I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing for Muslims in America, but the R&B singer T-Pain is supposedly a Muslim. His real name Faheem Najm. His parents are also Muslims according to Imam Wikipedia. Also confirmed by one of my good friends who’s a hip hop head and a good Muslim brother, Afnanymous.
T-Pain is on the Konvict music label who happens to be run by our dear brother Akon, who’s also Muslim. May Allah (swt) guide these brothers and forgive them. Ameen.
Well all I can say is, he should do a remix, “I’m in love with a nikabiiii” & “Ima buy you a tasbihhh” ahaha
UPDATE:
T-Pain, like rappers Busta Rhymes and Lupe Fiasco, is also a Muslim. What is it like being a Muslim in America?
“It’s like being any other person,” he says. “I’m still a person, a human being, no matter what religion I am.”
But has the war on terror changed perceptions about Muslim faith?
“People don’t even know,” T-Pain says. “Me, Busta Rhymes, Lupe Fiasco - they don’t even know we are Muslim. People think a Muslim has to have a turban or a big beard. It’s stupid.”
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That is quite disgusting. Lol.
LooL!! That remix would be siiiikkkkk.
Didn’t Akon just throw a kid off his stage onto cement the other week? lol.
It’s a good thing that we are identifying all of the Muslims in the Hip-Hop/R&B game. But what are they doing to identify themselves as Muslims? Akon throwing kaafirs off stage, would be a good thing (lol)if it was for the sake of Allah, and not his own pride. T-Pain is going around singing “Let me buy you a drank”. And he is not talking about a Mango Lassi, ya’ll. I agree with Duniya, I’m quite disgusted.
wat about this one: “ima buy u a tasbihhh”
Hey, just cuz the guy was a non-muslim, doesn’t give akon the right to toss him like, although it was pretty funny.
anyways, you have to give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe he was talking about mango lassi, LOL hahaha
actually, a lot of black ppl that are really into hip hop know that a lot of these rappers are Muslims, but they also know that they are not practicing Muslims. Also you have to remember Black Muslims make up the largest percentage of Muslims in America.
This is why you have Imam Zaid Shakir and Imam Siraj Wahhaj on that side and on the other ppl like Mos Def, Beanie Sigel, Lupe Fiasco, etc.
I wrote a post a while ago called Islam: Hip-Hop’s official religion.
this doesn’t mean anything. even if he is muslim look atall the songs he has like im in luv wit a stipper n buy u a drank. its pretty sad
To be honest, I’m hesitant to lump together all rappers who are in some way affiliated with Islam. I mean, on the one hand, you have artists Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, and Chali 2na, et. al who are thoughtful in their regard for Islam, despite their less-than-halal professions. While, on the other hand, you have Akon, T-Pain, and others of their ilk who rarely, if ever, acknowledge their religion and whose actions (from on-stage sexual gestures to the glorification of pornography) convey a seeming disdain for the way of Islam. Therefore, I think it is useful to distinguish the former group from the latter in any discussion of Islam and Hip Hop.
On a somewhat related note, I just noticed that Black Thought drops a reference to janazza in the track Respond-React, heh. May Allah guide each of these brothers and grant them the strength to draw closer to Him. Ameen
As-Salamuilkum Wa Rahmatulahi Wa Barkatahu
Amir, the problem with bringing up Imam Siraj, is that kuffar are not exposed to our african Ulema-e-Kiraam, they are exposed to akon and the likes. It would be better for people not to know that akon and t-pain are Muslim.
Akons muslim!!!!!
am suprised about that, i would love to hear what he has to say about media and islam!!
uno wat would be nice if he stuck uo for us !!
i wish i could interview him!!! am interested now
Have you heard Mos’s latest album? Although Lupe is a different type of rap artist, he’s still in the hip hop world and dresses like it, talks like it and performs anywhere and everywhere.
What about ppl like Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussain or Mike Tyson who publicly are known as Muslims.
In Hip-Hop culture, Islam isn’t strange, it exists and is there. Muslims in the Hip Hop world is nothing new too, especially in the South, where there are a lot of Black Muslims there. If you ask anyone in the South, they can agree that Islam is not strange amongst Black people.
It makes you wonder if this will make some of the misguided teens in the US more interested in Islam…
Hmmmmm…..Wow……. very interesting topic, all intelligent comments/reply. mariam and umrar especially have opposite but great points of view.
as noted before there are numerous black muslim artists, mos talib k. beanie lupe/ as well as 5%ers , rakim allah wutang etc. T pain and Akon are a disgrace to hip hop on top of islam. Notice how those muslims listed rap intelligence/lyricism/poetry opposed to tpains whack techno enhanced voice and akons dumb coonery. Bottom line practicing or not– Tpain+Akon= whack
Hadeeth (paraphrased) regarding loss of islam: There will be plenty of muslims but very little islam.
We need to correct ourselves first and foremost, Allah knows best, and may they be led onto the straight path InshA
MR-
I wasn’t trying to put Mos Def and ‘em on a pedestal; like I said, their business is inherently haram given the venues they play at and the lyrics they choose/need to put out. But I do think it’s unfair to group those who are conscious of Islam, and are perhaps trying to incorporate it to a greater extent in their lives, with those who flaunt their love of kafir culture.
As Salaamu Alaikum Warahamatullahi Wabarakatuhu, Mujahideen Ryder
What I meant by my comment is, I could see Akon as justified in doing what he did, If the boy had disrespected Islam in some sort of way. He threw him off of the stage because the boy hit him in the face with a paper ball. I think that he just wanted to show off.
