nux4lyfe Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Being a Hardcore Hip Hop fan this is a big black eye for the Hip Hop culture...Even though I'm fairly young I took the time to study OG's like Kool Herc, JMJ and Afrika Bambaataa and cause of these guys I've been DJing as long as i could remember.. having said all that, I hope this piece of crap get's what He deserves...no longer a fan and I think I might have to burn my Bambaata vinyl..Man I really liked that Planet Rock track too.. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/afrika-bambaataa-sex-abuse-accuser-ronald-savage-speaks-article-1.2594599 Quote EXCLUSIVE: Afrika Bambaataa sex abuse accuser Ronald Savage details years of torment following hip-hop icon's molestation: ‘He damaged me' BY Shayna Jacobs, Ben Kochman, Rich Schapiro, Michael O’keeffe NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, April 9, 2016, 7:49 PM A A A Afrika Bambaataa 'molested' me: Ronald Savage NY Daily News As one of the artists who helped invent the music that exploded out of South Bronx block parties and Boys Club dances, hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa was already a New York legend in the late 1970s. Ronald Savage was just a kid thrilled to be part of the burgeoning Bronx hip-hop scene when he met Bambaataa, whose 1982 hit “Planet Rock” helped turn rap into a global phenomenon. But the thrill of hanging out with the influential artist evaporated quickly, Savage says, when Bambaataa sexually abused him in 1980, inflicting deep emotional wounds that continue to torture him to this day. N.Y. AG URGES ALBANY TO TAKE ACTION ON KID-RAPE LAW The former music industry executive and author says he struggled privately with intimacy and struggled with suicidal thoughts for decades from the abuse that occurred when he was 15 years old, but he broke his silence in recent weeks with the release of a self-published memoir entitled “Impulse Urges and Fantasies” that includes the explosive Bambaataa allegations as well as a YouTube interview with urban radio veteran “Star” that has rocked the hip-hop world. SEX ABUSE VICTIMS PRESS CUOMO ON SUPPORT OF LAW CHANGES “I want him to know how much he damaged me growing up,” says Savage, 50, who was known as “Bee Stinger” when he was running with the Zulu Nation, the international hip-hop organization Bambaataa founded in the 1970s. “I was just a child,” he told the Daily News. “Why did he take my innocence away? Why did he do this to me?” Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News Ronald Savage describes his experience as a teenager in the Bronx, where he says he was molested by hip-hop legend Afrika Bambaataa. Savage says he’s speaking out because he wants to change New York’s statute of limitations, which bars child sexual abuse victims from pursuing criminal charges or civil penalties after their 23rd birthday. He’s not looking for a payday, he says, but he does want relief from the secret that has haunted him from years -- and he wants to prevent children from suffering like he has. “I think the statute of limitations is unfair for victims,” he says. “It took me all of these years to speak about this. I was embarrassed. I was ashamed.” Savage, also a Bronx Democratic Party activist, says Bambaataa was 23 years old and already perhaps the best-known ambassador of the burgeoning Bronx hip-hop scene when the rap star molested him 36 years ago. Bambaataa abused him at least five times, Savage says, but he did not go to the police or tell anybody else, although he says that years later, he did confide in his mother, ex-wife and several former girlfriends. L.I. PEDOPHILE PROBED 9 TIMES FOR ABUSING FOSTER KIDS “People don’t understand that you are scared. You’re scared if you tell on this person, what are they going to do to you, what you’re going to do to your family,” says Savage. Bambaataa did not respond to requests for comment, but his lawyer Vivian Kimi Tozaki issued a sharp denial last week. Johnny Nunez/WireImage Bambaataa, a hip-hop trailblazer, was already a cultural icon when the alleged abuse took place. “Defamatory statements were published seeking to harm my client’s reputation so as to lower him in the estimation of the community while deterring others from associating or dealing with him,” she said, referring to Savage’s book. “The statements show a reckless disregard for the truth, were published with knowledge of their falsity, and are being made by a lesser-known person seeking publicity.” Chuck Freeze of the Jazzy Five, who recorded and performed with Bambaataa and was friendly with Savage when the abuse allegedly took place, says Savage is no liar. “Ronald was the kind of guy you could trust,” says Freeze, whose real name is Charles Foushee. “You could leave money on the table and know it would be there when you got back. A really good dude. Easy to talk to. Very intelligent. “We had no idea about this — and we would not have tolerated it if we did. Do I believe it? Yes, I do.” Zulu Nation “minister of information” Quadeer Shakur, who declined comment for this story, threatened to file a defamation lawsuit against Savage in a March 31 cease-and-desist letter. The organization, which promotes unity