{"id":575231,"date":"2026-04-10T04:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575231\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:22:08","slug":"hip-hop-pioneer-afrika-bambaataa-dies-aged-67-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575231\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa, dies aged 67 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBKRW0wQTRCRUROTFZoUlBheHBvYUR4OHg5Qy14bUx6UnU0UUdjZzFyOWhPYUtSZWdqTFJZZWpmYTZJNVpiV3JGZmNhWm9KU0lYTFI5YzJsQTN3dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa, dies aged 67<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE5FUjVhdjZGVXFhNWdlcGd0cVFfU1FTTGtSTTlwN0tLWDhOdFNUaTN6YzhkTmxvRy1sdV9MTjlkTnpkMU9SeE1nYUZIc0RaYk5aSWYyN1pNaW5vRkthZDNOUm5POTV1NVNPZXNDUmp6S015Vy1TZmlvWWotemw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Afrika Bambaataa, Often Called the \u2018Godfather of Hip-Hop,\u2019 Is Dead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNazZBdVozMS01Z2lHYXdaOUJaRF9nY0RYaGp6QlI1RmpyUUdwVlBsZ3dfMkFhdklYT1g1Rm9hSkEwUkxaRG9vVUV5TkRuamhla0RiNGo1aVhHUTg2Qnk5NzY1Sng0MTF2QzFkWW0yOXdwcUdEbC1aQUUzeWpIMUxtcVhuYjduWjlrTmdGZl90TGhUZDhESjExYnFrUDk2Sm8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Afrika Bambaataa, hip-hop pioneer and founder of Universal Zulu Nation, has died<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQdWpFM0FhekxUN2FrTlFvalMyNDlxWjc5ZDhzVS10X2NUYXNvaEx4a2padHdvZkdyMTc4SmxKdzJSSUttQWtSMTEtb3VWazFwYVR5REd1TFJzZGN4MWt6RDVjNHg1T0JrdjZsMnJxbEJ4MW5LQ0V5V3BycEg0QU5sQnZRUjhBRmxfNy12bnZEenPSAaQBQVVfeXFMUDZWZFVLdFVCOHlCVzhPQ2NSOHRlcHBLQlMtUHZjVkpXS1UxZnMxN3RGdGJONkxzRTU4d0VCaUtSNHp4c1FGZW5kVGM0cm5SYmlfUk1Ba00zZ21nZ1N0T1ozbUR0QVkzSGtkMlVPUHotZTBOWS0yTGYwZWE4Y2tFcUN3RHdHazV0UzBXNXFpeFZoczlqSVBFcU0yY2FfV0g0VnB2bXE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hip-hop pioneer accused of sexual abuse dead at 67<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AL.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNQWJOQm54dmNPeFV0elR5cDhoc3pSMkU1ang2MEQ1YTRlS3lib0hfVmlMYkd1M3F6NmU5eXE5TUF6ajlWdEEtbGU2ODFIbUZfdU5DMVRGWUxMbHNYakdMWVJOeFlQVDdtY3ljYUQ1OVFwUFB1bTZUZEFRYTNSVVNaQ2NVbVVmalg4eGNF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Afrika Bambaataa, hip-hop pioneer, dies aged 67<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa, dies aged 67&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCAfrika Bambaataa, Often Called the \u2018Godfather of Hip-Hop,\u2019 Is Dead&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-575231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}