Afrika bambaataa biography of martin garrix

Posted on Jan 7, 2010

Afrika Bambaataa is undoubtedly one of hip hop’s godfathers.

As a teenager in the mid-1970’s, he fell into the Black Spades gang, but had a different interest than causing trouble.

Bam started deejaying in 1970.

He had a passion for buying records (he would later be known as the “Master of Records”) and his tastes were very diversified from rock to r&b to African sounds to Latin, calypso, and classical.

Although Kool Herc was the top DJ at the time, Bam knew he owned most of the same records as Herc so he decided to start playing on his own.

His ideological influences ran the gamut of the black political leaders of the time.

Afrika Bambaataa, was inspired by his mother's record collection and was a member of the street gang Black Spades.

Afrika Bambaataa, was inspired by his mother's record collection and was a member of the street gang Black Spades.

Afrika Bambaataa, another founding father of Hip-Hop, saw an opportunity in this new form of music which blended Caribbean sounds with Disco.

In the s, electro-funk was born when artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Man Parrish, and Egyptian Lover began making futuristic beats with the Roland TR

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In this feature we take a journey into the history of electronic dance music, whilst also putting to bed the widespread myth about 'EDM'.

He saw the film Zulu which depicted the battle between British troops and the Zulu tribe in 1879. The British seem victorious before they are overwhelmed by the numbers of Zulus who spare their lives. He took his name “Afrika Bambaataa” which meant “affectionate le