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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 17, 1957
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Afrika Bambaataa
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Afrika Bambaataa, born Lance Taylor, is an American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture.
Known For
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Beastie Boys Story
2020
7.5
Self
Hip Hop Evolution
2016
7.3
Self
808
2015
6.7
Sample This
2013
10.0
Self
The Bass That Ate Miami: The Foundation
2013
7.7
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
6.7
Self
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
0.0
Himself
Hip Hop Story from Croatia
2008
7.5
Self
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007
8.0
Leftfield: A Final Hit
2005
Credits
Beastie Boys Story
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.5
Hip Hop Evolution
as Self
2016
7.5
808
as Self
2015
7.3
Sample This
2013
6.7
The Bass That Ate Miami: The Foundation
as Self
2013
10.0
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
7.7
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
as Self
2012
6.7
Hip Hop Story from Croatia
as Himself
2008
0.0
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
as Self
2007
7.5
Leftfield: A Final Hit
2005
8.0
5 Sides of a Coin
as Himself
2004
0.0
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2004
4.0
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
7.5
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
as Car Park Attendant
2003
8.1
The Freshest Kids
2002
8.1
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self
2002
10.0
The Hip Hop Years
as Self
1999
7.0
Modulations
as Self
1998
7.3
🎬
Falco - Hoch wie nie
as Self (archive footage)
1998
8.0
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1995
7.0
The Show
as Self
1995
6.4
One World, One Voice
as Self
1990
0.0
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
as Self
1990
0.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Bombin'
as Self
1987
7.7
The Making of Sun City
1985
9.0
Beat Street
1984
6.8
Beat This!: A Hip Hop History
as Himself
1984
7.0