Lil Wayne says “and the almighty power of Allah” in the song “A Millie” featured on one of his songs from one of his mixtapes. It is also strange how the radio versions of the song replaces “Allah” with “dat chit cha cha cha chopper”. The song was so popular that it was added to his new album coming out “C3″ and guess what, the album version also replaces “Allah” with “dat chit cha cha cha chopper”.
Most of you probably may not know, but Lil Wayne is probably the number 1 rapper in the Hip Hop world right now. Imagine the thousands of people who will hear “and the almighty power of Allah”. I’m sure you’ve seen people on the subway or buses rapping or singing along to the songs from their iPods. They may be unconsciously saying “and the almighty power of Allah”. Now most of you probably are like, so what? Who cares if some non-Muslim rapper mentions “Allah” in his rhyme. Well if you don’t care that’s fine, but I find this interesting how Islam appears in some form in the most unusual of places. You never know if one person might be like “Why is Lil Wayne saying ‘almighty power of Allah’ in his song?”. Then that person may do some research, find some Muslims and strike up a conversation on Allah. Only Allah knows what his plan was when he willed it for His name to be mentioned in such a song.
26 Responses for "Lil Wayne Praises Allah in “A Millie”"
I love black people
its not like lil wayne ever makes sense anyway
Saalam,
Lil Wayne has sold out like all of the other mainstream black rappers and when I hear his songs I am utterly disgusted because him ( as well as many others) are not uplifting black folks by singing about nonsense crap. Alhamdulillah it seems great that he is mentioning Allah in his music but its awful when you hear black children saying they want to be like him when they grow up (and I have heard this). Know this wasnt the intent of your post but this is what came to mind. May Allah guide him and the rest of us.
Even though I agree he did sell out at the same time I don’t. He came into the music business as that type of rapper. a “BLING BLING” rapper, you can’t really say anything he is what you call a gangster rapper. So he is doing what he does, you cant be like Notorious BIG, 2PAC, Eazy-E are all sell outs because thats how they came into the game in with. A sell out is like imagine Mos Def, Talib Kweli etc… change and start spitting bullshit gangster stuff.
Yeah I heard this too from original never knew they changed it to that other CHI CHI CHIT stuff. Thats stupid, damn music companies no freedom of speech whatsoever. THats why people like Immortal Technique dont join them.
I think some us are being a bit foolish and painting with broad brush strokes. First, what exactly is gangster rap? If gangster rap involves talking about gangs and such, than that would be a gangster rapper is someone who sings about that subject for than 50% of the time. Lil Wayne does not.
Now, second. While I admire Mos Def and Talib Kweli, it is foolish t suggest that they are holier than others simply because we agree with their message. If you listen to Common, he speaks about just as haram things as Lil Wayne does, yet few people would call Common a gangster singer.
And people always complain that rap doesn’t uplift black folks. What does that even mean? Lil Wayne is from New Orleans, he only talks about the stuff he knows about and well, if you know a thing or two about the underdevelopment of New Orleans, you would know that there aren’t too many uplifting things in New Orleans to talk about.
And yes, its not uplifting in any sense. I am trying not to make any assumptions about your ethnicity but if you understand one thing about black people its that they literally idolize these rappers. Its almost like a culture. So what they say shape and mold the way Black people (more specifically black children) perceive themselves. People will emulate them down to the stuff they wear and say. The fact that he lives in New Orleans is not excuse whatsoever for the nonsense he sings about.
The only thing I know about black people is that they are not monolithic and thus, it is foolish to make ANY statements about black people as a whole. It is the same for Muslims or any other demographic. It is just not accurate to paint with broad brush stroke. Also, if you go into the hood, the people that EMULATE Lil Wayne and other rappers actually LIVE that life, As for the people who dress like rappers and such, those are largely white kids and well, lets be honest, alot of our Arab and Desi brothers. I personally do not see a problem with that, but let us clearly see the difference between the two.
