5.1
Sacrée Soirée
1987· TV Series
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 17, 1957(68)
Day of Death
April 9, 2026
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Afrika Bambaataa
Acting
Biography
Afrika Bambaataa, born Lance Taylor, was an American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture.
Known For
7.7
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013· TV Series
7.5
Hip Hop Evolution
2016· TV Series
7.8
Soundbreaking
2016· TV Series
6.8
Beat Street
1984
7.5
6.7
7.0
The Hip Hop Years
1999· TV Series
6.4
The Show
1995
8.1
10.0
Filmography
- 2020MovieBeastie Boys Storyas Self (archive footage)
- 2016TVSoundbreakingas Self
- 2016TVHip Hop Evolutionas Self
- 2015Movie808as Self
- 2013MovieSample Thisas Self
- 2013MovieThe Bass That Ate Miami: The Foundationas Self
- 2013TVAnthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
- 2012MovieSomething from Nothing: The Art of Rapas Self
- 2008MovieHip Hop Story from Croatiaas Himself
- 2007MovieNY77: The Coolest Year in Hellas Self
- 2005MovieLeftfield: A Final Hit
- 2004Movie5 Sides of a Coinas Himself
- 2004MovieAnd You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hopas Self
- 2003MovieJames Brown: Soul Survivor
- 2003MovieThe Work of Director Chris Cunninghamas Car Park Attendant
- 2002MovieThe Freshest Kids
- 2002MovieThe Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'as Self
- 2001MovieScratch
- 1999TVThe Hip Hop Yearsas Self
- 1998MovieModulationsas Self
- 1995MovieRap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
- 1995MovieThe Showas Self
- 1990MovieOne World, One Voiceas Self
- 1990MovieRed Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porteras Self
- 1987TVSacrée Soiréeas Self
- 1987MovieBombin'as Self
- 1985MovieThe Making of Sun City
- 1984MovieBeat Street
- 1984MovieBeat This!: A Hip Hop Historyas Himself