It’s almost close to a year when the news broke about Kris Trindl aka Rainman being ousted from Krewella, and the $5 million lawsuit that consequently followed, alongside the abuse and ridicule from many fans, and Deadmau5.
According to Forbes, the Yousaf sisters have settled their lawsuit with Trindl.
“There was a lot of backlash,” said Jahan. “People went immediately into believing everything that they read… People wanted to immediately jump to these conclusions that ‘Of course they’re women, they use their sex to sell the group. They manipulate men in the industry. They can’t be trusted.’ And those were the constant themes that we kept seeing.”
The sisters also talked about what it’s like to be one of the few women in the male-dominated electronic dance music industry.
“It’s important to recognize that there is still certain stereotypes,” said Jahan, 25. “There are so many rumors that go around still–if there’s a woman that’s successful it’s because… she slept with this person or she bought her way into this rather than her just having talent.”
“We need to change the dialogue to make it OK for women to try the same exact things that men are,” said Yasmine, 23. “I think in time you’ll see an equal amount of women on these lineups.”
Check out their interview with Forbes here!
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