Afrika Bambaataa (real name: Kevin Donovan) is one of the founders of hip hop. The term "hip hop" might even have been invented by him according to tradition. Bambaataa grew up in the Bronx where he was in a gang. After a trip to South Africa, he decided to put in more peaceful ways to bring together young people. The solution lay in the "block parties". Besides Donovan began organizing parties
… themselves take to music. Some of those early singles such as Planet Rock (1982) and Renegades Of Funk (1983), now regarded as hip-hop classics. From the nineties taking other rappers Bambaataa's prominent position on, though he remains active as a musician and hip-hop icon.more