# @979thebeat on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DW7ESOvCWBc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63174407-979thebeat-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/039e5f93d6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-09T19:38:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 97.9 The Beat DFW (@979thebeat) — https://gondola.cc/979thebeat

## Caption

🕊️ We are sad to report the passing of #AfrikaBambaataa, the pioneering Hip-Hop DJ considered by many to be a founding father of the culture. He was 68.

A cause of death has not been shared.

Bambataa was a member of the infamous Black Spades gang in The Bronx, and would eventually create the Universal Zulu Nation, which would subsequently help spread Hip-Hop culture across the globe.

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