🎭 Culture 14h ago · Alexandra Del Rosario

Afrika Bambaataa, hip-hop pioneer and 'Planet Rock' rapper, dies at 68

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Afrika Bambaataa, the influential rapper and DJ who helped shape the culture of hip-hop with his legendary Zulu Nation block parties in the South Bronx, has died. He was 68.

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