Afrika Bambaataa

Summary

Afrika Bambaataa is a human^[1]. His place of birth was New York City^[2]. He was born on April 17, 1957^[3]. He worked as an association football player^[4], rapper^[5], singer^[6], record producer^[7], and songwriter^[8]. He ranks in the top 0.55% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,466 views/month, #5,476 of 1,000,298).^[9]

Key Facts

• Born in New York City^[2], Afrika Bambaataa…
• Afrika Bambaataa was born on April 17, 1957^[3].
• Afrika Bambaataa held citizenship in United States^[10].
• Afrika Bambaataa is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group^[11].
• Afrika Bambaataa's professions included association football player^[4].
• Afrika Bambaataa's professions included rapper^[5].
• Afrika Bambaataa's professions included singer^[6].
• Afrika Bambaataa's professions included record producer^[7].
• Afrika Bambaataa worked as a songwriter^[8].
• Afrika Bambaataa worked as a disc jockey^[12].
• Afrika Bambaataa's field of work was hip-hop^[13].
• Afrika Bambaataa is recorded as male^[14].
• Afrika Bambaataa's instance of is recorded as human^[15].
• Afrika Bambaataa's genre is hip-hop^[16].
• Afrika Bambaataa's genre is electro house^[17].
• Afrika Bambaataa's genre is breakbeat^[18].
• Afrika Bambaataa's genre is electro^[19].
• Afrika Bambaataa's genre is rapping^[20].
• Afrika Bambaataa's record label is recorded as Tommy Boy Records^[21].
• Afrika Bambaataa's record label is recorded as Capitol Records^[22].
• Afrika Bambaataa's record label is recorded as EMI^[23].
• Afrika Bambaataa's Commons category is recorded as Afrika Bambaataa^[24].
• Afrika Bambaataa's archives at is recorded as Cornell University^[25].
• Afrika Bambaataa's family name is recorded as Taylor^[26].
• Afrika Bambaataa's given name is recorded as Lance^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Person^[28]

• Country: US^[29]

• Began / founded: 1957-04-19^[30]

• Ended / dissolved: 2026-04-09^[31]

• Genre(s): afro-funk, breakbeat, electro-funk, hip hop^[32]

• Community tags: afro-funk, breakbeat, electro-funk, hip hop, us^[33]

• MusicBrainz ID: fe3503fb-146f-4d68-a591-a7e5798c321f^[34]

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Origins and Family

Afrika Bambaataa's place of birth was New York City^[2]. He was born on April 17, 1957^[3]. He is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group^[11].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include association football player^[4], rapper^[5], singer^[6], record producer^[7], songwriter^[8], and disc jockey^[12]. Afrika Bambaataa's field of work was hip-hop^[13].

Why It Matters

Afrika Bambaataa ranks in the top 0.55% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,466 views/month, #5,476 of 1,000,298).^[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] He is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

FAQs

Where was Afrika Bambaataa born?

Born in New York City^[2], Afrika Bambaataa…

What did Afrika Bambaataa do for work?

Afrika Bambaataa worked as association football player^[4], rapper^[5], singer^[6], record producer^[7], and songwriter^[8].