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
speaking of which is it true taht sanjay dutt has become muslim ?
mashallah
Akon in his song ‘Senegal’ says, “So what you know about how God comes first in our lives, everything that we do is for Allah”.
There quite a lot of underground muslim rappers too. Vinnie paz from jedi mind tricks, he ain’t a practicing Muslim though, he said in an interview he drinks.
Hasan Salaam, you guys gotta check his album out paradise lost. Wicked album.
Not sure about Jus allah, some of the stuff he says in is songs are’nt kufr I think he’s with nation of Islam.
thats whhat i wanna hear bro…good 2 c a Muslim brother….ima buy u a drink…..allahu akbar
Akon in his song ‘Senegal’ he says, “So what you know about how God comes first in our lives, everything that we do is for Allahâ€.
dude. man oh man, that remix would be awesome.
When akon threw that boy off stage… there were many articles and blogs with titles like; “Muslim rapper violently throws fan off stage.”
Muslim rapper? None of akons songs glorify or praise Allah ta’ala. Extreme liberals and extreme conservatives of our ummah our damaging our image and making it very difficult for us.
stup up at least there muslim alhamdulilah so shut ur gob i wana be a singer nd wat
is this really the same akon who was videoed in less then innocent dance moves with a teen girl?
As Islam becomes less fringe and more mainstream, Muslims of varying degrees of practice will become more prominent, whether in entertainment, sports or politics.
This is no different than singers actors etc in the Muslim world- they are not exemplars of our religion.
That said, Alhamdulillah for their Islam and:
Beautiful quote.
Tru^
oogle images dj khaled we the best
he has a big allah chain I almost died laughing
hes like an annoying kid but Im happy hes proud to
be muslim although his lifestyle isnt the best
LOL man oh man
As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.
Busta Rhymes is not Muslim. He, along with Jus Allah, Wu Tang, Rakim, etc. are 5%ers. Also known as the Nation of Gods and Earths. When they say Allah, they are referring to a man named Clarence 13X, who broke away the Nation of Islam. He is also referred to as Allah Father Allah. 5%ers believe the he was God incarnate. They say Allah, stands for Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, Head. What about the torso??? They “cut and paste” from Islam just like the N.O.I. They don’t even adhere to their own beliefs. Well, most don’t. They’re not to use drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, etc. They get around that by saying that since they are gods, they control their own universe therefore they make their own laws! Sounds like bida to me.
Anyway, Talib Kweli is not Muslim. Black Thought was raised and is Muslim although he drinks, and smokes weed. Scarface recently converted to Islam. I tend to be loquacious.
scarface who? the (you want to play rough?) guy became muslim? whats hes real name?
WOW WOW WOW
Brad “Scarface” Jordan of the Geto Boys, a legendary rap group from Houston, TX. Which is full of Muslims, by the way. It was a shock to alot of people because he was always speaking of his Christianity. Just like Bizzy Bone before he converted.
Bizzy Bone is Muslim, too?? BTW, to clarify, the “WOW WOW WOW” was said in the “LOL man oh man” sense. Actually, DJ Khaled’s misguided advertising is not the worst of its kind; I’ve heard of people getting “Islamic” tattoos–crescents and such. Good grief.
Was looking through ur Radio…and realised you dont have 2 nasheeds from Native Deen, which i have. Would you like me to send them to u so that u can add them in, if so..how?
does anyone know how to quote something???, someone plz tell me, thanks
wat from the blog? U no under the name of the person, next to the date and time, it says [Quote]…u press on that.
i dunno if thats wat u want, sorry
yeah, thats exactly what i wanted, jazakAllah!
was tupac muslim??
producer/label owner swizz beats is muslim and he acknowledges it to the public. If you look in the recent XXL Magazine article on him. Hes wearing a gold allah chain. Lets not judge these brothers because theyre wearing these chains and seem like they live a un-islamic lifestyle because as many of you might remember before Napoleon of the outlawz start practicing true islam he first started going around in the media wearing a diamond encrusted allah chain. Just cause theyre going around wearing these big chains or whatever lets not pass judgement. We cant see whats in their hearts
No tupac was not a muslim. When they asked napoleon this question napoleon said no he was not a muslim.
I read somewhere that Michael Jackson is Muslim!!! Does anyone know if that’s true?
lol, so many rumours! I heard once Will Smith is Muslim!
Tupac had Muslim beliefs, he hated his original father for abondaning him, but learned islamic beliefs with his step father who was muslim. As I said he isn’t muslim but he did more than respect Islam Over 20 songs mentioning islam/quran etc.
As far as 5%ers go–they arent muslim. 5%ers are a branch of the nation of islam as southside mentioned, they believe blackman is god and mix islamics beliefs in there, its mostly concerning reaching the african roots “kunta kinte”– even though those were real muslims.But as far as NOI, just reading the quran etc don’t delete all the bad that you do. I rather have a NOI/5%er though, they respect/understand/islam and reach out to the REAL muslim community as well(Farrakhan had a interview up on allhiphop) Im prettyy sure MJ’s Muslim, mos def not Will Smith.
There is a difference betweeen being a muslim and being one who openly promotes Haram/Sin!!!!!
Tupac was not Muslim. Just cause you respect islam does not make you a muslim. Mentioning islam in your song does now make you a muslim.
*Not*
This whole topic is laughable! how can we expect them to be muslims when they sing about alcohol and woman constanly what a fat joke! the lot of them!
Did not munafiqeen exist during the time of the Prophet (saas), and did not he consider them Muslims?
I never said that bro.
Reread my response. I said although he’s not muslim, the fact that he respected/mentioned islam may have thrown some people off.
