The music is low, the room is warm, the conversation moves without urgency, and somewhere in the center of it all, a hookah burns slow and steady — filling the air with something that feels less like ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a pioneer in hip-hop and electronic music in the 1970s and '80s, has died. Later in life, he was accused by ...

The tributes to one of hip-hop’s founders were complicated by allegations of sexual abuse made against him in recent years.

Afrika Bambaataa — a DJ, rapper and record producer widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop — has died. He was ...

His song "Planet Rock," released in 1982 with Soulsonic Force, was a seminal record in defining electro-funk, though his ...

The rapper and producer helped script hip-hop and electronic music's blueprint with songs like "Planet Rock" and "Looking for ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a pioneer of hip-hop culture and founder of the Universal Zulu Nation, has died at 67. The Bronx-born ...