On this day in 1986, the founder and guiding force of the Almighty Zulu Nation, Afrika Bambaataa, along with the Soulsonic Force, released Planet Rock: The Album on the influential imprint Tommy Boy ...

Armed with an endless arsenal of records, Afrika Bambaataa threw park jams in the South Bronx as hip-hop took its first steps in the early ’70s. In the ’80s, he and his Soulsonic Force band set the ...

It is not an understatement to say that without Afrika Bambaataa there would be no hip-hop. The New York City DJ literally coined the phrase that led to the genre of music even being called hip-hop.

Endless rows of brand-new white cardboard boxes stacked chest-high greet you as you walk into Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, a posh art gallery on Greenwich. An amber-haired archivist in his early 30s ...

Tommy Boy founder Tom Silverman has sold-off his iconic label, and it was welcomed news for rap legends De La Soul! The label that gave the world Queen Latifah, DJ Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic ...

On this day in 1986, the founder and leader of the Almighty Zulu Nation Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force released Planet Rock: The Album on Tommy Boy Records. The LP was a collection of seven ...