[...] Some hardcore Islamaphobes didn’t like my site, since I’m showing how peaceful and cool a Muslim can be, especially with my T-Pain post. [...]
i am so happy he does not publicly declare that he is muslim. shame on him if he tried to represent islam with his completely haram lyrics and behavior.
and yea, i will criticize his haram actions and sayings becuase he does/says them publicly. how can you give those words any benefit of the doubt. only a moron would.
Not only is Napoleon a Muslim, he is a hardcore Salafi now.
no…he considered them munafiqeen. thats why we know they are munafiqeen.
unbelieveable. a huge Allah chain and a box in the bottom right corner with a parental advisory warning.
[...] 3 wives since it’s allowed in Islam), Jermaine Jackson, Taleb Kweli, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, T Pain, Dave Chappelle, and many many [...]
alrite ppl lets get dis straight..1st of all how can u b sure dat dees rappers nd so forth are muslim, did dey com out n say it. if dey r muslims den dey are rapping about girls, weed, drinkin e.t.c. but understand dis…girls, weed and alchohol sells..after wen dey go home you never know dey mite b 1 of d most practicing ppl alive…so brothers (n sisters) dnt make d mistake of judging a book by reading its cover.
on the contrary to wat i ave jus said..if dey are muslims n dey drink n so forth nothin u say or do in this blog will change dat. more so y dont every1 jus stick 2 der own business !!!
Dave Chappelles a muslim? tht just awesome and busta does drink in his song pass the couvoursier he talks about alcohol
i d’no even if they do all that its betta that they consider themselves muslim ratha than kafir, and who knws their punishement mayb lessend if they were not to beleive in prophet mumahamed[pbah] and allah.but overall thats a massive shok to me “”t-pain muslim”lol
u ppl disgust me so wat if they rap abwt this sing abwt this do this do that… hu r u 2 judge them??? no 5%ers r not tru muslims but alot of ppl dat r NOI or 5%ers do find out the tru religion ISLAM and den convert in 2 it… i knw ppl who drink alcohol smoke weed etc. but still call em selvz muslims.. but hu r u 2 judge….
famous words of tupac: ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME!!!
well that’s it. it’s over. krack-tooth has settled this whole debate. he quoted tupac in all caps. lord knows there is nothing that trumps that!!!
oh yeah, talib kweli is not muslim. he said that on his last album. and on his most recent album he has a song saying how all religions sound the same to him.
I don’t think there’s nothing wrong with that because if T-Pain acted and dressed like the average muslim, he won’t have no rights here. Ever since 9/11, muslims never had any rights here. People will be calling security on him everywhere he go because they’ll think he has a bomb stashed somewhere. Especially if he was at an airport. And who said somethimg bad about T-pain just because he is a muslim, to hell with you.
Islam has had a presence in Hip Hop since the beginning and a lot of Muslim rappers these days put out the best shit (Brother Ali, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Jurassic 5, Everlast, S.P.I.T., JMT, Ghostface, etc etc). I realize some of you are on that whole anti-music kick, and that’s cool, whatever, but conflating the thoughtful, meaningful messages a lot of brothers (and sisters) are putting out musically with the “I’m in Love With a Stripper” guy is comparing apples and rocks. I was a Hip Hop head before I was a Muslim and while Hip Hop didn’t lead me to Islam, a lot of the messages made me understand certain things better al-hamdidulah, nobody is gaining anything from bad, overproduced crooning about bitches n’ blunts.
salaam. you know we could talk about somebody’s intentions all day, but that’s just a waste of time. t-pain said nobody knows he’s muslim because he doesn’t have a beard or a turban, it’s stupid. weak arguement. how is anyone to know when you have song’s titled “i’m in love with a stripper”, “bartender”, “buy you a drink” and etc. even though i don’t listen to the radio, should i hear such songs and says” oh yeah, that boy is a muslim!?!?. no. should i assume the ladies prostituting themselves on south blvd are muslim. i mean they’re not wearing hijab. i guess i’m the ignorant one. my body is covered with tattoos (oh the horror) and people at work KNOW i’m muslim because of how i present myself. praying on the loading dock while everybody is working is a good indicator too. n.w.A. all day.
do i hav 2 repeat my commnt gen.. dat shud of been tha last 1 end of!!!
sikhs hav a turban n a beard.. doz dat mke em a muslim no!!!
its not the outside dat counts its da inside… and read ma previous commnt agen.. n ya’all jus shut the fck up.. letthe man b
What???? (stands up and rips shirt) do you think the krack-tooth is man enough to go against the jihadster?!?!? but seriously akh, maybe you should just stop commenting altogether. sure it’s the inside thats counts, but he (t-pain) made the comment about how stupid it is that people don’t he’s muslim. how and why is one supposed to make that assumption? DO I HAVE TO REPEAT MY COMMENT??? kidding. no i don’t because all you have to do is read it. if i see a man in a blue uniform, drives a car with blue and red lights, and beats people of color i’d assume they’re a cop. but by your logic if he says he’s circus clown i’m the idiot for not looking on the inside:( but hey what do i know, i didn’t quote Supreme Sheik Tupac Amaru Shakur the most sought after spritual authority. there’s no god but Allah and that’s where it ends. n.w.A. all day!
p.s. t-pain er’body knows lupe is muslim. he says it, his lyrics say it, and every article i’ve read on his says it. your turn Chris “Krack-Tooth” Crocker.
T Pain can’t sing!
