Afrika Bambaataa is famous across the world, a pioneer of hip-hop and one of its greatest missionaries both home and abroad. And yet, despite over 30 years in the public eye, his real name is not known, and his age is a mystery.
Bambaataa, or Bam for short, has grown into his own mythos as easily as the rest of the world has adapted to his prophecy: hip-hop as a universal language.