In an interview with Washington City Paper last week, hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa chastised D.C. FM radio stations for not playing enough local go-go and hip-hop. D.C. rappers have long ...

Today, we recognize the 68th birthday of one of Hip Hop’s foundational figures, Afrika Bambaataa—a man whose influence helped shape the sound, style, and soul of the genre as we know it. Born Kevin ...

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 ...

Afrika Bambaataaspeaks at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in New York in 2006. Hundreds, if not thousands of hip-hop artists have sampled James Brown. Legendary DJ Afrika ...

Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, who was accused in 2016 of molesting a 15-year-old in 1980, is being sued for sex trafficking by a man who says he was just 12 years old at the time of the abuse, ...

The Brooklyn rap trio curates a playlist for sneaky links, situationships and love that doesn’t whisper. 3 days ago According to a report from Metropolis, a suit was filed on August 4th of this year ...

The 305’s musical tastes are as diverse as the masses who live here. We’re a bunch of EDM beat freaks, salsa fanatics, Rasta lovers, hip-hop heads, hardcore punks, and indie obsessives. But we can all ...

Patience is a virtue. With that said, some folks just don’t have any to spare. One of those people includes the alleged sexual assault victim of Afrika Bambaataa (real name Lance Taylor). In court ...

A French rap legend and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion has come forward claiming that Afrika Bambaataa abused him when he was 16 years old. Afrika Bambaataa is being accused of sexual assault by a ...