MASHALLAH!!!
dont gimmie no name like chris coz dats short 4 chritstian.. ite.. im muslim and always will be! his muslim he dnt hav 2 go wer a big shirt dat sez IM MUSLIM… n wats i to u wethr he is or iznt.. ur stereotyin.. ur like da khafirz dat say all muslims are terrorist NO WER NOT! coz u mention dat evry cop beats up anothr man coz of his color, no they dnt.. yh im wit u.. i h8 cops to! t-pains muslim jus b happy dat a brothrz makin money n feedin his family, rathr than gettin lockd up, or sellin drugz, its hard 2 b a muslim in country like america.. wer u got m,ost of the population against u
salaam. alright krack-tooth first it was supposed to be harmless but it obvious you don’t read my comments or understand sarcasm.it aslo helps if you know how to spell. so now you want to make takfir against me and say i’m a a kafir, or compare to the kuffar. then you want to tell me it’s hard to be a muslim in america. I’M A 26 YR. OLD MUSLIM BLACK SOUTHERN MALE FORMER MARINE FROM TEXAS.THAT’S MAKE ME A TRIPLE THREAT. you’re obviously some young kid. and when i called you chris crocker, it was the name of an actual person. it had nothing to do with christianity so stop getting so freaking offended, like i have something against christians. i’m the only muslim in my whole christian family. you need to actually read my comments instead of just waiting for me to respond. since i responded to you, you have failed to add anything of substance to this whole discussion. you just see me hating on t-pain. so what? you’re not registering the fact that t-pain made the comment himself, and it was big bro. mr that posted it. so do me, us, a favor and read what i’ve said. if you need help have someone explain it to you. i don’t what else to say to you but salaamu alaikum.
ite southside jihad alls bless, n yh probably compard to u.. i am a kid.. im 10years younger btw can u tell me in what trak talib kweli sez he is not muslim… coz i thught he was 100% muslim along wit Mos Def
Mmm bro, this seems to imply Akon and the like are munafiqoon. No matter their actions or words, we have no right to run around throwing out these labels.
i read the interwiew of T pain just up their he said that lupe akon busta rhymes and him are muslims so i think T pain know about Busta Rhymes he know if he is muslim or not and he say that he is so can we conclude tha Busta Rhymes is finally a muslim?
talib kweli greene
album: the beautiful struggle
track: around my way ft. john legend
lyrics: people let me paint a picture/ you know i ain’t a christian/ i ain’t a muslim/ ain’t a jew/ i’m losing my religion/ i speak to God directly….
album’s thank yous: more blood has been shed over religion than anything else in history. praise God, not mans ideas.
on his new album eardrum he has song that pretty much details his thought’s on religion. talib know a lot about islam, but he is not a muslim. at least not now.
Hey salaam everybody!!
sista from london england (again!!)
i wud just like 2 add none of the mentioned above are muslims!!
amuslim is a believer and its pretty clear none of those mentioned believe wat allah (swt)has taught us thru muhammed(saw)!! that is evident.
we can c this in their music and overall behaviour!!
so 2 call these celebrities “muslims” is a shame upon islam b-cuz dis is not wat were about!
so lets recognise dat!!
thank-u
asalaamz 2 all
Salam sister brother from Paris
i just wanna say that when some people born in a muslim family
but don t practice we call them muslim right .
same if they drink or …. they aren t kafirine that what the people sayin and same they don t recodnize Hidjab and call us (the praticant who prayin 5 a day ) terrorists.
so when Nas or anyone say Allah …. and recodnize sunni Islam or Hidjab Like EVE it s good for us.
But i understand what yu say .
salam
let the almighty ALLAH judge them,we r HIS slave,same with the said rappers,eventho they act and live like a kaffir,we cant say they r not muslim,eventho they didnt practice Islam in their daily life,we cant say they y kaffir..only ALLAH can judge them as ALLAH is their creator. let us pray for them to get the Hidaya from ALLAH..may ALLAH guide them to the right path. inshaALLAH.ameen
not that i condone what these rappers are doing or talking about (and i dont. alhamdulillah, He guided me away from the music biz. before i could ever take off…, but it cannot be mentioned enough that at the end of the day (day of judgment, that is), it would be better to be a zina committing, alcohol drinking, music making, dope smoking muslim than a kaafir. period, point, blank.
while the uber-disobedient muslim may make a pit-stop in hell before the final leg to paradise, there is no pit-stop for the kaafir. his race ends in jahannam.
may Allah guide those brothers (and us too) to what is better for them before he takes their souls from them.
ice cubes not muslim he took part in a song saying “go to church”
and 2pac isnt muslim,not close coz he didnt convert.got my facts from Napoleon
tpain cud publicise buying a drink for u but not give zakat in public.is dj khaleds voice really like that?
