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A a eface la Ag, he delibeae ad hal deed ecee, h i al ell k a a ac, aced hi fficial aii a hge adiece gaheed i he akig l f a la b ad ieia i Achage, Alaka: M feial ae ill be che ad legal ae, hich i Yaii Be. Ad I d a hae ai f i be i Sce Vbe elace. I fige, ee all hee. We ca ee each he. Ad he he elled i f he: Y-A-S-I-I-N, fi ae. La ae: B-E-Y.

Whe a fe Alaka ade e diaig ie, Be eded, I dead. I dead. Cadlig hi igae bigh ed, iage-le iche, he he ied ake i clea he ke eacl ha, ad eacl h, he a giig . N e ha a e cle elaihi M Def ha e. I k ha g. Rea d.

T be fai, Be he, She Sih, h aage a gd i f hi caee ad h ee I, a ee ih elaihi he fail, call Ui, ill l efe he b he ae he gae hi: Dae. S de he ecee Talib Keli. I efe M Def a Dae, D, he ecel ld e. I ig ge ed efeig hi a Yaii. Obil. Ad hi i, Be ee ill ea a bacele ih lik ha ell i : D-A-N- T-E.

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Keli ad Be hae k each he ice he ee eeage gehe i he eal 1990. (Be, 38, i ea lde ha Keli.) O he eeked

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back he, Keli, h a aied i he eighbhd f Pak Sle ad Flabh ad, like Be, ill call Bkl he, ld e f Chehie Acade, a Cecic badig chl, ed ie i Wahig Sae Pak ih he kid he ke f he ci. Thee he becae a fa f Be, h eie efed i he ak ih hi ie Ce ad hi bhe Dead i a g he called Uba The Daic. B he id-90, U.T.D. al had a ide f hei g Maife Dei Ralh McDaiel blic-eleii ga Vide Mic B, hich Keli a like he ed f he ld. If had a ide i Vide Mic B, ade i.

Of ce da hee bh ade i. Alhgh Keli i babl be k a Be ae i he hi-h d Black Sa, h eied la ea f hei fi i e ha a decade. Thei 1998 eleae M Def ad Tab Ke Ae Bac Sa a bch f he ha e had bil , ha e j kicked e ack, elaied Keli a bh ciicall acclaied ad cie be aded b fa, ad hgh Keli a he de g ad jec ha I eall feel ae bee ha Black Sa he iac ha alb had he fa bae he i cae i heeal ha e f ha ae. Thi ea he la ecd, Keli label Jai Media, a ch f e alb a ible. Oe f hee k i ge i a ibe Aeha Fakli; he fi c, Y Alead Ke, hich a eleaed i Nebe, ale Fakli 1973 Mie Sai I ca feel blacke, he ig ad feae a lie f Be ha big gehe all hi a ad ce ideiie b e, M Def: Y cld feel i befe I had ahig a / Yaii, Dae, Black Sa, ee ee all da.

The he alb ill feae he igle Fi U, hich Black Sa eieed The Clbe Re la Ocbe. Idcig he bad hile eaig ha Black Sa call hei cla ai ackage, hich ci f a caflage ie, cke ae, ad ca, Sehe Clbe aced: Gea e, Yaii a I ca be M Def . Behid hi, Be cacked .

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Yaii i a Aabic d ad Yaii Be i Mli, agabl he ie -clal Mli fige ice Mhaad Ali, a he f Be, h e hgh hi eie f ae chage he eeig he Nai f Ila de he ig f Malcl X i he id-60. Deedig eecie, Be i eihe a ce f hi he Chiiai ad he chch ha hae hi ealie eie f ic, he ha

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fe efeed a a ee he Ila f hi fahe, Abdl Raha, Abi. (Ui ad abi ae Aabic d ha ea he ad fahe, eeciel.) A Be bhe, al Abdl Raha, ld e, Eebd b Mli. I Ila, hi fac i caied i he idea f fa, ha ee child ee he iae deadig f he i f Gd. I i igial ae. Cig e ih ha i, i a, il ha he ee de.

