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  "textContent": "Afrika Bambaataa, a DJ who helped shape hip-hop's earliest sound and global reach, has died, a friend and fellow Zulu Nation member announced. Mick Benzo wrote that he'd spoken with Bambaataa just days earlier and later learned the musician had \"peacefully fallen asleep and did not wake up,\" Deadline reports....",
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