Drug Possession: Reggae Star Buju Banton Faces Sentencing in Fla.
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Drug Possession: Reggae star Buju Banton faces sentencing in Fla.
Family members, fans and supporters have pleaded for leniency for Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton, who likely will be sentenced to prison Thursday for conspiring to set up a cocaine deal.
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Drug Possession: News in brief – 6/23/11
ASHLAND, Ky. — An Ashland man is in jail today after being arrested Wednesday on charges of possession of matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Drug Possession: Man accused of imitation drug possession
Fremont Police arrested a 41-year-old man early Wednesday morning after finding white powder inside his vehicle.
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Drug Possession: Freeway on CNN – How Islam shaped one rap artist
Philadelphia (CNN) — It’s noon on a Friday, and the parking lot at Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philadelphia is quickly filling up. One of Philadelphia’s best-known rap artists, Freeway, jumps out of a black sport utility vehicle and dashes through the pouring rain to the prayer hall inside. Islam has been a part of his life since he was a teenager. Yet it wasn’t until adulthood that his faith changed who he was an artist. “My faith means everything to me; it’s the thing that keeps me going every day,” the father of two said. “It’s my core, it’s my soul.” When he was 14, Freeway — aka Leslie Pridgen — took Shahada, the Muslim confession to faith. Since then, he’s had to balance his Muslim faith and his credibility as a hip-hop artist. Freeway jump-started his career a decade ago at Roc-A-Fella Records under the tutelage of hip-hop mogul Jay-Z. Today, the independent artist has collaborated with the likes of Mariah Carey, producer extraordinaire Jake One and Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon. When Freeway first hit the music scene, his pithy lyrics were laced with rhymes about hustling drugs and other aspects of ghetto life. But his approach to music has changed as he evolved as an emcee and matured as a man. “The fans can get more out of my music now because I have more of a message,” he said. “I’m more conscious about what I say now because in Islam we believe that you’re going to be held accountable for everything that comes out your mouth.” Misogyny and the perils of street …
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@Autosmein farewell brother…i respect your opinion but we do have different views 🙂
peace
@saggypantz
brother music is 100% haram.you have to accept this.But its your choice but you will be asked about it.
i can’t say music is haram in my opinion i think it is the content that makes it haraam as long as it is positive it’s fine i mean i make music too and i never actually talked about those “things” and never will…but i think in that case we’ll just leave it all to Allah SWT only Allah knows wallahooalam.. may Allah guide us all 🙂
peace
@wayofsalaf AL HAMDU’LILLAHI ALLAHU ALIM MUMINOON, AS SALAAMU ALAIKUM!!!
@emreekeesalafee alhamdullah free way is salafi now and has now given up the harram music he has been to haj recently with lune
@mhpcog music is harram it is mentioned in the hadith sahih bukhari.
the prophet mohamad s.a.w said the time of yulm ul qiyamah is the time when
1.zinah (fornication] will be wide spread
2.people will make that which is harram hallal
3.music will be wide spread
4.and alcohol will be given different names
Keep making positive music Freeway!
@emreekeesalafee SALAAM, MUSIC IS NOT HARAM IT’S THE CONTENT OF THE MUSIC WHICH MAKES IT HARAM AND CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS. IF HE IS ON A RECORD SPEAKING OF THE DEEN IS THE SONG HARAM? OF COURSE NOT, MUSIC IS POETRY ON A BEAT. SALAAMU ALAIKUM WA RAH’MAATU’ALLAH!!!