Afrika Bambaataa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Afrika Bambaataa

American DJ, record producer and activist

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1957

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: disc jockey, singer, record producer, musician, songwriter, rapper

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Afrika Bambaataa (; born Lance Taylor; April 17, 1957) is an American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer 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. On May 6, 2016, Bambaataa left his position as head of The Zulu Nation due to multiple child sexual abuse allegations dating as far back as the 1970s.