Oct 06 2021 20 mins
In this episode, Part 1 of “Crate Boys,” Dave and Casey tell the story of how one of hip-hop’s founding fathers, Afrika Bambaataa, built a rap empire that changed the world and gave him god-like status, which alleged victims say he wielded to groom young boys for sex – all with the protection of his powerful legion of followers in the Zulu Nation.
The story of Bambaataa, drawn from Dave’s groundbreaking work on the case for VICE, is littered with corruption, sexual abuse, exploitation, violence and even murder. This episode contains graphic and vulgar language that may be disturbing.