Hip-Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Dead at 67

Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering hip-hop DJ, rapper, and founder of the Zulu Nation, has died from complications relating to cancer. He was 67.

Bambaataa is best known as one of the founding fathers of hip-hop culture, often called the “Godfather of Electro Funk,” and for his seminal 1982 track “Planet Rock.”