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Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa (born Kevin Donovan; April 19, 1957) is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture as well as the Father of The Electro Funk Sound. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he is responsible for spreading hip hop culture throughout the world. On September 27, 2007, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On August 14th, 2012 Afrika Bambaataa was given a three year appointment as a visiting scholar… more »

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We got to understand rap been
Here for a long time'!
When God talked to the prophets
He was rappin
And when the prophets talked back to God
They was rappin
And then if people wanna bring it up and get
All up to the modern days and ages
We can start to goin in the
60's when you had Shirley Ellis
When she did "The Name Game"
And "The Clapping Song"
We can go to the poetry rappin
Of of sister Son sonia Sanchez
With uh The Watts Poets, or The Last Poets
We can get into the political
Or the message rap
Of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
Malcolm X or The Honorable Elijah Muhammad
We can get into the the the
The party and fun raps
Of Pigby Markam?, Marks Baby?
We can go back to the "Hi De
Hi De Ho" with Cab Calloway
We can go back to the
Radio disc jockey or jocko
Eddie OJ, and all the others that did things
We can go back to the
LOVE RAP of Isaac Hayes, black Moses
To the LOVE RAP of Barry White out there
This is all part of rap
And if all you country people want to
Get into the country & western thing
We can take it to, Tony Joe White
When he did "Poke Salad Annie"
This is all dealin with the rap
Rap has always been there

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