My Contemporary Aerosol Linguist’s Opinion About Afrika Bambaataa

Writing About Afrika Bambaataa

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The founders of Hip Hop are: Herc, Flash, and Bambaataa.

Afrika Bambaataa gave us the ultimate argument for Hip Hop.

Art is productive energy.

Peace, Unity, Love, Having Fun.

New York City was filled with gangs because of economic conditions.

We’ve all seen the Warriors.

Instead of fighting like in Michael Jackson’s Beat It…

People started rapping, painting graffiti, Bboying, and deejaying.

Afrika Bambaataa had Hip Hop and community power where breakdancing battles replaced violence from our understandings.

Bambaataa combined raps with Kraftwerk meets P-Funk presentation.

Kraftwerk created a future sound which worked with Krautrock after Germany needed a positive direction after the Holocaust. Does nazi chic undermine Krautrock?

Bambaataa’s understanding of Hip Hop circa early 80’s and Arthur Baker’s bridging from disco into techno was something new after cointellpro destroyed the Civil Rights Movement.

Jeff Chang pointed out Hip Hop was the first movement after the Civil Rights in a zoom conference I attended led by Jeff Chang with Kool Herc, and Cindy Campbell for Chang’s book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.

Problem 1:

Bambaataa’s community power was partially enforced by a cult.

Afrika Bambaataa is a Nuwaubian. The Nuwaubian Nation was a Black separatist religion which used a void in Humanity created by inhumane treatment of black people for creating a religion built by following Malachi York. York existed for some black people with a similar hope as Israel but ended up like Epstein, and Netanyahu exist for Zionists and pedophiles..

Afrika Bambaataa led the Zulu Nation who regulated positive behaviors. Zulu Nation ideas were presented as Factology. You won’t find fault with much of Zulu Nation’s Factology.

Factology is a term from Malachi York.

Malachi built a compound in Georgia after the Nation of Islam, and 5 Percenters chased Malachi out of New York City because of pedophilia. Nuwaubian leader Malachi York was sentenced to 135 years in prison for charges involved pedophilia. Malachi York’s son Jacob York turned in Malachi because his dad was molesting underage females.

Malachi was arrested in Georgia near his David Koresh style compound.

Jacob York later managed Dipset, and Gucci Mane. Zulu Nation denounced Afrika Bambaataa’s pedophilia in recent years. Zulu Nation still uses the term Factology.

Problem 2:

Hip Hop has homophobic American cultural tendencies.

I knew Bambaataa was queer from conversation with promoters.

I am assuming Bambaataa’s pedophila problem stemmed from the same reason Catholic Priests’ molest…

In Hip Hop homosexuality wasn’t accepted…

Bambaataa didn’t develop healthy sexual relationships. Bambaataa’s Nuwuabian culture did allow pedophilia from access, and power. Cultural sexual repression.

What does a music journalist do with Bambaataa?

I don’t blame homosexuality. I find fault with individuals behaviours because of societal problems with sexuality.

Jerry Lee Lewis wed his 13 year old cousin. Jerry Lee Lewis was 22 years old.

Jerry Lee Lewis was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame by Hank Williams Jr. in 1986. We could travel everywhere from Ancient Greece to Ted Nugent if we want to show where pedophiles still exist in historical memory.

My first instinct is Bambaata is dead.

Bambaata can’t molest children.

I think Afrika Bambaataa should be in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame if Jerry Lee Lewis is allowed.

I think it’s important is people don’t empower or enable child molestors. Pedophiles use proximity, power, and fear of retribution for illegal and immoral sexual activities. RIP Afrika Bambaataa.

I took a simple approach. I remind people of context.

During my ANONROCKNROLL radio shows, I played New Edition then Bambaataa.

The reason:

New York City music pioneer Arthur Baker produced New Edition after Bambaataa.

In proximity Bambaataa could’ve attempted molesting New Edition if Baker New Edition and Bambaataa studio sessions were scheduled near each other.

New Edition reminds us people shouldn’t empower or enable child molestors.

RIP AFRIKA BAMBAATAA aka Bambaataa is Dead

We can study the importance of his music and involvement in the Hip Hop social revolution without putting children at risk.

