As someone who was a part of this for a long time I can specifically say that I am not coming from a place of an angry groupie or sour grapes. The fact that they think they have groupies is a joke, they are a joke.

I come from a place of just wanting to warn people of them, they have destroyed many people and people’s families’ lives. Not just a few groupies. These people especially the leader brainwashes people to believe that they are the next best thing musically and spiritually. In truth they have been using people for their money since (Magic Mendez) the leader has been 18 years old. Over 30 years of destruction to many.

I would have loved to think that the con that these people pulled on wanting to make a positive difference and make good music was true. I made the mistake in believing them and was with them for a long time and I ended up finding that my life had almost been destroyed. Fortunately I had the courage to get out and am very happy with my life now.

Going through this experience has made me so grateful for having my own freedom and life. Just like any cult they very carefully rip you away from your family without you really noticing it. Magic is textbook cultleader just like David Coresh and Jim Jones, just look up in google what the makings of a Cult is and it describes this group perfectly.

They are master illusion artists and are very good at messing with people’s emotions and weaknesses to lure them into their con. They take every dime you make and basically turn you into a servant while breaking you down emotionally, mentally and spiritually to make you into another Tribe robot. If you are a woman and Magic likes what he sees you will end up being convinced to sleep with him and the women felt like this was rape. If you are a man and you bring in women you better be willing to share or lose your women. It is disgusting.

I am coming from my heart not anger. I really want to see these people stopped because they are flat out dangerous. They have talked about suicide pacts and all of us that had the strength to leave have been subject to long meetings about who is really loyal and who would kill themselves for the group.

Trust me if you are in any way involved with this group your life will be destroyed get out and wake up while you can. If anyone is investing in this group get out ASAP. This is a losing investment and you will just be taken for a painful money losing ride.

This group of people are most con artists. Don't do any business with only of them. Woman stay away from Magic, he is dangerous! Don't find out the hard way like I did.

Unified Tribe is not a real band!!!it is all fake<br />
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Listen, this group is not really a band. They use the front of being a band but they are really a cult. I spent close to a decade in this supposed band and we all worked our asses off to be good enough for Magic and we were never really good enough for him . Whenever we played a show it would not be the live band that you would be hearing. We always had tracks playing louder than our mics and our instruments and some peoples mics were not even on. Ya, just like Milli Vanilli. No matter how hard we practiced there were still tracks playing our parts. We had this dangling carrot in front of us that if we kept practicing and busting our butts that eventually we would be allowed to play live. Not only did playing live never happen but the years and years of promising we would make it big never happened either. Now I realize that all of this was a part of his con on holding us down because there were some of us that were getting better than Magic at our musicianship and stage presence. After shows people would say, "Meriah, Starr, Harmony or Falcon should do more of their own songs." This would piss of Magic to no end and his reason was that he was the one doing all the work. B.S. That man sat on his ass every day creating drama and would take up to a year and half to put together 1 album. Most of the time his women were doing half of the work for him on top of working day jobs. Since he only wanted all eyes on him he very rarely allowed the true talented ones in the group take the spotlight. He frequently put us down in making us believe that the reason we were not a success was because we weren't working hard enough. <br />
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OK, our daily schedule was work a 9-5 job usually over 40 hours a week to supply Magic and Starr with enough money and pay all of the bills. We all literally gave our paychecks to Starr or Harmony and they would put it to what they felt was fit. Most of the time it was for new instruments and clothes for Starr and New recording equipment for Magic. We would practically have to beg and give a months notice if we needed new clothes, shoes, eye care, dental care and health care. When we wern't working we were practicing and rehearsing or working on the business, we hardly ever had time to relax or reflect and would be made to feel lazy if we did try to relax. We were lucky if we got to bed before 1:00am and got up early in the morning to do it all over again while Starr and Magic did close to nothing every day. This was a true dictatorship and just like any dictatorship he ran it with fear having us chasing our tails and falsely getting us to believe that all of this hard work and militancy was for our own spiritual growth. We were really trained robot slaves. We couldn't even express our own thoughts or feelings without an hour long meeting breaking the individual down after questioning Magic's constant hippocracy. He would tell us all to do one thing and then he would do whatever he pleased. So with fear, guilt and brainwashing he took our paychecks, had sex with whatever women he wanted whether she was married or in a relationship or not. He used all of us to feed his sickness and I can't imagine that any of that has changed. He might just be changing up his con a bit to try to prove us all wrong but i know he is just a master illusion artist and intelligent con man and will do anything possible to keep his scam a float.<br />
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Anyhow I really just want to correct these comments on them just being a band or commodity that is falling victim to a couple of xmembers and as they like to put groupies. Trust me these people do not have groupies and they are no were near victims of anything. They had this all coming, finally the truth is coming out about what the Unified Tribe is all about and they deserve to have to face the truth. This is a fake group, for instance I know Jessie can't play a lick of her saxaphone. Magic will put in sax tracks and she will pretend she is playing them. Magic was able to play his instruments and sing but because he was such a perfectionist he would put together all the tracks for the machines that would play for us during shows. All he cares about is image, he just wanted young and pretty faces up on stage pretending they could play to make him look good. Then he would spend a good portion of shows talking his spiritual and self help B.S. and I would hear so many comments that people hated that he would go off on his long lectures. People would say that was the one part of the show they hated. This shows what he really wants to do, he wants as many people as possible buying into him being some kind of great guru so he can have as much Sex, money and power as he can get.<br />
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So before you say they are a commodity and great musicians, check yourself because they are not a real band at all. Just a group of people trying to help a this sick man realize his delusions of being a spiritual guru or master. People would always say 'Wow you guys sound just like your albums on stage.' Yes we did because the tracks were what you were hearing not us!!!<br /> Plus the music is just overproduced crap and sounds just like it did from the 80's. Even if this group does make it big that doesn't change the fact that they are a destructive cult. In fact I hope they do make it big because they will fall even harder when the truth gets out about them in the media!!! So bring it on Tribe, your names will be smeared in the mud just like you have done with all of us.
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WAKE UP PEOPLE... Most everything about this group is an illusion.

A textbook cult if there ever was one. Charismatic all knowing, all powerful leader? Check. The leader and the leader's doctrine cannot be questioned? check. Forces members into submission? Double check. Uses confession to learn your deepest darkest fears and then uses those fears to manipulate members? check. Leader claims to have 'magic powers'? Check. Take all your money for the 'good of the group'? Check. Uses that money for the good of the leader AND ONLY the leader? Double check. Talk of suicide pacts? Check.

It doesn't get any more textbook than this, unfortunately. They claim to be working towards the greater good and spiritual enlightenment, but it's basically a front to get their ugly ass leader his retarded side-head ponytail laid as much as humanly possible while taking money from whatever wide-eyed followers he can get his hands on. Are you a man in the tribe? You're there to attract girls for Magic to take from you. Are you a woman in the tribe? You're there to please the leader sexually. Regardless, you'll be giving them your money.

Maybe you think the tribe is your step up to fame and fortune? Maybe you think you can use them to launch your own career? I've got news for you. Magic's been chasing fame and fortune since the 70's, and hasn't had a hit in over 30 years, it's not going to happen for him, and it's not going to happen for you while you're there. Get away while you can, and if you're strong and you work at it you can piece your life back together.