u may not know thyz\\but bizzy bone converted 2 islam(how great))\\lisen to the album evolution of elevation album track 1o(the truth iz itz name))itz all about him beaing a muslim sayin alotta stuff like im not going 2 drink u grapes and u wyne\\nd ama muslim\\allah is the onl god\\alooooooot download it
[[INTRO Ye ye// (one time//) one setup /no enemies// Allah /(is for my people) if you have no enemies there is no reason for you to ride on this one right here baby/ (na meen b /war) yeah
Bounce// bounce// come on //come on//
That’s what I’m talking baby/ right there baby / (the right way this is our house)
Allah is god muslims in the house]]
Verse1
A many a people in my business /many a people in deed
Many a people on my disnic/ and they don’t even know me /
They Wasn’t around for thuggish ruggish/ wasn’t around for the struggle/ they wasn around when I was homeless /was wasn’t around for my troubles
Up in my *****es face /like they was there for the soth/ter/
They getting tested and don’t even know it/ they don’t got no water hola holla
Need a dolla drop a dime in a bucket/ im cutting them up off quick qwit the quickness/ I don’t know you like **** it/all the judases & harlots & dragons we set around /I came in the door bessed /and you acted like you found me/
Could have cleaned you up and downey (Allah damn me) /could have cleaned you with bleach/I am a muslim study islam baby then you can reach/
[[Chorus/hook 1 And let the haters know the truth nigga/ they de snakes and they gone be the demons it the lak/e eternally burnin in the fire /batta get quick back to god/allah
An we say a sallah mallecum get on your job/]]
And let the haters know the truth nigga they de snakes/ and they gone be the demons it the lake /eternally burnin in the fire betta/ get quick back to god/Allah
An we say a sallah mallecum get on your job
One time for they…]]]
Verse 2
How do they lie /with they venomous tongues and leading the life/
Would they be switching they stories /they g/lore me deplore me to fight/
Like I’m scared to take a flight /I rather travel on foot /I am a walker you a dreamer/ in a beemer now look/ I am a muslim and im not drinkin your grapes and your wine /gimme the milk and draped in silk &/ poppin pills I’ll be fine
And they totally out of line /poke out your inches to see me/ it ill take more than plastic surgery for you to try to be me /it ill take more than rappin fast it/ il take more th your braids/ it ill take more than flashin cash / it ill take more than a cape/ve it ill take more than pretty women right now I’m abstinent hey/
It ill take more than getting attacked ,I’m a veteran mayn/ with all the geniuses an harlots an dragons be set around me/I came in the door bleesd and you actin like you found me/
Could have cleaned you up wi downey/could have cleaned you with bleach
I am a muslim study Islam baby/maybe you can reach/yo
Lil speech/ chorus 2
See what I’m tryna Tryna tell these people out here man is basically.. what y’all need to do is study islam right now you know what I’m sayin.. ya’all need to get knee deep in y’all books please believe….
Juss Ride to this/ I got alil something else I need to speak to y’all about ok.. so keep ya mind together here we go baby (aight aight)]]
Verse 3
Whatever is clever (it) aint always the best way to go /better wit cheddar
I/n on my money now look at the road / for the words I wright for the words U wright when I comes just watch it go flow /when the bird comes tight till it comes to the light then you know that I got the sow /
Enemies im comin when it come to tipsy toe /we come we around the corner with no Warner and no gol /we slip up in the party like we shrimp up on the barby/
So every body know /that we commin in the door slow down no they don’t know/
I hold crown /listen to the shotgun go blow /yeah shit sounds so profound/
Have you saying he still got it /I still got it you clown/ I came down to rock
Y’al suckaz (suckaz ) / keeping my eyes open lookin out for my brothas
Smother you with the love (it) the best of it’s kind/I rock house-parties barmitsfaz /the internets mine/one time
thyz is da lyrics
peace
Im happy 2 have ppl such as t-pain and akon as muslims but the thing is dey make music that makes them sound non-muslim like t-pain`s recent song church.why write a song about church when your so called a muslim how about writing a song called mosque.and akon doesnt smoke or drink he made that clear in the song bartender so the only thing he`s doing wrong is the things he writes about.you can tell by t-pain`s real name that he`s a muslim and if your a muslim your not supposed to have dreadlocks it makes him look foolish.but with support t-pain and akon can become better muslims but we have to show them we care about our culture enough to show them to make them change.thats my piece on this subject thank you.
y arnt muslim allowed dreadlocks?
im another east london brother y aint we allowed dreadlocks :S. 2ndy Ice Cube is a muslim look it up im not sure if his sunni or NOI.. and if u hrd the song go to church properly u’d hear it sez
“if u scared nigga/go to church”
he aint sayin dat he go’z to church is he?
salam bro
no please we don’t care about dreadlocks the faith is on the heart and no hadith or anywhere in the qu’ran talk about it it ’s just write don’t look like devils
akon and are muslims they sid it themselves but they don’t practice
salam
salam,
Why are we categorizing them in the first place? It seems that all of us are familiar with their music, so who are we to judge?
tru
Salam!
Who are we to judge?
peace and blessings. in reference to ice cube, he is still a member of the nation of islam. as far as the “go to church” lyric, it is simply just a saying in some parts of the u.s.
Ajee,
oh my lord he is so blessed. I am muslim i am so happy. but why does he sing innapropreate songz. I want to talk to him in person. bismelah mashala that is so good i am fina cry.
i dont know why i find this funny. t-pain, akon, lupe fiasco, busta rhymes…whos next? ludacris? r. kelly? *laughing my arse off* i think its safe to expect the unexpected nowadays..jus dont be surprised if any of those two turn out being muslims or “descending” from muslim roots. hahaha..
Yo man please maybe busta t pain is funny but lupe fiasco is a praticant muslim like dave chapelle ,mos def,freeway and ghostface
peace
SAFE BROS AND SIS YH I WAS GOIN TO SAY THAT t-PAIN IS NT MUSLIM ANY MORE HE WAS BOUGHT UP IN A MUSLIM FAMILY. THAT WAHT I HEARD DOES ANY BODY KNW IF THIS IS TRUE.=)
As-Salamu Alaykum
Please remember that if any of these guys are in the Nation Of Islam then the ARE NOT Muslim because they associate partners with Allah ie god came down and manifested him self as a man Wallace Dodd Fard, also known as Wali Farad or Wali Farad Muhammad. Also that white people were created by a made black scientist. And if anyone associated partners with Allah, then Allah with made Jannah haraam for them.
Please go to you tube and see what brother Napoleon from Outlawz has to say on the matter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uqkje02Df0
May Allah guide us all to the straight path.