Bambaataa died of prostate cancer.

I wish Bambaataa didn’t engage in inappropriate behaviors. If Bambaataa just came out….. Bambaataa could’ve become an icon for the queer liberation movement and another social victory for Hip Hop.

Bambaataa probably could’ve fucked young looking men who were age of consent if that was Bambaataa’s preference.

Instead Bambaataa died of prostate cancer, and with disgrace of ruining other’s lives with pedophilia.

I think we can learn from Bambaataa. Bambaataa isn’t proximity of children. Bambaataa’s dead.

Hip Hop culture shows the importance art, music and community as a cultural outlet.

Remember New York City faced cuts in arts funding.

The South Bronx was desolate.

Bambaataa didn’t create the problems that made Malachi York powerful.

Slavery and the oppression of black people made Malachi York’s power seem as something people should support.

Writing about Bambaataa

Remember Hip Hop exists.

Remember cultural problems which existed before Hip Hop.

Look at the internal problems of Hip Hop culture.

Remember the progress Hip Hop created.

Remind everyone pedophilia is wrong. Does anyone like the idea Bambaata would’ve molested Bobby Brown or Ralph Tresevent if proximity would’ve allowed?

Queers have found acceptance in Hip Hop.

Andre 3000 solved Bambaataa’s manhood issues. Andre 3000 is straight. Andre 3000 could be accepted in 2026 regardless of sexuality. Andre 3000 didn’t molest children. Have you heard Sorry Miss Jackson?

Things brings us into a problem about writing about Kanye West. Kanye West was the first mainstream rapper who stood up for queer people.. We aren’t addressing writing about Kanye West today.

I won’t finalize my opinions about Kanye until Trump isn’t our countries’ leader. I’m waiting for Trumpism’s conclusion

Point.

Slavery and homophobia created some other problems.

Bambaataa made wrong choices because of Malachi York had power for oppressed people.

Followers of Malachi York included MF Doom, Jay-Z. Erykah Badu, Posdnous and Andre 3000.

I think we can appreciate Bambaataa the same way we understand our nations founders owned slaves. We utilize the ideas and philosphy of Freedom, Liberty, and Justice. We don’t trespass on other people’s bodies.

Andre 3000 delivers everything we love about Bambaataa’s Hip Hop culture. Andre 3000 is creative. Andre 3000 unites people with peace love, unity, and having fun. Andre 3000 isn’t a pedophile.

People should play Planet Rock, Looking For The Perfect Beat, Renegades of Funk, and Jazzy Sensation.

Everyone should remember we love Andre 3000. We don’t love R. Kelly. You won’t allow R. Kelly near children. You won’t give R. Kelly a bottle of water, tickle him while introducing R. Kelly to children. Afrika Bambaataa is dead.

Hip Hop lives.

Peace. Love. Unity. Having Fun. Don’t molest children.

Bus Stile Anonrocknroll: Gorilla Biscuits / Negative Approach Columbus, Ohio Concert Review 3-27-2026

Gorilla Biscuits and Negative Approach playing Newport in Columbus, Ohio on a Friday Night displayed Hardcore Punk’s continued evolution as a participatory art.

Turnstile’s recent Grammy wins included Metal Performance Award for “Birds.”

Turnstile’s “Birds” metal win started a debate about where is a Hardcore song also a metal song.

Gorilla Biscuits, and Negative Approach won’t answer this question.

Figure It Out

Both pioneering bands would answer why Turnstile’s Hardcore culture is both critically acclaimed, and loved by people who mosh.

Negative Approach is a legendary Hardcore band from Detroit formed in 1981.

Negative Approach were a bridge between The Stooges, Hardcore, and Steve Albini.

In 2026, Negative Approach took the Newport Stage filled people of all ages and backgrounds.

Everyone looked punk in various years, and clothing styles.

Negative Approach blistered into Hypocrite denouncing those imposing 80’s conservative conformity.

We were at a Punk Show.

“Hypocrite” was released by Touch N Go Records in 1983.

Touch N Go is a Chicago label which took Hardcore from Negative Approach into 90’s noise and alternative Rock N Roll bands like Big Black, and Girls Against Boys into 2000’s TV on The Radio.