Ce ee, ha Be i Mli ha ee bee a ece. Hi l eff daig back he 1999 alb Bac B Sde, eleaed Jae Mdch e, ha Jae Mdch Rak Recd, each e ih he ae bleig ha a all b e a, chae, f he Ka: Ba a-Raa a-Raee (I he ae f Gd, he beefice, he ecifl). Be ece eleae, Nigga i Pe, a ei f Ja-Z ad Kae We Nigga i Pai, begi ih a iila bleig. I hi cae, he ae i flled b hi acee: Lie f Aeica. Yaii, Yaii, Yaii. I he ide, he ae aea i Aabic ci ac he b f he fae. The g fial lie: Allah i i cl.

F Be, eiig M Def i hig a all like he, i he lae 1970, flk ige Ca See abaded hi ic caee he he becae a Mli

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ad chaged hi ae Yf Ila. Ila, h eed ic a il Yf ih a 2006 alb eleae, ld Te Ne Y Te ha he igiall gae ic becae i eiibili f Mli a j a ga aea, I aed i de aid cflic.

Be, hee, ee hae ce i hi Ila hgh ic. Hi fahe deee iac ihadig, hi cei ca be aibed lagel he iflece f he ieeig hi-h g A Tibe Called Qe. Ad hgh ebe f he g ld cedi heele ih Be becig a Mli, he ee hee he i haeed hee, deeja Ali Shaheed Mhaad ld e. Be declaed hielf a Mli a Bae Recdig Sdi 25h See i Ne Yk Ci ded b ebe f Tibe dig he akig f hei 1996 alb Bea, Re ad Lfe.

B he id-90, Be a fe ad he di, edig ie ih he ecee Q-Ti, Jaha Dai (h ld lae ake he Aabic ae Kaaal Faeed). Seeig ebe f Tibe acicig ad aig, ad a Ali Shaheed Mhaad aid, j liig Ilaic ale, icile, ad aci, a a eide f Be f ha he ge i. A hi aciai ad fiedhi ih Tibe ge, a Mhaad, he eeed fid i iiig ad cfig hae ic ad. The ale f Ila ee iae i he ic f A Tibe Called Qe; hgh ic, he ee all iig ea he fa f he Cea i a ld hee hae be idfl f he eiece f he Cea. Ad Be a hee ake i all i. Wha e, becae Tibe a ccefl b 1996 hed alead had alb g lai i a eal e clea Be ha i cld be like, a Mhaad i, ake a liig i hi-h.

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O he eeig f Decebe 17, Yaii Be, e i a lg lie f eake, k he lece i he Gad Ball f he Hil Ne Yk, ea Rckefelle Cee, ad befe a Mli adiece f e ha a had ele, ecalled edig ceai Sada a a child ih hi gadhe alkig he aee ha ieeced Fl See i Bkl Bedfd- Sea eighbhd, eachig f a cle h a addiced dg. I a like ae d, he elaied. I a a cleel he ld. Skid ie a had. Filled ih ciial, he , idige, addic. J a l f ie. Ad I ld ee a ha a a child i a babl e f he eighbhd i Ne Yk Ci.

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Se hi ea lae, ad lagel becae f a aggeie aach b he eeig h, Ia Siaj Wahhaj, ig cack deale f he eighbhd a aach ha iled cle, hich i 1987 laded he ia ad eeal aciae i jail hi iece f Bed-S i a cleel diffee lace. Fee dg. Me all biee. Me Mli. A he cee, he ce f Bedfd Aee ad Fl See, i Majid a- Taa, e f Gd-ccie. Wahhaj he bae i a blig e ha bega a a clhig e ad a a he f jkie ad , ih he fd aied a hi hiieh aiea ee, i lkig bild he fie- Taa Cee, clee ih bakeball c, a Olic-ied l, ad egh i he e fl f a chae chl.

