Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa Dead At 68: Report
Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering Hip-Hop DJ considered by many to be a founding father of the culture, has died. He was 68. On Thursday (April 9), AllHipHop.com reported that Bambaataa, born Lance Taylor, died while hospitalized. The Rev. Dr. Kurtis Blow Walker, Executive Director of the Hip Hop Alliance, issued a statement acknowledging his passing. […]
Judgment Filed Against Absentee Afrika Bambaataa In Sex Abuse Case
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty The case against Hip-Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa alleging that he sexually abused someone is at a critical point, as the victim in the case has filed a request for a default judgment. According to reports, the “John Doe” in the lawsuit against Bambaataa filed a formal request for a default judgment with the Bronx Supreme Court last Monday (April 11th). Hugo G. Ortega, the plaintiff’s lawyer made the request on the grounds that the Bronx native “failed to appear in this matter or to answer the plaintiff’s complaint, and the time-limited by law for him to do so has expired.” Reportedly, Bambaataa has not been able to be found since last year, which allowed the civil suit to go forward as requested by “John Doe” and his legal team ut...
Afrika Bambaataa Hit With New Allegations of Sex Trafficking Minor In Lawsuit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WENN / WENN Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation are mired in controversy once again due to a new lawsuit levied against the Hip-Hop pioneer and the group with some disturbing allegations. According to records in the New York Supreme Court, a lawsuit against Bambaataa was filed on August 4 on behalf of the plaintiff referred to in the documents as John Doe, who is a separate individual from those who first alleged abuse by Bambaataa in 2016. The lawsuit was filed under New York’s Child Victims Act that came into effect in 2019, which allows for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue within a limited window of time regardless of when the offense took place. The victim claims that he was “repeatedly sexually abused and sex trafficked” by Bambaataa w...
Afrika Bambaataa Sued for Alleged Sexual Abuse, Sex Trafficking of a Minor
Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa was sued in August for alleged sexual abuse and sex trafficking of a minor. The lawsuit, which was filed in New York State Supreme Court on Aug. 4 and obtained by SPIN, details the alleged abuse, which allegedly took place from 1991-1995. The victim, named as John Doe in the complaint, alleges that when he was 12-years-old, Bambaataa invited him into his home gym in the apartment building where they respectively lived in the Bronx and would “would comment about Plaintiff’s muscular body and would touch Plaintiff on the shoulders, biceps, and torso.” Continuing, the suit alleges that Bambaataa would “inappropriately touch Plaintiff in his private areas” and that he “eventually encouraged Plaintiff to watch pornographic videos while in Defendant’s Taylor’s ap...
