Rapper sparks antisemitism outcry with Rothschild, 'synagogue of Satan' lyrics
US rapper and producer Jay Electronica — a friend of Louis Farrakhan — released his debut album on Friday and it’s already causing controversy.
On the “Ghost of Soulja Slim” track, about a late rapper friend, Electronica raps in the second verse:
And I bet you a Rothschild I get a bang for my dollar
The synagogue of Satan want me to hang by my collar
The song also begins with audio from a speech by Farrakhan, the anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam who has called Jews “satanic” (among other things) in the past. Electronica is a longtime member of the Nation of Islam, and he and Farrakhan are close — despite the fact that his raps are full of profanity, which is shunned by the Nation. Farrakhan has defended Electronica’s profanity in the past.
Jay-Z, who earned some words of caution from the Anti-Defamation League for one of his own rap lines in 2017, is featured on the track and heavily throughout the album titled “A Written Testimony.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rapper-sparks-anti-semitism-outcry-with-rothschild-synagogue-of-satan-lyrics/