And this is part of the problem. When immigrants move here, the first people we are told to fear are blacks. Why? First, we as Muslims are not supposed to be racists (btw, im not implying that you are) and we above all people should know that lumping people into one large category is false. Some of these statements sound alot like those on right wing sites, except, replace Black with Muslim and Gangster Rap with Terrorist.
btw, I am Afghani
ma salaam
Saalam,
I understand what you are saying and by no means do I want to sound like I am an expert on this topic. I’m Muslim, Black, and I live in the hood so I see this stuff around me everytime I step out the door.
And the only reason why many of this people emulate this ghetto, thug, gangster persona is because they see it done by these famous rappers. People like lil Wayne degrade black people and I stick by that opinion.
I also agree with this statement.
I respect your opinion.
If rappers did not exist, the problems that plague the inner city would still exist. The problem than is not gangster rap but rather the poverty that plagues the inner city, the poverty that allows rappers to have the influence that you lament. Lil Wayne than is the logical extension of that inner city life.
And you SHOULD REALLY listen to this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qJ7AAq_Jlg
It may or may not change your perspective a bit. He says “I know people who died in those pools.
Gangster Rap, is music that sorrounds lyrics around the lifestyle of a gangbanger and encourage a violent lifestyle. And that is Lil Waynes whole lyrical life right there, and while on that case he is a Blood… I’m not sure how many Wayne tracks you have heard but trust me he is a gangster rapper, I’ve heard from albums, to mixtapes, to articles…
What I meant was that he came into the music business as that type of rapper following his step father. Even though I despise that type of music you can’t blame them, they wouldnt be doing it if they were making money.
And I agree that Common has talked about haram things too but so what? Hes not Muslim, he can talk about a girlfriend and that makes it haram. Thats not my point his ideology and motives with his music has a different meaning. They spread love, peace, and unity. You can never compare Common to that dumbass Lil Wayne, this dude will make a whole song with just rhyming with some weird word like “boom.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cit7vcHsWWk
Now would they ever play that song on mainstream radio?
NO WAY!!!
Obviously as you already know most people dont know this music. When you say ‘Lil Wayne the first thing that comes to mind is Cash Money Records. That’s why the first comment I made was along the lines that he has sold out big time.
You are right. If rappers didnt exist these problems would most certainly still exist. But the question that I ask is do rappers have the capability and possess the influence to help black people rise up out of their conditions? I think they do. Gangster rap is a huge problem that plagues the inner city.You’re telling me when some fool decides he wants to buy new rims instead of groceries that has nothing to do with the influence of rap?
Actually, I have listened to almost everything Lil Wayne has put out and to be frank, VERY LITTLE of it is about anything ‘gangster’. If gangster means that he describes what is happening in his city, than YEs, he is a gangster rapper. However, others would just call that being a realist.
If you know people that get shot, why would you sing about flowers and unicorns?
Thats also another point. I mean they have to sing/produce what sells and right now trash sells.
“We don’t play. No, I’m not gonna rap about you man, I will murder you, your family, your child, a newborn, I don’t give a ****. I could never go to hell cause I’ma take over, *****.”
(Those arent lyrics its from an interview/article - comes in Audio Format too)
Come on listen to this fool, hes a dumbass I would never respect this disgrace to mankind. Hes a useless SOB that encourages stupidity and nonsense. Anyone that listens to him is just poisoning this once great hip hop genre too.
PS> I’m afghan too :O
Well, let us agree to disagree.
Very nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you as well. Thanks for sharing the video. I just let my husband listen to it.
Just become something may be reality…does not entitle one to spread it if it causes more harm. Think about the overall benefit just like MR is lightweight doing by mentioning this piece…Maybe it COULD or WILL/MIGHT benefit people by mentioning Allah’s name, etc. and I’m not even hating on that.
However, as far as music in general and SPECIFICALLY gangster rap. There is no question of more harm than good. You have to be out of your damn mind if you think that gangster rap and any rap that is GLORIFYING haraam scenery, is good. ( I don’t believe anybody thinks this on this blog…but the defense of Lil Wizzle is a little distiurbing).
