one of hip-hop’s founders were complicated by allegations of sexual abuse made against him in recent years.

Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa has died. The rapper and DJ died from complications of prostate cancer on Thursday in ...

Afrika Bambaataa died at the age of 68. Here's what we know about the New York native and DJ who put together some amazing songs.

Afrika Bambaataa, one of the progenitors of hip-hop whose breakthrough track "Planet Rock" helped define electro-funk and ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a pioneering hip-hop DJ and rapper accused of sexually abusing boys, has died at the age of 67. According ...

Afrika Bambaataa has died. As a founding member of Universal Zulu Nation and the DJ behind hits like “Planet Rock,” Bambaataa ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on ...

The Bronx-born DJ was known as a pioneer in hip-hop. His legacy was tarnished in later years amid child sex assault ...

Gucci Mane addressed his alleged robbery on a new song "Crash Dummy," responding to allegations that Memphis rapper Pooh ...