NME - Radar — Diplo's 1Extra Hallowe'en Special is packed with massive bangers. It's also a good refreshment of some of the finest music this year. Long-time collaborator and music video director System D-128's also involved. Angel Haze, M.I.A, Kendrick Lemar, Kan... more info

Nialler9 — Highlights: Kwes, DOOM, Balam Acab, Echo Lake, Bastille, Boys Noize, Bantum album launch, So Cow & Squarehead, Afrika Bambaataa & Lianne La Havas This is the weekly list of recommended Dublin gigs taking place over the next seven days published … R... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Amazing Brooklyn street fair Atlantic Antic is this Sunday (9/30). Entertainment along the way includes Brooklyn street fair regulars Les Sans Culottes at Last Exit at 1:30pm, and a DJ set by Afrika Bambaataa at Maimonide of Brooklyn (M.O.B.)... more info

Guardian Music — 'Paul played me a rough version. When I heard that 'N-n-n-nineteen' hook I thought: What the heck?'Paul Hardcastle, composerAll my life I wanted to be a motorbike racer, until I had a bad crash and ended up in hospital for four months. While I was b... more info

Starpulse — Rap pioneers Grandmaster Melle Mel and Afrika Bambaataa met with New York officials last week in a bid to win their backing for plans to create a National Museum of Hip Hop in the Bronx. The musi... more info

ContactMusic — Rap pioneers Melle Mel and Afrika Bambaataa met with New York officials last week (ends14Sep12) in a bid to win their backing for plans to create a... more info

Prefix — Legendary hip-hop icon Afrika Bambaataa has announced his desire to build a National Museum of Hip Hop in ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/afrika-bambaataa-looking-to-establish-hip-hop-muse/68317/ more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Cornell University in the United States have officially named Hip-hop legend Afrika Bambaataa, a visiting professor. In a three year contract, Bambaataa will visit the Ivy League school a few times a year to speak in classes, engage students and comm... more info

ContactMusic — Funk and hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa has landed a new academic role at New Yorks Cornell University The Planet Rock hitmaker real name Kevin Donovan has been named a visiting scholar at the Ivy League college and hell lecture and meet wi... more info

Guardian Music — It's one of the greatest singles in pop history – and unlike many of its contemporaries, it has aged well Reading on mobile? Listen here.I'm not a Numanist. In fact, some of my best friends are Numanoids. It's a tough job to assess Gary Numan's pla... more info