Rap superstar JAY-Z has dismissed online critics who have said that his videos are "devil worship" calling the rumors "silly" and "ignorant.”The hip-hop icon came under fire after the promo for his new single, 'On to the Next One,' debuted.
The video features ram skulls, black crows and dark imagery - and Jay-Z said he could not believe some of the outrageous slurs on his personal beliefs which have surfaced online.
He told the radio station Hot 97, “I don’t know where it started. I don’t know where it came from. I really think it’s really silly. For the record, I of course believe in God, but I believe in one God. If people must know my religious beliefs, I believe in one God. I don’t believe in religion. I don’t believe in Christians or Muslims. I think all that separates people. I think its one God. I think it’s all the same God, and I don’t believe in Hell.
"Am I a part of some sect or cult? That sounds stupid to me. It’s ignorant to even say, and I guess that’ll be the last time I address that. It’s ignorant to me”. Swizz Beatz, who features in the song, has backed the star - insisting critics are wrong to read too much into a music promo.
Swizz Beatz adds, "The video displays another level of art and creativity from two great minds: the director and Jay - and myself, bringing the collaboration together. (There's) no satanic ways around me and that's for sure (sic). I'm with Jay - I never see any of that stuff around him unless he's hiding something, which I doubt. That's silly stuff."
Source- http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jay-z-dismisses-silly-devil-worship-claims_1128644
A lot of claims have been said about artist joining cults that worship the devil even though no artist have came out openly and said it. I have to agree that some of the videos and songs do show demonic symbols and resemblance, but that’s only because I sat down and REALLY watched/ listened to everything in the video and in the song. These people who are studding these videos and saying these things are looking just a little bit too hard. I have no problem with these people’s beliefs as long as they don't try to force it on me and everyone else. Everyone has the right to worship who and how they like and we have the right to join them and not to join them but it’s up to the person. People who say the artists are trying to bring us in to their religion must not be strong in their own! If you can't listen to music without feeling you are being converted then maybe you should not listen to music at all.
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