in the hip-hop community, also issued a statement that suggests Savage had concocted the allegations to generate sales for his book. LAWMAKERS WANT STATUE OF LIMITATIONS NIXED FOR SEX CRIME VICTIMS Susan Watts/New York Daily News "I hated myself," Savage said of his emotional torment. "It was like I was hypnotized." But Bronx court records obtained by The News suggest Savage told his ex-wife about the abuse years before he published the book, which he began writing when a therapist suggested he write down his experiences and anxieties. Savage got a restraining order against his ex-wife’s boyfriend, Daniel Harris, after Harris threatened Savage during a Dec. 3, 2010, phone call. Harris was later charged with violating the restraining order after a confrontation with Savage on a Bronx subway platform. “I know about the Bambaataa thing,” the court records say Harris told Savage in July 2011. Savage believes Harris heard about the abuse allegations from his ex. Savage told police that Harris followed him onto a train and punched him “sharply in the side,” according to the complaint. The case was set to go to trial in 2012 when a judge agreed to let Harris plead guilty to a harassment violation, a charge lower than a misdemeanor, as long as Harris stayed out of trouble for a year. Two high-ranking Zulu Nation officials, meanwhile, recently called Savage several times and said they would help him get a sitdown with Bambaataa so he could confront his alleged abuser. And they vowed to help him get compensation for the alleged abuse. “Name your price,” one says on recordings of the conversations reviewed by The News. “We can take care of this today. Cash money.” STOP PREDATOR PROTECTION Lisa Haun/Getty Images By 1986, Bambaataa was one of hip-hop's biggest names. Both men asked Savage to stop speaking to the media about the abuse allegations, although it is not clear that they are trying to buy his silence. “I’m not talking about no $5,000,” the man says. “I’m talking about, let’s get a number, let’s say $50,000.” “One hundred thousand!” Savage fires back, although he repeatedly adds during the conversations that he doesn’t want Bambaataa’s money. Tozaki says Bambaataa has no knowledge of the conversations. “Neither of the two men were given authority to speak on Bam’s behalf,” the lawyer says. Star says Bambaata is eventually going to have to address the allegations himself. “Planet Rock" launched Bambaataa to stardom. “If Bambaataa wants to retain his credibility, he needs to step up and talk about what happened here,” says Star, the former Hot 97 and Power 105 DJ whose real name is Troi Torain. Bambaataa — born Kevin Donovan in 1957 — was a warlord with the Black Spades street gang during the “Bronx is Burning” 1970s when he took a trip to Africa that changed his life. He returned to New York and transformed the Black Spades into the Zulu Nation, an organization to promote community and unity as well as the hip-hop arts — break-dancing, graffiti and music. L.I. MAN CHARGED WITH MOLESTING BOYS SAYS HE'S INNOCENT Bambaataa organized legendary parties in parks and other places that drew huge crowds and sparked the hip-hop scene that continues today. Bambaataa and other hip-hop pioneers — Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool Herc, the Sugar Hill Gang, Fab Five Freddy — later took their sound downtown to the Village and the Lower East Side, where they partied and created art with punk rockers like Debbie Harry. By the mid 1980s, Bambaataa was performing around the world. Savage was just 13 years old but he became part of the scene because he lived in the Castle Hill Houses in the Bronx, which had a large terrace that was the scene of many of hip-hop’s earliest events. Freeze remembers Savage as a “crate boy,” one of the kids who helped Bambaataa and other DJs haul in the crates of records that fueled the new art form. “It was just about fun, hanging out, listening to music,” Savage says. Savage's self-published memoir, “Impulse, Urges and Fantasies: Life is a Bag of Mixed Emotions, Vol. 1," was released in 2014. Savage’s friendship with Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation had its advantages. “I had a big name on the street. I was the youngest of the Zulu Nation. Nobody bothered me back then because nobody messed with the Zulu Nation,” he recalls. Savage says the first sex assault took place at Bambaataa’s apartment, where Savage sought refuge after cutting school. Bambaataa fondled himself and Savage that day, then invited another man to join in, Savage says. During the second incident, Bambaataa allegedly ordered Savage to perform oral sex on an older Zulu Nation member. “I hated myself,” Savage says. “I don’t even know why I did that. I don’t even know how he got me to do that. It was like I was hypnotized.” Savage says he eventually stopped the abuse by pulling away from his former hip-hop hero. L.I. AGENCY HIT WITH LAWSUIT FOR OVERWORKED, UNPAID WORKERS “He came to my house. I pretended I wasn’t there and that’s how it began to stop,” Savage says. “But by that time I was already messed up.” Savage avoided Bamabaataa after that, but he didn’t leave hip-hop. He later worked for several years for Strong City Records, a Bronx-based hip-hop label, before he joined Dick Scott Entertainment, a management company whose clients included New Kids on the Block. Savage headed the company’s hip-hop division, working with Doug E. Fresh, Snap and other acts. Now Savage says he will turn his energies to reforming the New York statute of limitations, which advocates for sexual abuse survivors say denies victims justice. “I promised myself before I die, I’m going to let the world know what happened to me,” he says. “They need to get rid of the statute of limitations. How can anyone who has not been a victim say when somebody is ready to speak about this?