Today we recognize the 68th birthday of one of Hip Hop’s foundational figures, Afrika Bambaataa—a man whose influence helped shape the sound, style, and soul of the genre as we know it.

The Cure leader is one of our true romantics and on Monday, April 21, he'll turn 66. In honor of Smith's birthday, we spent time reviewing his gifts to us and surfaced with just 25 of his and his band ...