Salam
I do not think that T-Pain and Akon are muslim.They sometimes make disgusting songs.From all the people,friends,etc. R Kelly,T.I,Young Jeezy,Ludacris,and Usher are not muslim.T-pain made a song about Church.In Islam we ,muslims, go to masjids.
Ma3salama.
I am muslim.I pray in masjids.I pray Juma.Also I pray Fagr,Thuhr,Asr,Maghrib,and Isha.I may make songs but I do it for entertainment.I dont really mean all the nasty parts in my songs.
Salam
Are you really Faheem?
yo, the song let me buy u a drank is a past tense of drink..let me buy u a drank or let me buy u a drink its just the same..lol..
i think ya’ll should just go **** urselves !!
if u dont like muslims !!
la tizii o tiiz abooyy !!
t-pain and akon are no muslims ,
and who ever the **** is making of my ALLAH
u can just go ******* write ur own bible ..
and create ur own ******* god !!
like u even ******* know what a tasbiih is !!
its not something to be bought u ******* idiot !!
u americans think ure something
why don’t u go to a club or something
do ur own TASBIH
u GAY **** !!
and shame on t-pain and akon calling themselves muslims
muslims my ***
there not even close to being muslims !!
EVRYBODY ON THIS PAGE JUST SHUT UP… T-Pains MUSLIM END OF U R NOBODY TO JUDGE!!! oh and SARAH shame on u calling yourself muslim wow “t-pain & Akon make inapropiate songs” YOUR USING INAPROPIATE LANGUAGE!!! ok it never came up but u wer finkin INAPROPIATE!!! watsa the difference leave akon n t-pain alone!!! if u dont want em to be your brothers fins i dont care SISTER but they areMY BROTHERS!!! and fa real was that actually t-pain???
T-Pain is a piece of shit. There you go. End of story.
ahhaaha u ppl giv me jokes allie yo sayin tingz lyk u no dey tru man reaerch wat u wanna say b4 sayin dem lool u neva no u myt be rong or ryt i mean its hard 2 beliv dat t-pain n akon n tupac r muslims n its nt our foults dat we fynd it 2bliv i mean luk at dem out der singin gettin drunk n doin tings dat ey most of us muslims r now doin luk at haifa wahby or nancy ajram ow am nt sure hu it bt bwetten des 2ppl 1of dem is muslim bt luk at de way de act astrahufulialh its nt ryt so in nowday lyf u cnt tell hus hu most muslims r changin n aint gud instead we shud be out der sowin ppl dat we proud2be in a religion lyk dis nt copyin dem de mre we do dis de mre dey fink its ryt so nwe dats me talkin lol if any1 out der dnt agree wiv me its kul afteralls erv1 has a diffrnt opnion
Some of you people need to go easy on the takfir. Declaring that someone is no Muslim because they sin is what the Kawarij did, and we can see how they ended up. And some of you need English classes, seriously. Does it cause you no shame putting out arguments that a five year old could find fault with?
Oh, and Muslims CAN have dreadlocks, dunno why anyone would think we can’t. We shouldn’t, because they look horrible on 99% of the population, but so do polyester abayas and nobody has declared those haraam.
iz t-pain reali muslim and akon omg datz amazing but u shud act like muslims tho
xx
aisha tc
ok first of all if a person: drinks, smokes weed, gambles and does zina this does not mean he is not a muslim or a hypocrite. he is sinful. this is what differentiates ahl ul sunnah from the khawarij. just because you don’t practice islam or you sin it doesnt mean youre not muslim, as long as you are not guilty of shirk (associating partners with ALLAH) and or kufr which is denying any of the six articles of iman.
as far as the five percenters are concerned they do not believe the black man is GOD in the sense that you are talking about. they believe that ALLAH is the ONE and ONLY creator and sustainer. yet they have a distorted view of the attibutes of ALLAH which they believe man possesses to a lesser degree. this is similar to the judeo-christian belief as well as the belief of some sufis. which kind of makes sense in a way. however, these are not the views of ahl ul sunnah.
if these people say they are muslim then we have to treat them as such no matter what they do unless it is a clear violation of the the pillars of iman and islam. like worshipping a false god or aiding the enemies of ALLAH in their war against islam and the muslims. if a person says they are muslim, and he/she has established the salaat or has a beard or wears the khimar and jilbab and they also sin that does not make them a hypocrite!!!
yeah yeah a lotta ppl are muslims…
if someone says he is muslim u gotta believe him evenif he does the most messed up sh** ever…
but then again, what did they do for islam…their bros and sisters are dying and they be like “am in love with a stripper”…sad
stop gettin excited every time u find out a rapper is muslim cuz most dem are.. dave chapelle is a muslim and he admitted that he doesnt act the way a muslim should…so may allah guide him
I am a new Muslima in Philly, also struggling with being an artist and a musician and a rapper and a comedienne and a triracial mixed trick baby who gets playa hated on by sisters and has a hard time sticking to normal friends with them. My point is this-only Allah is Allah. We all use the toilet-and some of you are acting like you don’t in how judgemental some of these posts are. T Pain has his own fitna to struggle with, as do I, as do all of you, and somehow I doubt all of you who are carrying on to be so righteous really are. Unless all of you or any of you are Allah, don’t defecate, don’t make mistakes, etc, please SHUT UP! Only Allah has the right to judge all of us or any of us-and no, no race of man white or black is Allah or satan either. You worry about what you can do to better yourselves-and accept and love your brothers and sisters as they are and don’t delude yourselves that you’re any better. As Salaam Alaikum.