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Woah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux4lyfe Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Hip hop producer Afrika Bambaataa molested ‘hundreds’ of kids, bodyguard says: ‘There’s always a boy in his house’ BY Leonard Greene NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Friday, May 6, 2016, 12:15 AM A A A Afrika Bambaataa 'molested' me: Ronald Savage NY Daily News Afrika Bambaataa molested “hundreds” of boys who were paraded in and out of his places in the Bronx and on the road, said a man who claims to be a former bodyguard for the hip hop pioneer. Shamsideen Shariyf Ali Bey, in an interview with an internet radio host, backed up claims from three alleged sexual abuse victims that Bambaataa preyed on them when they were boys. "I can say I walked in on stuff and said, 'What the f--- is going on?'” Bey told Troi Torain, the radio host better known as Star. “There are things that I saw that confirmed it for me. Everyone knows these allegations go back to the early ’70s.” AFRIKA BAMBAATAA ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE BY THREE MORE MEN Bey told Star, in an interview posted on YouTube, that Bambaataa was surrounded by people who were protected his pervy secret. “There’s always a boy in his house,” Bey told Star, a former Hot 97 and Power 105 DJ. “When he leaves and gets home, there’s always a boy there. I’ve seen them camped, asking him for money. He travels with late teens, those are the ones he takes overseas with him. When I went with him on tour in the states, I’d stay in one room, and he would have boys in the room with him … since the ’70s, it’s been hundreds.” Johnny Nunez/WireImage Hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa is accused of sexually abusing several boys, with allegations dating to the 1970s. Hassan Campbell told the Daily News last month that Bambaataa was a “pervert” who sexually abused him numerous times. AFRIKA BAMBAATAA SEX ACCUSER RONALD SAVAGE SPEAKS OUT Campbell and several other men spoke out about Bambaataa, 59, after The News published a story last Sunday about former music industry executive and Democratic Party activist Ronald Savage, who claims Bambaataa abused him at least five times in 1980, Bambaataa, whose 1982 hit "Planet Rock" helped turn rap music into an international phenomenon, has denied the charges. The victims have been trying to pressure state lawmakers to reform New York's statute of limitations for sex abuse cases, which bars child victims from pursuing criminal charges or civil litigation after their 23rd birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Man...it would be nice to go one year on this planet without finding out an icon from your youth was actually a steaming pile of dog crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 In general this is sad for hip-hop. Tons of artists look up to Bambaataa as one of the forefathers of the genre. It's kind of a punch in the gut in that way. He's got a ton of people speaking out against him now though, not a good look. Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 2 hours ago, nux4lyfe said: The victims have been trying to pressure state lawmakers to reform New York's statute of limitations for sex abuse cases, which bars child victims from pursuing criminal charges or civil litigation after their 23rd birthday. I honestly didn't know that, and find it absolutely ridiculous. Someone abused as a child/teen can take years and years to simply come to terms [mentally] with what happened to him or her. For a statute to exclude them form pursuing justice by the time they do is pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Seriously wtf is wrong with these celebs and people in power what is their infatuation with young boys? I mean he was 23 and his victim was like 15? Most of these people in power and that have influence deserve to be knocked off their pedestals and should be never looked up to as role models. Most are douches and the worse ones are total $&!# bags. It's time for people to wakeup and realize most or these celebrities and people with power and influence in the world are scum. Don't trust them especially as role models for young impressionable minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Why did/do people who knew/know not do anything about it. body gaurd just watched it for years?!?!? Wtf?