Post-Rock band Slint, and Various Steve Albini bands are a logical conclusion of Negative Approach’s style of working man’s artistic Hardcore feeling.

I stood behind someone wearing a Crass patch.

Negative Approach’s banner had the Gorilla Biscuits Ape smiling over it.

A dozen songs in and Negative Approach were denouncing Genocide.

We were a punk show. Smart punks oppose colonialism’s mass murders.

Negative Approach are Rock N Roll Hardcore critical favorites.

Turnstile doesn’t sound like Negative Approach but Turnstile exists in the hardcore criterion critics find “cool.”

Gorilla Biscuits were next anchored by lead singer CIV.

Gorilla Biscuits are a Positive vegan essence of punk if you like Descendents’ Pervert.

CIV was really excited that Gorilla Biscuits were playing a packed room with everyone moshing in Columbus, Ohio

Civ singing 1989’s New Direction which denounces people who are attempting to exploit hardcore energized 1550 people in the Newport Music Hall.

Turnstile’s authenticity and creating a safe space of positive youth is something Turnstile cultivated from Biscuits’ influence on Hardcore Culture.

Gorilla Biscuits’ CIV is kinda like Ian Mackaye partying.

About three songs in, Civ gave a speech while introducing my favorite Gorilla Biscuits’ song in Columbus, Ohio..

Degradation.

Civ told our cities’ audience that the security was allowing moshing and stage diving.

Doctrine thus spoke Civ

“..Punk Rock and Hardcore music is rooted in love, togetherness, unity and family

This goes out to you..

The rest of this year, and onward.

Turn down the hate, and turn up the love.

This song is called Degradation.” – Civ, Columbus, Ohio 3-27-2026

Degradation denounces white supremacists and nazis who were trying to infect the Hardcore scene with their alt-right violence, and toxicity.

“Degradation” is from the NYC’s band’s 1989 album Start Today.

“Degradation” is up there with Napalm Death’s cover of “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” for rejecting the alt-right in any era.

1550 people in the Newport moshed and clapped while Civ led the room with Biscuit Power and other punk classics.

Civ thanked the security for allowing stage diving. Civ said punk can regulate behaviors which are positive for organisms.

We were experiencing punk culture in an ideal evening.

Biscuits kept the excitement with Things We Say, Big Mouth, a Buzzcocks song, and then CIV sang: Minor Threat.

I wondered… Turnstile’s success, Gorilla Biscuits played in front of 1500 people and Riot Fest…

Would a Minor Threat reunion be possible? Ian Mackaye isn’t the type who would exploit his band’s legacy …

With that said: conditions are pretty ideal for legendary bands to play at their own rules.

Everyone would experience Dischord Records bands with culture where punks could control ethics around performance.

CIV applauded the large amount of Minor Threat and Bad Brains shirts worn by Newport’s audience.

Did I attend Hardcore Show of the Year? Did we watch punk show of the Year?

CIV concluded Gorilla Biscuits’ anticipated Columbus concert with Cats And Dogs and START TODAY after a championing Veganism with charisma.

Predicted 2026 Show of the Year…. Columbus, Ohio..GORILLA BISCUITS……

Wes Flexner-ANON

Alex Pretti’s Final Nursing Student Jessica Hauser’s Facebook Tribute

Jessica Hauser Sunday 1-27-2026

I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. There he trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs filled with lifesaving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat, every breath, and every flicker of life, ready to act the moment they wavered. Techniques intended to heal.

Alex carried patience, compassion and calm as a steady light within him. Even at the very end, that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera.

It does not surprise me that his final words were, “Are you okay?” Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was incapable of causing harm. He lived a life of healing, and he lived it well.

Alex believed strongly in the Second Amendment and in the rights rooted in our Constitution and its amendments. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected than divided, and that communication would bring us together.

I want his family to know his legacy lives on. I am a better nurse because of the wisdom and skills he instilled in me. I carry his light with me into every room, letting it guide and steady my hands as I heal and care for those in need.

Please honor my friend by standing up for peace, preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket, just as he would. He would remind you that caring for others is hard work, and we must do whatever it takes to get through the long shifts. Step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike as he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice and speak with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always extend love outward, even in the face of adversity.

Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal.