Hip-Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Dead at 67

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/afrika-bambaataa-dead-obituary-1234868031 Afrika Bambaataa, the visionary DJ, rapper, producer, and activist and later faced multiple, widespread accusations of sexual abuse, has died at 67.

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