Hip-Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Passes Away

0:00It's April 9th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI, your daily dose of celebrity buzz. Africa-Bambe Ataya, the hip-hop pioneer from the Bronx, has passed away at 67 from cancer complications in Pennsylvania. Born Lance Taylor back in 1957, he shaped the genre early on with his groundbreaking mixes in that massive 1986 album, Planet Rock. His influence ran deep in the culture, pulling from funk, electro and street vibes to birth what we now call hip-hop sound. But his legacy got complicated starting in 2016. With child sexual abuse claims, he denied them all, yet lost a civil suit in New York. This, year after not showing up to fight it, we'll keep watching as more details come out on this hip-hop legend's exit.