A Thread for Afrika Bambaataa Badass Synthesizer Hip Hop Motherfucker

It's pretty fucked up all the accounts that's out there from Bronx ppl on YouTube, sounds like this was known for years

Yeah. Surprising and sad.

Incredibly surprising. It's not like people (albeit in a politically incorrect way) weren't writing about it three years ago. This thread is destined to die on ILM because nobody cares, and AB was never anywhere near the star that Michael Gira is.

http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/493985/afrika-bambaataa-allegedly-is-a-homo

The abuse of kids is new to me but not that he's gay. That's been known for a look long time.

I shouldn't have read the four pages of that AllHipHop thread.

Yeah unfortunately the conversation that needs to be had has been subsumed by the homophobic star chamber/DJ Vlad/lord Jamar asshole crew

Legendary hip-hop rapper and DJ Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation are reportedly being sued for child sex trafficking, according to a new lawsuit.

Per Okayplayer, in a report by Chicago’s Metropolis Newspaper, an unnamed accuser filed a suit last month against the hip-hop icon in which he alleged Bambaataa sexually abused and repeatedly prostituted him to other men for four years beginning when he was 12 years old. The suit also claims that a majority of the assaults took place at Bambaataa’s Bronx River home, which also served as The Zulu Nation’s headquarters at the time.

This new suit marks the fourth time in the last five years that the hip-hop pioneer has been accused of sexual abuse. As previously reported by The Root, Ronald Savage was the first to come forward in 2016; he described an initial sexual assault by Bambaataa in disturbing detail during an interview with the New York Daily News. Not too long after, three more men recounted similar stories of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of Bambaataa which reportedly started when they were also children. At the time, the “Planet Rock” rapper denied any and all allegations in a statement, while the Zulu Nation issued a lengthy letter apologizing to the accusers and have since distanced themselves from their former leader.

https://www.theroot.com/afrika-bambaataa-and-the-zulu-nation-sued-for-child-sex-1847643346

This new suit marks the fourth time in the last five years that the hip-hop pioneer has been accused of sexual abuse. As previously reported by The Root, Ronald Savage was the first to come forward in 2016; he described an initial sexual assault by Bambaataa in disturbing detail during an interview with the New York Daily News. Not too long after, three more men recounted similar stories of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of Bambaataa which reportedly started when they were also children.

somehow i missed all of this. what a fucking terrible world