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Afrika Bambaataa

Lance Taylor, known professionally as Afrika Bambaataa, was born on 17 April 1957 in The Bronx, New York City, and emerged as a pioneering DJ, rapper, and record producer whose work helped shape early hip‑hop culture. Growing up among the Black Spades gang, he later founded the Universal Zulu Nation and began hosting block parties that attracted youth from the South Bronx. His breakthrough came in 1982 with the electro‑funk single "Planet Rock", produced with Arthur Baker and the Soulsonic Force, which blended Kraftwerk samples with the Roland TR‑808 and became a club hit that de...