50 Best Muslim Hip-Hop Rappers of All Time

50 Best Muslim Hip-Hop Rappers of All Time

By l0gikal on from www.vladtv.com

The world’s second-largest religion, Islam has perhaps been more present in hip hop than any other faith. An incredible number of hip hop artists have chosen to embrace various forms of the faith, some even incorporating Muslim messages into their music. Here are hip hop’s best Muslim rappers, past and present.

Rapper French Montana (Karim Kharbouch) is Muslim; fasts during Ramadan

By l0gikal on from www.youtube.com

Add French Montana to the long list of famous Muslim rappers.

French Montana is Muslim (Sunni), having been raised in Morocco under the Maliki madhab, or school of thought.

In the following video interview, French Montana confirms he's Muslim. Around the 30sec mark, French Montana talks about how it's the first day of Ramadan and that he fasts during Ramadan.

Warning: Video clip contains foul language
Swizz Beatz aka Kasseem Dean confirms he is Muslim!

Swizz Beatz aka Kasseem Dean confirms he is Muslim!

By l0gikal on from rockstarsociety.blogspot.com

In the following video, rapper from NYC, Kaseem Dean aka by his stage name, Swizz Beats, says he is Muslim. Kasseem also confirms that fellow Muslim rapper Busta Rhymes recently took his shahada and Busta Rhymes converted to Islam as well!
Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) is proud Muslim, defends Islam

Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) is proud Muslim, defends Islam

By Saladin on from excerptz.com

Yes, Mos Def is a proud Muslim, and mentions Allah in the lyrics of many of his songs. He wasn'tt raised as a muslim, he was first introduced to the religion at 13 and took his declaration of faith (the shahada) at the age of 19.


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