Beginning in 2016, a number of men claimed that Afrika Bambaataa had sexually abused and trafficked them when they were children. It was alleged that the Universal Zulu Nation—an organization he founded in 1973—and other community members had been aware of the claims since the 1980s. Bambaataa denied the allegations, but in May 2016 he was expelled from the Universal Zulu Nation. Five years later an unnamed victim filed a civil lawsuit, claiming that he had been abused and trafficked by Bambaataa. In 2025 that victim was granted a default judgment after Bambaataa failed to appear in court. Bambaataa died the following year.
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