Afrika Bambaataa — the hip-hop pioneer whose influence helped shape the culture’s earliest blueprint — has died at 68 after a battle with prostate cancer. Born Kevin Donovan in the South Bronx in 1957, Bambaataa passed away on April 9 in Pennsylvania, where he had been receiving treatment for complications related to the disease. Bambaataa […]
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