Be, he ceci Ia Wahhaj ad he e ge back he id-90, a hee a a eeaie hel aie fd; hed bee eceded age b Sheik Haa Yf, a fde f Zaa Cllege i Bekele, Califia, he ai fi f-ea Mli libeal a cllege. The fa Haa Yf, ih hi igh gaee, h-ied glae, ad a black kfi ih hie i, a he eal headlie f he igh, eeaiig he cd ih ie f aelig hgh Ne Yk a a g ce, ieig a gfigh i Hale ad a alecai beee a fied, Abdl Qadi, ad e Ne Jee jh ha eded ih Qadi aig: I a Mli. We d hi fi, g ahead ad ake be h. B hee a e. Yf ieed ha i he lae-70 Ne Yk black Mli Mli like Abi ad Ia Wahhaj ee igh hee he f lie, ad he ee akig i he ee, he aid. The ee alkig ab Ila ih ele, ellig icee ad giig daa, ha i, iiig ele he faih.

Thgh he cae Ila hgh ic ad a Talib Keli ha ld e, Hi ea f dig ic i gie aie Gd; ha he ea h he ie Be flled Haa Yf he age, chig a aach ha he hgh ld be aiae f he adiece, eiie he i he cd f h ic eiibili i a ga aea a all.

A fi he did ig. Iead, Be ead a eed aai f he Phe ab he ecelle aci Ila call Mli ake feed he hg, hel he affliced, lighe he f he fl flled b a ai f Malcl X 1964 A Declaai f Ideedece. Lkig e he cd, leaig fad ad gaig he lece, Be ead f e hed ake i a i ed bk: I d eed be a diie a, b I d beliee i diie gidace, diie

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e, ad diie hec. I a a edcaed a, a I a ee i a aicla field b I a icee, ad icei i cedeial.

I feel e cle ha e, he aid, becae I a ee i a aicla field, I a diie a, I ceail a chla, b I a iceel ha be hee iceel ha be a a f hi a, be a Mli, ad be a aie f he ci ha Majid a-Taa i i.

Wha igig Be did cae afe e ke d, icldig a e he ecded a he fi ee f Kae We Ld, Ld, Ld. The g Be eaed a called The Salaa, he ae f he geeig f eace Mli hae ih e he. I bega, A-aa Aa (Peace ), ad hgh he ical ee i a iediae Wa aaa a- aaa, he cd eied a lile gadig.

Y ca ce, aid Be, afe aiig hgh e ilece. Ye a f i, .

The cd laghed, ad he jied hi, b ih a eld a all: Ad be eace.

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Back i he da, Taa a he , eli Eia Ule Richad ld e he e g gehe eiice ab he elaihi ih Be ad he ie he becae a Mli, a fe ea f head, iee fiedhi ha he ecall a beig ehig like e ca. Befe he bega ig i each he a he e, Richad ke Dae Sih ail f hi ieccable le ad agge ad F Geee, Bkl, i he da, he a, befe ee he eide had a dg, he cld ee F B die d he ee a hee he g f Digable Plae lied. The fil diec Sike Lee chaied he eighbhd, liig hee ad eig hi ffice hee.

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Whe he fi ke each he, Richad ad Dae Sih did hae lch dae ad he ceail did alk ab Gd. He efed e a F Geee Bkl M Cafe ad ala had a ile hi face, ee he he did. (A a lcal Bkl e ad a g eleii ac, Dae Sih, h aeaed, f iace, i he h-lied Pal Haggi ic Y Take he Kid [90-91], aig Nell Cae, ad Bill Cb The Cb Meie [94-95], eie aded he ae Be a ig-Lai la he ae he e .)

Eeall Richad ad Be eceed each he ide Majid a- Taa, ad he becae fied a a f a lage g ha iclded Kaaal Faeed f A Tibe Called Qe, hi ci Dee Mill (he ecee k a Ceece), ad eeal f Richad gilfied. Ad Dae, he aid, he e cae dici ab Ila, he a ala e ei ab i, ad he a ala icee ab i. Ad he a ala e ied ha e ld ake he igh decii, a ed i hellfie. I ha ie e ee all hagig gehe, I hik he eall did geiel cae ab all f l. I eall hik he did.