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toews Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 9 hours ago, riffraff said: Why did/do people who knew/know not do anything about it. body gaurd just watched it for years?!?!? Wtf?!?! Probably because they had a vested interest in his success. He was also a powerful person at the head of an influential group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Security guards know and keep that shi quiet. Backstage secrets of the stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Toews said: Probably because they had a vested interest in his success. He was also a powerful person at the head of an influential group. I know you're not trying to excuse it and I realize what you mean but that makes it all even worse the way I see it. this boombatta guy may have committed the actual crimes but a lot of other people contributed to ruining this mans life for their own gain. to me that puts guilt on these people too. If you can be an accomplice to certain crimes - murder etc, you can be looked at as an accomplice to rape and sexual abuse imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 15 minutes ago, riffraff said: I know you're not trying to excuse it and I realize what you mean but that makes it all even worse the way I see it. this boombatta guy may have committed the actual crimes but a lot of other people contributed to ruining this mans life for their own gain. to me that puts guilt on these people too. If you can be an accomplice to certain crimes - murder etc, you can be looked at as an accomplice to rape and sexual abuse imo Oh for sure there are a number of people that deserve blame in this situation especially if they did nothing despite knowing about it. The problem is that for the authorities the focus is on putting the perpetrator behind bars and many times it's very difficult to prove that someone knew about it but did not report it. Even if there are mandatory reporting laws the penalty for doing so isn't quite severe. It is also easy for someone to argue that they felt threatened or feared for their life if they went to the police. Generally speaking going after such people is not a priority for prosecutors. Also if I am not wrong being an "accomplice" means a lot more than having knowledge of a crime being committed. You have to be involved in the planning or facilitating of the crime to be considered an accomplice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Hairy Kneel said: Security guards know and keep that shi quiet. Backstage secrets of the stars. Snitches get stitches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustapha Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Toews said: Also if I am not wrong being an "accomplice" means a lot more than having knowledge of a crime being committed. You have to be involved in the planning or facilitating of the crime to be considered an accomplice. For some reason, I thought about Joe Paterno when I read this. I dont think he was charged as an accomplice, but he paid a huge price for the disgusting acts of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 1 hour ago, thejazz97 said: Snitches get stitches... esp pedo snitches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 2 hours ago, Mustapha said: For some reason, I thought about Joe Paterno when I read this. I dont think he was charged as an accomplice, but he paid a huge price for the disgusting acts of others. There was also the report from an investigation that he covered it up and told people to not report it to the police. So it wasn't just having knowledge and not acting but actively trying to put a lid over it. Not much of a difference though. Usually in these cases both money and influence are used to silence anyone from coming forward. People are selfish as well, they wonder how their career and life will be affected if something as ugly as that is exposed. The lives of these children are destroyed but the ones that cover it up justify that their inaction was them thinking about their own families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 On 5/10/2016 at 10:01 PM, Chip Kelly said: Seriously wtf is wrong with these celebs and people in power what is their infatuation with young boys? I mean he was 23 and his victim was like 15? Most of these people in power and that have influence deserve to be knocked off their pedestals and should be never looked up to as role models. Most are douches and the worse ones are total $&!# bags. It's time for people to wakeup and realize most or these celebrities and people with power and influence in the world are scum. Don't trust them especially as role models for young impressionable minds. A major issue is that the people who become famous are often sociopaths to begin with. Many of the things you have to do to become famous are extremely reckless and wouldn't be things most people do. Sometimes it's drive, ambition, etc...but other times its just being a sociopath. Combine that with fame, power, and an underlying (or maybe not so underlying) sexual disorder and you've got a recipe for abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 23 hours ago, thejazz97 said: Snitches get stitches... ...and end up in ditches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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