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Kodak Black, the 20-year-old rapper who recently began attending a Hebrew Israelite congregation in Florida, is proudly showing off a new piece of jewelry — a bejeweled pendant of the Hebrew word chai, which means life. Captioning on Instagram, Black quoted a lyric from the rapper Drake, about how he’s seen “so many blessings.” “Someone…
Since his release from jail last month, 20-year-old rapper Kodak Black has gone through a dramatic spiritual transformation — proclaiming himself a descendant of the biblical Levites and diving deep into the Hebrew Israelite world. Now, he wants a new name. Black, whose birth name is Dieuson Octave, filed last month to legally change his…
The rapper Kodak Black spent Saturday worshipping at a Hebrew Israelite congregation in his home state of Florida, bobbing along to conga drumming and listening to spiritual leaders preach that black people are the true descendants of the biblical Israelites. The 20-year-old rapper, released from jail just weeks ago, is diving deeper into the Hebrew…
Weeks after Kendrick Lamar surprised some listeners by calling himself an Israelite, another celebrity rapper has done the same. Kodak Black may have just gone Hebrew Israelite. In a string of Instagram posts this month, the 20-year-old rapper told his millions of followers that he is now an Israelite — specifically from the tribe of…
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