{"id":208957,"date":"2026-04-10T00:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/208957\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:11:18","slug":"rapper-og-dj-afrika-bambaataa-er-dod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/208957\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper og DJ Afrika Bambaataa er d\u00f8d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"_lead_145nj_2 _lead_6fko5_53 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-l layout-component layout-wide layout-padded _wide_17hqh_1 layout-padded\">Hip hop-pioneren ble 67 \u00e5r gammel.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" Foto: HENNY RAY ABRAMS \/ AP \/ NTB\" class=\"_image_jw3bv_65 layout-component layout-wide\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"1398\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/072b3eee-8611-401c-9c13-7829d4f723a5.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:50.374423963133644% 41.595135908440625%\" width=\"1736\"\/> Foto: HENNY RAY ABRAMS \/ AP \/ NTB<\/p>\n<ul aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"_images_ntbth_112\">\n<li><a class=\"_link_ntbth_117\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg.no\/forfatter\/hannah-solstad-klepp\" style=\"z-index:1\" title=\"Hannah Solstad Klepp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Bilde av Hannah Solstad Klepp\" class=\"_image_ntbth_93\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775779878_145_f811f9c1-64f7-4c50-9133-b5735831a650.jpeg\"  width=\"480\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Oppdatert torsdag 9. april kl. 21:52     <\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">Han d\u00f8de i dag av komplikasjoner knyttet til kreft, melder melder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/09\/afrika-bambaataa-dead\/\" class=\"_link_145nj_39\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">Afrika Bambaataa ble f\u00f8dt i Bronx og var en sentral skikkelse i utviklingen av hiphop-kulturen fra 1970-tallet. Han startet som medlem av gjengen Black Spades, der han raskt steg i gradene til rollen som \u00abwarlord\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">P\u00e5 1970-tallet begynte han \u00e5 arrangere fester der hiphop-kulturen fikk vokse frem. Disse utviklet seg etter hvert til store blokkfester i S\u00f8r-Bronx.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">I 1980 ga han ut sin f\u00f8rste singel, \u00abZulu Nation Throwdown\u00bb, oppkalt etter Universal Zulu Nation \u2013 et kunstkollektiv for samfunnsbevisste rappere, graffitikunstnere og andre i hiphop-milj\u00f8et. To \u00e5r senere fikk han sitt gjennombrudd med l\u00e5ten \u00abPlanet Rock\u00bb, som n\u00e5dde fjerdeplass p\u00e5 den amerikanske R&amp;B-listen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">I 1985 var Bambaataa med p\u00e5 \u00e5 lage antiapartheid-albumet \u00abSun City\u00bb, sammen med artister som Joey Ramone, Run-D.M.C. og U2.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Fab 5 Freddy, Afrika Bambaataa, direkt\u00f8r for Smithsonian American History Brent Glass og Kool Herc, fotografert i 2006.  Foto: Scott Gries \/ AFP \/ NTB\" class=\"_image_jw3bv_65 layout-component layout-normal\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"1933\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8024fc81-4387-4bd8-90ee-520a36de8e63.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:46.800000000000004% 37.97206414899121%\" width=\"3000\"\/>Fab 5 Freddy, Afrika Bambaataa, direkt\u00f8r for Smithsonian American History Brent Glass og Kool Herc, fotografert i 2006.  Foto: Scott Gries \/ AFP \/ NTB<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">De siste \u00e5rene av livet var han ogs\u00e5 involvert i juridiske saker. Flere menn anklaget ham for seksuelle overgrep p\u00e5 1980- og 1990-tallet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">I 2025 inngikk han et forlik med en mann som hevdet \u00e5 ha blitt utsatt for menneskehandel p\u00e5 1990-tallet, etter at Bambaataa ikke m\u00f8tte opp i retten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hip hop-pioneren ble 67 \u00e5r gammel. 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