Hip Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Dead at 67

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:18:32 +0000
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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…