News Tagged: Afrika Bambaataa

Kickstart: Rubble Kings

Rubble Kings is an eye-opening documentary about street gangs in NYC in the late 1960's and 70's and how a culture of violence and competition spawned the early beginnings of the hip hop movement.

Afrika Bambaataa Appointed Visiting Scholar At Cornell University

Cornell's library boasts the largest archive on hip-hop culture featuring thousands of recordings, flyers, photos and other artifacts outlining its birth in South Bronx. Now the University has just acquired a living legend on campus.

12ozProphet Photo of the Day: Futura, Dondi, and Phase 2 Backdrop for...

While searching for the perfect thumbnail for our post about Afrika Bambaataa we came across this great image from back in the day standing in front of a graffiti backdrop painted by Futura 2000, Dondi, and Phase 2.

MoMA PS1 "Sunday Sessions" With Afrika Bambaataa

Head out to MoMA PS1 this sunday for a three hour set by the infamous DJ Afrika Bambaataa to help celebrate Kraftwerk's extensive influence on modern music and art.

Recap: Zulu Nation 38th Anniversary, Part 2

The Zulu Nation wasn’t quite done celebrating their 38th Anniversary last Wednesday, returning to Le Poisson Rouge Saturday night to continue the festivities. Credited as the founder of the Universal Zulu Nation, South Bronx DJ Afrika Bambaataa was on deck along with Duck Down’s Statik Selektah, dropping joints that kept the crowd keyed up. It...

Recap: Zulu Nation 38th Anniversary, Part 1

The Universal Zulu Nation has been an instrumental part of shaping hip hop culture since it’s birth, and it’s no surprise that they took the time out to celebrate their long history together. Kicking off their 38th Anniversary this past Wednesday at Le Poisson Rouge, Zulu members came in waves from all over the world (chapter members even...