Hip Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Dead at 67
Published: 04/09/2026
Afrika Bambaataa -- a rapper and DJ who helped pioneer hip hop -- has died ... TMZ has learned. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... he died from complications of cancer at about 3 AM today in Pennsylvania. Bambaataa was born in The Bronx .... and he joined the local gang the Black Spades,…
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