it’s a shame that T-Pain calls him self Muslim. His song’s don’t reflect ONE IOTA of decency and I don’t see why people here are excited that this hooligan “is a Muslim”
salam alekoum worldwide bros
i read the whole page it’s quite interessting but what ianted to say is that we are all together t pain tupac bob marley and bruce lee talked for us, we must remeber the facts and acts not their origins or beliefs
peace;
salam alekoum
this is an interesting issue but i can t bring myself to believe that it is 100% truth. judging by tatoos, music videos and the type of talk chains,etc they have makes the fact that they are muslims hard to believe bu may ALLAH guide these people
**** all you guys. you ain’t gotta hate. why should it matter that they’re Muslim. It’s just a religion you ******’ crackers. They’re here in America why do you care how it feels to them??? T-pain’s the shit i love him and you all need to SHUT THE *****” TRAP!!!
brother, any Muslim knows that a gold chain is haram… some compare it as a medal of Hell
but Napoleon’s deep though, went to one of his talks n he DID say that Tupac died a Kuffar so il back u on dat 1
wow thats quite interesting
i am kinda disgusted thouugh
Heyy All
can u believe ive read every single commenttt…lol my eyes hurt*
Just wanna say that everyone should look at their inperfections then judge others..our job is to id3iloun eg.say allah guide them 2 the right path (allah yi7dioun).. everyone can be better then they are EVEN ME
nICe pageee
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ive juss read very comment to …and its very sad and funny how ppl judge other ppl where its only between allah and the person ..in islam we ppl should look to our selves b4 we tell something good to othere ppl and i hope inshallah allah will grant us jannah
I agree with you on the part when you say inshAllah Allah will grant us jannah..
but I have to disagree with you on the rest of your comment because Allah said in the Qur’an “whoever imitates the people then he is from them”
these guys are openly commiting kufr in front of MILLIONS of people for the love of MONEY, thats how much these guys love the DUNYA… the sad n pathetic thing is that even some Muslims look up to these people
I wouldn’t go as far as calling them Kaffirs, even though they act like kaffirs
if musilim are doing good things whyy did akon rapped agirl in a stage
I have to be honest I listen to their songs and all and its not up to me to judge people but dont you think they should somehow show a litttle muslim in them cuz I only found out that they are muslim a few days ago dont you think it doesnt show at all. Any way May Allah (swt) guide them on the right path. Inshallah
Stranger I think using thoose words goes to show that you have no dignity to your self or the people all around you.
they might be black Americans breaking like every rule in Islam and doing the opposite of what Allah said but also they have done shameful stuff and calling them selves Muslims i am disgraced calling Muslims a bad name
For those that don’t know but 5%ers believe that ISLAM stands for I, Self, Lord And Master. I don’t know too much about that sect but I remember it from a Gangstarr quote. Guru is a 5%er.
YOU GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE… YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO CALL t-PAIN, AKON A DISGRACE… YA’ALL USING PROFANITY(THATS DISGRACE) AND YET YOU LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC! NOT ONLY THAT WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE THEM???
IF T-PAINS MUSLIM HIS MUSLIM, WHY SHALL IT CONCERN YOU! not only that but their are people that claim to be muslim and also claim their was a prophet after Muhammad(PBUH)! why are we fightin against a brother! and rather us saying that his not doin anything for Islam.. the bigger question is are you???
Whaattt???
He aint Muslim Thaats Sickk. look at the stuff he sings.
May Allah forgive them of their sins if they really are muslims
yes we have the nerve to call them that…
Allah says in the Qur’an that whoever imatates a people than he is one of them.
According to Sunni scholars : If someone is commiting clear Kufr you should say it, n if you defend someones kufr than you become a kuffar yourself…
MUSLIMS are suppose to enjoin what is good and forbid evil, no matter who is doing evil you have to speak the truth even if it’s your own family… Abu Bakr (RA) slapped his own father once for comitting pure kufr and my brother you out here defending pop stars for acting like Kaffirs
may Allah guide us all in the straight path
I find it interesting that people run around throwing the takfir labels on account of sins. If T-Pain starts praising pre-Islamic Makkan Pagan Idols in his songs, then sure, maybe you could resume with the takfir, but honestly you don’t know what’s in his heart… and don’t you have anything better to do? You don’t have any Qadha prayers to make up? The city you live in doesn’t have any charity organizations you could become involved with? Are you truly helping the Muslim Ummah by tearing people down?
Yes, there is the “enjoin the good and forbid the evil,” my favorite way to do this is to hold a mirror up and enjoin the good, that’s the least hypocritical way.
The idea that if you defend Kufr you have somehow become Kufr is categorically incorrect. One of the new heads of the government in Iraq stated that in order to defend the sanctity and right to have Masjids, we must also defend the right of the nightclub. We have to uphold the freedoms themselves. If we uphold the freedom of religion such that we can build masjids but then someone practices another faith are we to blame? of course not. We have to uphold people’s freedoms, they were given free will for a reason.
I find the whole essence of your e-mail infuriating, the fact that you criticize a fellow muslim for…*sinning.* what are you ma’sum now? you have no sins to account for?? are his sins somehow on a different level than yours? are you sure–did God tell you this? If you are sinning, and you most definitely are, how do you criticize a fellow muslim for doing *exactly* the same type of behavior. yes there are varying levels of sins but if t-pain sings about adultery or any of these things that doesn’t mean he actually does it, in actuality he may have fewer sins than you do. On the day of judgment do you want to go in front of God with one of your main accomplishments being the backbiting of a fellow muslim? We have this short few days on earth and you spend your days criticizing other muslims for sins, not even to their face? Is that truly the best use of time? If T-Pain deserves any punishment, don’t you think God will give it to him? Do you think God needs you to call him out on it before justice can be done.
