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Jay Electronica Salutes The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan With Face Tattoo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Jay Electronica emerged from the primordial ooze in 2020 and delivered the long-awaited A Written Testimony, and he went on an electrifying feature spree in 2021. The New Orleans wordsmith has displayed great regard for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan across previous verses but a new face tattoo saluting the Nation of Islam leader upped the ante. The first image most saw of the tattoo, which spells out Farrakhan, was seen on Electronica’s Instagram page with the image squarely focused on the artwork. Electronica attached Westside Gunn’s “Free Kutter” track which he also featured on. A larger image of the tattoo was shared by TIDAL’s Elliott Wilson via his Instagram page, which also showed Electronica with a mouthful of gold tee...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Tried To Big Up The Nation of Islam For Being Anti-Vaxxers Knowing She’s An Islamophobe, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pete Marovich / Getty White conservatives are undoubtedly the most manipulative people on this here Earth. Not only have they convinced themselves and their constituents that their bigotry and anti-intellectualism are actually just signs of them being “free thinkers”—despite the fact that they’re parroting narratives that have been regurgitated ad nauseam—but they even show that they’re willing to promote groups they’ve been bigoted against in the past, so long as said groups agree with their current talking points. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene—the walking swastika who somehow cartwheeled her way into a legislative position—is, well, a lot of things, but certainly Islamaphobic, allegedly. Related Stories She’s so Islamaphobic, in fact, that she onc...
The Meaning Of The 5%: A Look At The Nation Of Gods And Earths
Source: Harlem + Bespoke / H+B In Hip-Hop music and culture, the terms “Peace, God,” “Word Is Bond,” and “Cipher,” among others, all pepper the language of the participants and proponents within the culture. While the phrases and terms have flair, the sayings originated just as Hip-Hop was forming as a known entity. The Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE), also referred to as the Five Percent Nation of Islam, is the source of those and other popular phrases. The Nation of Gods and Earths developed a connection with Hip-Hop culture that stretches far beyond the sharing of lingo. Labeled as the “Rastafarianism of Hip-Hop” because of the similarity to many Reggae artists embracing Rasta faith, several Hip-Hop artists have claimed ties to NGE culture. Perhaps the most notable NGE Hip-Hop artist is...
