For Ronald “Bee Stinger” Savage, the death of Afrika Bambaataa hits different. Savage was the first person to publicly accuse Bambaataa of sexual improprieties with minors. In August 2024, in an ...

One of Hip Hop’s most prominent voices died this past week. Afrika Bambaataa (aka Lance Taylor) died on Thursday, April 9, at the age of 68 years old due to cancer. This is a clear and present rupture ...

Afrika Bambaataa, whose real name was Lance Taylor, died on April 9, 2026, at approximately 3:00 a.m. in Pennsylvania from complications of cancer. He was 68 years old, having been born on April 17, ...

Hassan Campbell was one of several people who accused Afrika Bambaataa of child molestation and sexual assault. Numerous reports have come out today about the passing of hip-hop pioneer, Afrika ...

The DJ and producer helped shape the genre's early sound and global influence through music and his rap group, Universal Zulu Nation Bambaataa was accused by multiple men of sexually abusing them when ...

Today would have marked the 69th birthday of Afrika Bambaataa, a name that sits at the very foundation of Hip Hop culture. But just a week after his reported passing, the question surrounding his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Hip hop DJ pioneer Afrika Bambaataa speaks at a news conference in New York on Feb. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, ...

Today, we recognize the 68th birthday of one of Hip Hop’s foundational figures, Afrika Bambaataa—a man whose influence helped shape the sound, style, and soul of the genre as we know it. Born Kevin ...

Today, Hassan Campbell confirmed in a Facebook video that Afrika Bambaataa has passed away at the age of 68. Afrika Bambaataa, hip-hop trailblazer and founder of Universal Zulu Nation, has passed away ...

Afrika Bambaataa has sadly passed away. The hip-hop pioneer and DJ, whose real name is Lance Taylor, died on Thursday morning (April 9) around 3 in the morning local ...

Afrika Bambaataa is being accused of sexual assault by a French rapper who claims the Hip-Hop pioneer preyed on him when he was a teenager. Solo is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion and a founding member ...