Popular Ethic crew famed for the Lamba Lolo craze have been dropped from a lucrative deal with Hype Fest.
According to a post made by Hype Fest, the New Position hitmakers will not be featured due to what organizers claimed were legal issues.
“Due to ongoing legal issues regarding Ethic they will not be featuring at Hype Fest,” read a statement from Hype Fest’s page.
The group was to perform at the event slated for April 27/28 alongside Khaligraph Jones, Naiboi, Ochungulo family, The Kansoul, Tint and Croco na Cuga among others.
The meteoric rise of Ethic took a beating over the weekend after one of its members, ‘SWAT Mtoto Wa Eunice,’ escaped the wrath of an angry mob in Umoja, Nairobi.
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SWAT and a friend were roughed up by locals before being rescued by police over claims they attempted to rob occupants of an apartment in the area.
A position disputed by the group who stated that SWAT was mistaken by locals after they ran and hid in the apartment to avoid police officers on patrol.
“Following the video doing rounds on social media. We want people/ our fans to know what happened. Yesterday at around 11 pm Swat was hanging out outside their apartment. At the same time, police officers were doing rounds handcuffing any young man they found outside.
“Swat and one of his friends saw this and sought to run away so as to not to get arrested. They ended up entering a random apartment and hid there but people who lived in that plot/ apartment thought they were thieves since they’d never seen them at the apartment.
“They started flogging them and beating them up, at one point they nearly burnt them. Luckily the same police officers who saw Swat and his friend run away as they were getting away from them came to their rescue and released Swat and the friend since they were obviously innocent. Swat sustained a couple of injuries and is currently recuperating at home.
“For those of you spreading videos around claiming that Swat is a thief, now ask yourself- who would be stupid enough to steal with a T-shirt that has their name written on it and wearing crocs while at it ?? Anyway, to our loyal Fans. We’ll BOUNCE BACK!” Read Ethic’s statement.
