UPDATE (April 10): According to the Associated Press, Afrika Bambaataa died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer. In an email statement to the AP, Bam's talent agency, Naf Management Entertainment, ...

Afrika Bambaataa passed away Thursday morning at the age of 67. According to TMZ, the hip-hop pioneer died around 3 a.m. in Pennsylvania. Afrika Bambaataa, born Lance Taylor on April 17, 1957, in the ...

New York hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa has died at 68. TMZ reported he died from complications of cancer early Thursday, April 9, just days away from his April 17 birthday, in Pennsylvania.

Afrika Bambaataa, the visionary DJ, rapper, producer, and activist who became one of the first global hip-hop stars and later faced multiple, widespread accusations of child sexual abuse, died today ...

Pioneering rapper and DJ Afrika Bambaataa has died. The Bronx native was 67. The Hip Hop Alliance, headed by fellow hip hop icon Kurtis Blow, announced his death Thursday. “Today, we acknowledge the ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on Thursday, according to his lawyer. He was 68. Today in History: May 1, Bush ...

Afrika Bambaataa, one of the progenitors of hip-hop whose breakthrough track “Planet Rock” helped define electro-funk and influence generations of artists, has died according to friend and fellow ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on Thursday, according to his lawyer. He was 68. Bambaataa’s sudden death was met ...

The Bronx native is credited as one of hip-hop's founding architects. By Michael Saponara Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa (born Lance Taylor) has died at age 68. According to TMZ, which first ...

Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa has died. The rapper and DJ died from complications of prostate cancer on Thursday in Pennsylvania, TMZ reported. He was 68 years old. The influential musician’s ...

Afrika Bambaataa has passed away. He was 67 and had been battling cancer. As you may know, Bambaataa was a core creator of hip hop, stemming from the parties he threw in the Bronx in the early and mid ...

Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering hip-hop DJ and founder of the Universal Zulu Nation, has died from complications relating to cancer, TMZ reports. He was 67. Born Lance Taylor in 1957, Bambaataa ...