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Sice la Ag, elaiig he eiee f he igh M Def ha bee a f bh hi l eface ad he ih Keli. I Keli, alg ih Kae We, h i a fied, h Be cedi ih helig hi ake he decii ceed i hi caee ih ha ike hi a he aifice f a de e. (I h iig ha Keli, hich i Sahili ea e, i acall he iddle ae f Talib Geee hile Talib Keli i a de e, eacl, he de cide i a age ae.) I ha ala bee ea. Redig he Alaka cd diaie, Be eaced like a ad- cedia aig ih heckle, a de he ee ie cfabl i: Y k, e ele hae a eial elaihi ih ha ae, M Def. S d I: I ade .

Pefig i Ocbe ih he Bkl Philhaic a a ee caed b WNYC Sdcheck h Jh Schaefe, a e ei, blic-adi- fiedl Be k he age, ifig he adiece ha Yaii a a ae hed ke cle elf f a lg hile, b ha a ele cle e, ad iiae, ad eeded fail ad fied, hae efeed e b ha ae f ie a hile.

The ae dae back Be fi i Sadi Aabia f he Hajj i 1998. Whe he cae back, he cae back ih he ae Yaii, Keli ld e. He did ak ae call hi ha, b I defiiel eebe hi aig, M ae i Yaii.

Bigig Yaii blicl e he ed f 2011 leah[ig] i, a e fied i i becae clea ha e ie Be had beg ee he ae ha he ee agh e, a he ld MTV, had bece ehig ha cld be biled d i a ea. O a dc. O a bad. The ae Yaii Be, he he had, ld all hi, he ld Schaefe ha eeig ih he Bkl Phil, eae hae.

Thi ake ee he dce Aa Ca, fde f Reakable Ce, a ideede edia cllecie k f i elaihi ih Mli ai ad i ieaial Hi H Abaad ga, ed b he Sae Deae. Ca ha ala k Be a Yaii, gig back he fi Black Sa . Oe he ea Ca ha dced hee ack ih Be, icldig Ai Slaia Whe I Die (Rebild), ecded a Be T he ad eleaed Slaia 2007 Le a Tef e N. Ciced Be i 100% cied iial efiee, Ca aked, heicall, Wh ld a g a g b a cde ae?

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A igh eec f ee h eak feel ab Be eeal igial ae, hi bhe Abdl Raha ced hee ee bee a diffeece, beee Dae M Yaii. See ih a lile e diace, hgh, ca ee hig diffeel. Take, f iace, a g ad adiig Mli ae like Big Sai, f he Clad d he ReMINDe, h ecall beakig fa ih Be backage a The Blde Theae he fi da f Raada, 2009. Idcig hielf a Yaii ee he, Be iied Big Sai ad hi ife Aja Black, he eeig eig ac, hi gee ih he Aabic bleig, Raada Mbaa! ad ffeed he fd ad ea.

I hi ac f geei, Big Sai ee Be gig i Ila. Ad lkig back e hi caee, Big Sai adi ha Be a f hi ha he cld be a Mli ad ill be elf, ha he cld be a ecee ad ill be a gd e. Wha ide Keli had i cig f he ae ce a Be, ee like Big Sai ca feel i haig hi Ila.

