Disney didn't just commit cultural appropriation when it locked down the rights to "Hakuna Matata," the company actually stole the saying from an incredibly popular Kenyan band ... this according to the group's frontman. John Katana is on the ground in Africa, and the singer tells us Them Mushrooms popularized the phrase way back in 1980, when the band released its hit song, "Jambo Bwana." In Swahili, "Hakuna Matata" means "no problem" or "no worries" ... and you...
- 12/22/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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