A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk about hip-hop, you're talking about the whole culture and movement. You have to take the whole culture for what it is. Afrika Bambaataa culturehiphop share on social
I've got headdresses and robes from all over: I am the mystery of everybody's story. Afrika Bambaataa haveheaddressmystery Change image and share on social
I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records. Afrika Bambaataa beatbreakbring Change image and share on social
The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah. Afrika Bambaataa acknowledgeallahequality share on social
We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media. Afrika Bambaataa buildcomeego share on social
A lot of times you can lose the MP3s - it's a lot of labor to be finding it again, putting things back up. You gotta back up, back up, back up. Afrika Bambaataa backfindgotta Change image and share on social
The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth. Afrika Bambaataa awakenearthhuman Change image and share on social
Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight. Afrika Bambaataa breakcommunitycontrol share on social
Everybody needs to show respect to each others' ways and the cultural life that you get on this planet. Don't get caught up on 'I'm brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.' You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492? All these names we're using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other. Afrika Bambaataa blackbluebrown share on social
As you mature, you start reading and studying and researching, you start to really know what life is about. Afrika Bambaataa lifematureread Change image and share on social