Hee a a h ea a bead ad all a kfi e he head ceig age ad h acce a gif f he adiece ih he Aabic hae f hakfle MaaAa. Be a cff ae efecl heed a ee each bel hi akle; i Ila, a he Phe, adihig he agace f ae h ld alk daggig hei gae behid he, Whaee i bel he akle i i he fie. If hee ae he kid f hig ice, i iible hea he e Black Sa igle a lile diffeel: Fi lk ha / Black Sa, gd Gd / Ad he he k lk dak / Shie a ligh, lk ahead, lk . Ad i likeie iible ee Be ece eleae f a ceed il called Ha N. 7, i aehi ih a ceaie cllecie called Fellhi Mii, hich al eleaed Nigga i Pe, a i keeig ih he adii f Mli ellig icee ad giig daa. Sill, ieie f all, eha, hee i a a he blic ae ideed, hi l ae eee a dee a e a Ila ha ee dced.

Wha i a ae like Yaii Be? The Mli ld ell , Aa aa. Gd k be.

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Whe Dae Sih becae a Mli, he did che j a Aabic ae; he che e ha, b ea chlal ce, i cideed alaable ad fd ha i k a he e hea f he Ka. Accdig Ia Dad Yai (a diffee ellig b he ae Aabic ae), f Dah Cllege Willia Jee Tcke Fdai ad e-ie leade f Majid Al-Ila i Ne Hae, Cecic, like ih Aabic ae ake b Mli ce, he eaig f he ae Yaii i al a clee e.

Yaii, he ae f he hi-ih a, chae, f Ila hl bk, i al, accdig a lea e cea, e f he ae f he Phe Mhaad. Yaii i fe ecied i e f ee h ecel died. Oe a hiic aable, e a ediai he de f he heae, ad e a le ha accabili ad eeci, he a big gehe ha Ia Yai ee a he fac f life e ca bee ad dead ih he eeiece ha def aial elaai.

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A f he d eaig, he dia ii f Ilaic chla i ha e k. Deie he e, ad lagel becae f i, a he ia, he d aii i ab ackledgig ha ha ill k eehig. Afe all, k eehig ld ake a gd; ad belieig hi ld de he fi illa f Ila ielf, ha Mli hbl ackledge ha hee i gd b Allah.

F hi a, Ia Yai a bgh ea he fi ie he head he a, a ecdig f hich a laed f hi i he he f ea age ide Cae i 1996 hile he a kig a a fahi del i Sh Afica, eek befe hi cei ad ceail befe he ke Aabic. The adi ecdig ade i back he ih hi Nacke afe hi cei abad, ad afe h f eeaed lieig a eal ialiic acice he ae, i all i e, becae a a f hi, he a, ad a dail eide f hee abili k ad faih ielf begi.

Whe I ke ih Eia Richad i Decebe ab ha he ae Yaii ea he Dae Sih he ke f Bkl, he a caefl a fi ab eealig ch f ha hed haed iael e ha a decade ag, b i a clea hed ke ab i a he ie: I a e ecial ae ha he che, he aid.

A fe da lae, hgh, lah[ig] le ed, he flled ih a eail, a f hich ead: Dae che faih, eal Faih, he eidece f hig ee, he he che Yaii. I ld be afaid ae a ae ih a k eaig. Dae a. Peha he a afaid becae aii, he d, eee he k ihi, a k e all hae, a k Yaii, he a, a afaid clai i hielf.

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Dig he hl h f Raada a 1999 cae a cle, abad a lae decedig i Jeddah, Sadi Aabia, Yaii Be ed hgh he aile i algide hi fied Ali Shaheed Mhaad. Be ad hi fahe had iied Mhaad ge aa hile he e f he ld deal ih haee ca acalici ld be aciaed ih Y2K. The fied had hadl alked a all dig he lg fligh, b a he aached hei deiai, Be had ehig ia ell Mhaad.

Ulike Mhaad, Be had bee Ila hl ciie befe, ad Mhaad ecall hi fied adiig hi a he ade hei aach

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i Kig Abdlai Ieaial Ai, i he a a fahe a lde bhe igh: Thi i Allah eal iiai Eee de ge ce hee. I did ae ha Be a he ge f he , ha Mhaad had ce i hi Ila ea ealie. The deadig ha ce ih ael Ila hl ciie ade Be ee Mhaad like a kid f elde, i he ee f ha Mli k a a kid f liig ailie. Be eage, a Mhaad ell i, ed he ae i ee. The lad f he Phe, ad, a Ie ee e ha ce ih e f he eed Ilaic chla i he c, he ee ei f he Phe hielf, ha he e big g e ea. (Haa Yf i j e ch a.)

