After an alleged victim recanted in August, Afrika Bambaataa faces another accusation of sexual abuse, this time from French rap legend and jiu-jitsu champion Solo.
Solo, a known member of the rap group Assassin, made the allegations during an interview with the French show CliqueTV. He revealed: “Being confronted by a predator, especially someone you admire, is very difficult because you admire this person. Realizing they have flaws that lead to inappropriate behavior is a shock.”
Solo says he was 16 when the incident allegedly occurred. He explained why it took him 40 years to share his claims. “I needed personal development and support to even recognize that I was a victim,” he said. “That was the hardest part.”
He elaborated: “There’s this feeling that you didn’t have the right reaction at the right time. Over time, I understood that mechanisms are triggered that make it impossible to respond appropriately.” Afrika Bambaataa has yet to respond to the latest allegations.
Afrika Bambaataa, former leader of the Zulu Nation, has been accused of sexual abuse on multiple occasions. Ronald Savage, one of Bambaataa’s accusers, claims the rapper sexually abused him at 15.
However, Savage recanted these claims and acknowledged that they were in a relationship, but he was underage. “In 2016 and beyond, I had totally forgot that when I was younger, when I was 15, I had a fake ID that said that I was 18 to get into the clubs,” said Savage.
He continued: “Bambaataa is not a pedophile and, in my eyes, he was doing something that was consensual with someone that he thought was of age.”
Bambaataa has not commented on Solo’s claims yet, but has denied being sexually inappropriate with Savage in a previous interview with FOX 5 New York. “I never touched that brother,” he said.
In a 2021 lawsuit, an unidentified man claimed that Afrika Bambaataa sex trafficked him between 1991 and 1995 when he was between 12 and 16 years old. No criminal charges have yet to be brought against Afrika Bambaataa.
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