Afrika Bambaataa
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Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa gave a trove of jackets, caps and jewelry in his trademark Afrocentric style. He is the person who helped integrate hip-hop with electronic music in the early 1980's on recordings that remain influential, praised the museum in his familiar declamatory tone for its attention to ''factology'' in representing the music's history. Afrika Bambaataa gave a trove of jackets, caps, and jewelry in his trademark Afrocentric style. Ice-T, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash, Russell Simmons, DJ Kool Herc, and the dancer Crazy Legs have opened their archives and were clearly proud of the recognition. Afrika Bambaataa, who helped integrate hip-hop with electronic music in the early 1980s on recordings that remain influential, praised the museum.