A ai e dig hi i, Be cied like hi, eig e f he ele hd ieed hi eace i Ila. O a b ide f Media Mecca, Be adied, Y babl hae a iagiai f ha hi ci i like. Beae f ha, he cied: Thi ci i ild. I a dage ad al . Y had ca elf, Mhaad ecalled, a igh i ceai eighbhd f Bkl, ih a ecial aaee f dig.

B f Mhaad ad hi h hi i, ih all ha aaee f he fae cae a ee e ikig aaee f he aced i Ila. I e hig ee ele a i a , ee e, abe a a a a hded, b i Mecca, he he call ae cae, ee he h igh hae had ch, j cadbad, Mhaad cied, each da he all ded d ake he aa e ad face he gd i e lace. The e f ae a id-blig.

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I eal Decebe, Black Sa cae hgh Ne Yk Ci f a eeig f h a he Be B Theae Bada ad 44h See, each e iig a eface f M Def ad Tab Ke Ae Bac Sa i i eie. B 9:00 .., he fi h alead f-fie ie behid chedle ad ih j ie ie g befe he HARD CURFEW aced he ea f he age d, Be a ill iig. Keli, h cide hielf he e acical ad edicable ebe f Black Sa he bk di ie ad he, he hee gehe, ai f he ibe be igh, he ld e alled a he f f he age ih a feele hed gehe i eal Ocbe f Occ Wall See: The ae daig aa f he he / Thi ai dia . All he hile, Blackih Maagee Ce Sh (ced Sih), Black Sa aage, lked , eeig ej hielf hile fieldig dae

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e he he egadig Be heeab. The dela had hi i a kid f aic.

Whe Be fiall aied eaig a ei f he cla ai ackage, hi elaai, haee i a, fell deaf ea.

Y g iifai! elled Sh. Y g iifai!

Chaeed, Be he k he age ji Keli i he g A (8h Ligh), he fi ack ff he alb.

A he g cae a cle ad he ee gehe ce agai, Keli aced: I a elce Yaii Be he age! He g he ae igh, b I ca iagie hee a a lea a lile aca laded i ha eak.

See, i difficl fid ae h ill a ahig fakl egaie ab Yaii Be, hich f he Mli h k hi ee i keeig ih Kaic hibii agai gi ad backbiig, ehig Be hielf ha bee k cec hi fied agai. Ye aa il f ha Ali Shaheed Mhaad ee a he a he caie hielf a a Mli, ha a heie decibed e a Be a f beig f he legh f hi a cff ad he hie hi deige he, he hili he ee i claiig a had-l Mli gaheed a he Majid a-Taa fdaie ha he iiidaed be adig he ae age a Haa Yf Be alked-ab chaaceiic i hi alfe.

Dig ceai, Eia Richad ld e e fakl ehig I alead ke: Dae gd ih ie. Ali Shaheed Mhaad ie[] be faed ih hi f beig ea iible each hee da. Befe ageeig eak ih e, Aa Ca eached Be f eii b he ee head back. (We ke aa.) Ca ld e he ee call Be feiall; Be ge i ch ih hi. Ee Talib Keli ael alk ih Be he hee gehe. Ad if he ibe ai igh, Keli aid, he de k.

Aked hehe he ae Yaii ee a challege Be caee, Keli, h i a Mli, aid flal . I hik hee bee ie f hi d i. Thi i cig f he g h aed Talib Keli caee geig aed he he Taliba blig bildig. Me he i, hee, a lea i e f hei ce ic, Be ad Keli hae ff aj label e iddle e: A hi age, Keli

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ld e, he Black Sa ae i ha i i, i like, e ha. I de ake ee iie e had i he .

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