Planet Rock
- Aliases
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Africa Bambaataa presents:- Hydraulic Funk
Afrika Bambaataa and Family
Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5
Afrika Bambaataa and the Millennium of the Gods
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
Afrika Bambaataa & Timezone
- Real name
- Lance Taylor
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00130568296 3 works
00141744979 2 works
00220801028 1 work
00519774908 2 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Jamaican-American disc jockey from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and is respectfully known as "The Godfather" and "Amen Ra of Hip Hop Kulture", as well as the father of electro funk. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he has helped spread hip hop culture throughout the world.
- Member of
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Shango [US2] co-founder, vocals, production
Time Zone
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