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Afrika Bambaataa has died
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#42Bambaataa was a serial sexual abuser and everybody in the rap scene knew it back in the day (early 90s) same way everyone knew about R. Kelly (I ran a rap program on the radio in 92-94).
What did you do about it at the time?
A friend of mine has worked in TV and film for decades. Many times he has told me about rumoured offenders (typically after they are arrested), but other than avoiding working on productions with them what are his choices? Trying to do a completely ridiculous "citizen's arrest"?
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#44Awww. Oldschool bboy music in the 1990s and before.
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#45This brings up a point I often ponder: should the records of horrific criminals be cancelled? Consider the two extremes:
A) artist is never played again, no more royalties are paid. Nobody gets to enjoy the music.
B) the artist's estate is sold to a victims compensation trust, that collects, say, $4m/year that gets distributed to victims and charities. You still hear their song occasionally on the radio and gradually forget about their plight over the years.
Which one brings the victims closer to justice?
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#46https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHQ11l4uiM4
Afrika Bambaataa is a major reason I fell in love with hip hop back around '82. Further, I've always felt "perfect beat" is a much better song than the more popular "planet rock". Back then, "planet rock" was for regular folk, "perfect beat" was for the breakers. Regular folk would be dancing on the floor, just like normal, and then, later in the evening, the DJ would drop "perfect beat" and it was on - specifically,…
> s3xual
This is not TikTok. You can spell the word sexual without fear.
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#47Bambaataa was a serial sexual abuser and everybody in the rap scene knew it back in the day (early 90s) same way everyone knew about R. Kelly (I ran a rap program on the radio in 92-94).
Any tape rips of your show we can listen to?
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#48Bambaataa was a serial sexual abuser and everybody in the rap scene knew it back in the day (early 90s) same way everyone knew about R. Kelly (I ran a rap program on the radio in 92-94).
Wow, had no idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_bambaataa#Child_sexual_... Massively influential guy to hip hop, but what a shame.
this surprised me as well, the more you know the respect for his influence diminishes, really sad.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
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I can imagine scenarios where decent people in tough environments might be compelled to join a gang, rob, or even murder. That doesn’t make it ok, but it makes it at least understandable. I’m unable to imagine a reason why decent people might be compelled to rape children, let alone serially.
> decent people in tough environments ... murder
You find an excuse for MURDER? You are definitely not a decent person.
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#50This brings up a point I often ponder: should the records of horrific criminals be cancelled? Consider the two extremes: A) artist is never played again, no more royalties are paid. Nobody gets to enjoy the music. B) the artist's estate is sold to a victims compensation trust, that collects, say, $4m/year that gets distributed to victims and charities. You still hear their song occasionally on the radio and gradually…
This is an incomplete dichotomy. Option a) means the victims never have to hear their abuser's voice again.