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They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.

They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.


Afrika Bambaataa  Afrika Bambaataa
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Afrika Bambaataa (/ˌæfrɪkə bæmˈbɑːtə/; born Lance Taylor;[2][3] April 17, 1957) is an American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer from the South Bronx, New York.[4][3] He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture.[5] Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and is respectfully known as "The Godfather" and "Amen Ra of Hip Hop Kulture", as well as the father of electro-funk.[1] Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he has helped spread hip hop culture throughout the world.[6] On May 6, 2016, Bambaataa left his position as head of The Zulu Nation due to multiple child sexual abuse allegations dating as far back as the 1970s.[7]

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I've got headdresses and robes from all over: I am the mystery of everybody's story.

    Afrika Bambaataa  Afrika Bambaataa   
 Tags: I Am Story Mystery Over Got Am
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I wear anything of culture, from the Earth or beyond. The whole planet is my shop.

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I'm fanatical about movies: African, European, Viking, Roman. I got into witchcraft and magic from watching 'Bewitched' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' which shows in some of my outfits. I dress to reflect the whole spectrum of the universe.

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 Tags: Dress Universe Movies Magic Reflect
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I'm as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes. My style comes from looking at what came before me, and from visiting a lot of places.

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 Tags: Stars Style Moon Me Trees Looking
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As you mature, you start reading and studying and researching, you start to really know what life is about.

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 Tags: Life Reading Start Know You Mature
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Hip-hop has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy. People have used hip-hop in a lot of ways that cause a lot of mind problems. They use the word wrongfully. They use it to mean a part instead of a whole.

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 Tags: Mind People Problems Conspiracy Mean
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You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.

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What worries me are these so-called radio stations with program directors who don't play all the different flavors of hip-hop. They should play the old with the new, 24/7, 365 days a year. A lot of these program directors are just jiving around and not playing all the good music for the people.

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