If I pray five times a day, pay my zakah, go on Hajj, say shahadah every day, fast in Ramadan, and love the prophet, his family and am a good person, and then I defend the right of somone to attend a nightclub so that I can attend masjid that most definitely does not make me a disbeliever.
lol… you say Im wasting time.
you just wrote a whole khutbah defending haram
bro if you see my comments their always to the point
oh and one more thing: your qouting the heads of the puppet government of Iraq, you forget to mention his name and also where he got his Islamic education
um i think this is a good topic.i think that muslims shouldnt judge anyone but them selves.if you wonnt to say something then tell akon and t-pain instead of telling people who cannt do any thing about it.really you guyzz are all saying really good points but akon and t-pain arnt really reading this.and wen you see a bad muslim you dont start saying your a kafir thats just not right . you should make dua for them and say allah yahdihum as in may allah make them repent.
yes i do think they are not doing the right thing totaly agree with that but saying they are kafir or disgusting isnt really ganna help them . always make dua. i am 17 and currently attend school me and mii freinds love akon and t-pain to death and there songs were like obsessed but we never have the guts to say anything that only god is suppose to judge we just make dua and inshalla you never know mabye one day allah will make them repent coz allah is capable of doing any thing.seriously were young and think like dat my parents brought me up in a muslim way . if i say anything like dat i will be shot coz its the worst i can do.you guyz all sound religious yet yous are saying things that only allah should be doing so pleaze the best you can do for these muslim bros is make dua mabye allah will except it.!!!
but really evryone has a good comment but there is better things witch can help a muslim.
um i think this is a good topic.i think that muslims shouldnt judge anyone but them selves.if you wonnt to say something then tell akon and t-pain instead of telling people who cannt do any thing about it.really you guyzz are all saying really good points but akon and t-pain arnt really reading this.and wen you see a bad muslim you dont start saying your a kafir thats just not right . you should make dua for them and say allah yahdihum as in may allah make them repent.
yes i do think they are not doing the right thing totaly agree with that but saying they are kafir or disgusting isnt really ganna help them . always make dua. i am 17 and currently attend school me and mii freinds love akon and t-pain to death and there songs were like obsessed but we never have the guts to say anything that only god is suppose to judge we just make dua and inshalla you never know mabye one day allah will make them repent coz allah is capable of doing any thing.seriously were young and think like dat my parents brought me up in a muslim way . if i say anything like dat i will be shot coz its the worst i can do.you guyz all sound religious yet yous are saying things that only allah should be doing so pleaze the best you can do for these muslim bros is make dua mabye allah will except it.!!!
but really evryone has a good comment but there is better things witch can help a muslim.
ure totally rite! ima do the same. Everybody thinks saying cruel things will help T-Pain and Akon, but it doesn’t. It causes arguement.
*sigh*
c-c-cawl me I’ma make this topic juicy for ya. I got the haram harem
hey thankss ayaan . at least someone understands lol.are u somali.
Silver and Gold = derived from a christian song
T-Pain sure is a hypocrite. For someone who says that they are Muslim I find it strange and ironic that the majority of his songs are about getting fucked up. Thought you guys weren’t allowed to drink, huh? Or have sexual relations before marriage? Ah well I guess as long as the hoe in question is a infidel and not one of them shinobi ninja bitches to you it’s o.k.
Not that I give two shits and a ball lick about bastardized Christianity, but lets say for instance a artist were to take a popular Islamic song and switch up the words. I guarantee there would be plenty of jihad and fatwa’s for everyone involved with the track. Think about that peeps.
If T Pain is supposedly “Muslim”, he is definitly not setting a good example for us to the public, think about it, if your average joe (non-muslim) learns that T Pain is muslim, what would they think? oo as a muslim you could drink, have sex with random chicks, and so on? you think he would want to learn more about islam than? HELL NO, his religion is no different than Islam than,
what needs to happen is artist like Napolean, and other LEGIT muslims, they need to try their best to get back on the public spotlight and talk about their transitition to islam, it could happen, BET and other networks would be open to a former rapper im sure.
yo i heard khalid yaseens speach in australia in 2003, he is the MAN, PROPS TO HIM, dude converted several heads at the end of his 1 hour speach, mashallah.. lets start Forums of people like himmm
T-pain is a sikk muslim lol
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\ for those of you who are hip-hop fans
\ T-PAIN IS MUSLIM!!!!!!!!!!!!
\ search his wikipedia page
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Spain won it!!!!!!!!!!!
DJ KhAled IS SIKK WITH A ALLAH NECKLACE
dj khaled is NOT sick
it’s good that he has a allah necklace
it’s you who are sick
its very good that
he wheres
that!!
read the bible….
the oldest and only true scripture…
God wishes that no man shall perish - but that all shall have eternal life…
Christ’s message is LOVE….
God wtf why are we makeing such a big deal out of this… tpain is muslim but so wat if he sings about that kinda of stuff
christians act like theyre so good
but yet christians murder,rape,hurt others,and promote gays!!!!!!!!
yea christians are angels
LOL… We Shudnt B Judgin Anyone… Only Allah Can Do Dat… They May Be Commiting Sins And Wat Not But It Is Not Our Business To Be Judgin Them…We Shud B Thinkin About Wat We Are Doin Instead Of Judgin Others About Their Behaviour.. Just Keep It Peaceful Pplz….
Asalam Alaykum
lol. yea lott of rappers are muslim, even tho it d