![]() Matthew is pictured getting his hair cut by Wiz-ELįriedlander and Crane spoke to 24 people who were a part of the cult, and some former members described the organization as an authoritarian regime where recruits were expected to follow the group's lifestyle guidelines, known as 'Standurds,' and reach unrelenting content and revenue quotas.Īccording to the Standurds, members can't consume any alcohol or drugs. They must stay well-groomed and dress in white or light colors only. Rules: Members can't consume any alcohol or drugs. Their income was to come from PayPal donations, and a portion of their earnings had to be given to Wiz-EL and KoA. Wiz-El and KoA promised every aspiring social media influencer's dream- the ability to generate money from their online content.Īccording to One Zero, the leaders primarily targeted young artists and musicians, who were expected to create promotional Facebook posts and videos for Tumple. Tumple had about a dozen members at the time as well as 50 more casual followers who were dubbed 'orbiters.' The group was founded on Facebook and recruited people who hung out on the 'Weird Facebook' section of the social media site. The organization promoted pleasure, anti-racist education, and sobriety, as well as mystical sex practices that members could learn through a 'Pearl Divun' course that cost $2,000 per month. Speaking to the Daily Dot in 2016, Koa said the goal of the cult was to replace the 'white methodology' of capitalistic society with 'a new foundation, the Black pleasure foundation.' It has the effect of turning your words into stations for listening,' Tumple's website explains. The group was described as a 'cult' and had its own language known as 'Unglish,' which simply required substituting the letters U and Y for random vowels.Ĭore values: The organization promoted pleasure, anti-racist education, and sobriety, as well as mystical sex practices He was a sophomore in college when he became Wiz-El's first recruit for his new religious movement, Tumple. The couple, who only wore white and also lived in Chicago at the time, encouraged Matthew to release music under the artistic pseudonym 'Buum,' which they later took to calling him. ![]() Matthew was flattered by their attention and struck up a relationship with them. Her one brother, Kyp Malone, was a member of the indie rock band TV on the Radio, while another was the Los Angeles DJ known as Total Freedom. KoA, a Black woman, also had musical ties. Wiz-El, a white man, gave Matthew advice and preyed on his desire to create his own 'multidimensional content brand.' The then 46-year-old claimed to have known grunge rock stars when he lived in Seattle in the '90s. Matthew was just 18 years old and nearing the end of his first semester of college at a school in Chicago when he first came in contact with the couple in 2013. He had just finished an album, and when he shared his first single on Twitter, KoA and Wiz-El started replying to his tweets. ![]() Leaders: He explained how KoA Malone (left) and Eben 'Wiz-EL' Carlson (right) went from being his mentors to controlling every aspect of his life ![]()
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