Watch Infamous Whistleblower Chelsea Manning DJ at a Brooklyn Rave
We didn’t Chelsea this coming.
A former United States Military soldier, Chelsea Manning was famously convicted in 2013 for a myriad of offenses, together with violations of the Espionage Act, after leaking almost 750,000 categorized army and diplomatic paperwork to WikiLeaks. She served seven years in jail, from 2010 to 2017, after her sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama.
After her release from prison in 2017, Manning, a former DJ, made her residing by way of numerous talking engagements. And after teasing a return to music earlier this summer time, it seems she has dusted off her turntables and up to date her Rekordbox library.
Manning just lately carried out at a rave in Brooklyn, throwing down a DJ set at Elsewhere after a hiatus of over 15 years.
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Elsewhere was throwing a hyperpop membership night time known as “sksksks” hosted by Brooklyn-based DJ David Chan, who performs below the moniker THELIMITDOESNOTEXIST (shoutout Imply Ladies). In response to sksksks, the occasion is “a protected house for queer and trans folks, particularly these of shade.”
Manning went on to share footage from the rave, the place she carried out mashups of pop tracks from Cardi B and Charli XCX with a mix of hyperpop and pace home.
“did my first dj set in over 15 years final weekend in brooklyn,” she wrote.