Yes he might have superb lyircal ability…but so did the jahiliyya arabs (which many of them still did not accept Islam). All these retard rappers are destroying theirs/mine/our communities and prostituting themselves whether they realize it or not…RAP ABOUT THAT!
HALLA!
I would rather listen to singers who don’t praise Allah and sing meaningful songs than listen to nonsense.
I’ve struck up conservations containing the word “Allah”, but at some point in the convo i just say “God” and attached to no specific religion. I know… boring. ; )
only once the drugs are done….
Yus from the Nati you said everything i wanted to say. I MEAN COME ON THEY MAY BE SINGING ABOUT THEIR DIFFICULTIES InTHEIR HOMETOWNS OR WATEVER.
They still talk about gettin this gril and this one too….that sound like prostitiution to me. When i did follow on rap songs they were a bunch of crap.
For instance:
Im in love with a stripper. WTH
Blow the whistle
Souljaboy’s lame songs and dance moves
Chicken Noodle soup
Rap songs today are crap
Weezie can you agree to the fact that they are nothing but nonsene nowadays.
Talking about prostitiuon, gangs, shooting up people…..
LAME
Come on….
I wouldnt ever listen to crap like this. All it would do is posion my mind. Wouldnt want any Muslim listening to this crap too.
Yus from the Nati you said everything i wanted to say. I MEAN COME ON THEY MAY BE SINGING ABOUT THEIR DIFFICULTIES InTHEIR HOMETOWNS OR WATEVER.
They still talk about gettin this gril and this one too….that sound like prostitiution to me. When i did follow on rap songs they were a bunch of crap.
For instance:
Im in love with a stripper. WTH
Blow the whistle
Souljaboy’s lame songs and dance moves
Chicken Noodle soup
Rap songs today are crap
Weezie can you agree to the fact that they are nothing but nonsene nowadays.
Talking about prostitiuon, gangs, shooting up people…..
LAME
Come on….
I wouldnt ever listen to crap like this. All it would do is posion my mind. Wouldnt want any Muslim listening to this crap too.
As-salaamu^alaykum y’all
Okay. Well it was interesting reading that little conversation between (brother?) Weezie and Ihsan.
Okay I must admit - I love Lil’ Wayne. Yes he sings about the haraam but there is no point even going in to that as most music today is haraam in general. He isn’t Muslim so why would he sing about anything other that what he does? That is the culture of the non-Muslims- they do un-Islamic things…*shrugs*
Secondly, whatever the reason Weezy has said what he has, he’s said it. It can be positive or negative, just as most of his material. Yes, the content of his material is questionable, but unlike some, he isn’t just about that. He knows what sells and so the songs which are released would be mainstream.
Also, it’s not just his music. He has been done for coke and things which wasn’t exactly kept under wraps. He is not the greatest roll model, but why are people here cussing him raw? He’s human, he’s non-Muslim so it’s not as if you have to help him and also, I’m sure none of us are perfect here.
Oh, and there are black Muslims-why is everyone talking about black people as one body, mind and culture? Not all black people are living in the ghettos or listening to Lil’Wayne on repeat. There are little white kids and Chinese kids listening to him too. In fact, I know more Pakistanis that pretty much live by Gangster rap and who worship Tupac and want to be the next 50 cent then any other race or culture. And I’m in England aswell.
Peace people X
pretty good synopsis of the good(or as close u can come to it) and the bad about lil wayne, although im not that big a fan, ill give him his skill as a lyricist, he has a creative talent for making raps about nothing and everything.
but i have to say, lupe fiasco is just so much better. all the creative talent minus most of the crappy stuff. he really stands as an antithesis to most of the rap world and has no problem with that, even though it means he sells less records. listen to dumb it down.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=q1Et1siZhTk
Major kudos to Lupe, also a fan.
I think part of his realness comes down to Islaam though and how public he is about being Muslim. Although I was a bit disappointed when he hugged that girl in “Paris,Tokyo”. I was thinking, “That better be your sister!”
Not heard “Dumb it down” before I clicked that link - must say it’s a heavy track bro? JazakAllaah for the link.
Peace X
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