Afrika Bambaataa
Lance Taylor, also known as Afrika Bambaataa, is a retired American DJ, rapper, and record producer. 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.
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1957
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