dirtnapp / is afrika bambaataa alive or dead?
Afrika Bambaataa
American DJ, record producer, and rapper
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1957
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 69
- known for
- disc jockey, rapper, record producer
1957 – 2026
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where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Afrika Bambaataa in 2026, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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