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Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa

Born: 1957-04-17 • The Bronx, New York, USA

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.

Filmography
Beastie Boys Story poster
Beastie Boys Story
2020 • Self (archive footage)
808 poster
808
2015 • Self
Sample This poster
Sample This
2013
The Bass That Ate Miami: The Foundation poster
The Bass That Ate Miami: The Foundation
2013 • Self
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap poster
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012 • Self
Hip Hop Story from Croatia poster
Hip Hop Story from Croatia
2008 • Himself
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell poster
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007 • Self
Leftfield: A Final Hit poster
Leftfield: A Final Hit
2005
5 Sides of a Coin poster
5 Sides of a Coin
2004 • Himself
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop poster
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004 • Self
James Brown: Soul Survivor poster
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham poster
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
2003 • Car Park Attendant
The Freshest Kids poster
The Freshest Kids
2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' poster
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002 • Self
Modulations poster
Modulations
1998 • Self
No Image
Falco - Hoch wie nie
1998 • Self (archive footage)
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat poster
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1995
The Show poster
The Show
1995 • Self
One World, One Voice poster
One World, One Voice
1990 • Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter poster
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990 • Self
Bombin' poster
Bombin'
1987 • Self
The Making of Sun City poster
The Making of Sun City
1985
Beat Street poster
Beat Street
1984
Beat This!: A Hip Hop History poster
Beat This!: A Hip Hop History
1984 • Himself