with rappers like ice spice throwing up devil signs while wearing an upside down cross at the Super Bowl and NBA young boy saying he signed his deal in blood letters on a song with E40 it's no secret that hip-hop has become extremely demonic in recent years and the trend is only getting worse it's your boy Lua and today we're going to be talking about Hip Hop's dark connection to Satanism claiming to be a rock star and boasting Heroes like Marilyn Manson and GiGi Allen who always pushed the boundaries of decency one man who majorly leaned
into this was Lil Uzi during his rise to fame Uzi leaned into a gothic look and a big part of that was his use of The Upside Down cross not only does he literally have a song named upside down cross but he literally has one tatted on his tongue his name low uer also sounds eerily similar to Lucifer and tons of his tracks express his infatuation with the dark side over time this became such a big thing that it caused conflict between himself and his bad and bji collaborator offset from The Amigos all y'all [
__ ] went upside down cross my fathers man stop that [ __ ] when you look L all that worship the devil [ __ ] get with God man in response Uzi shared a photo of satanic imagery tagging offset as if he was trying to get a reaction out of him and although offset's response seemed like he was genuinely concerned about uzi's spiritual well-being writing I'll pray for you Uzi has continued to steer into this narrative at one point he basically even told his fans that if he was on the path to hell then they
would be following him did I sell my soul I sold my soul for you now figure that out talk about I sell my soul I sld my soul for you for all you [ __ ] that's on here that's asking me that I sell my soul why the [ __ ] is y'all on here if y'all think I sld my soul y coming right with me you dummies however the same fans he was referring to were quick to correct him in the comments nah I'm good fam my soul and life belongs to Jesus Christ I'm
not going to hell I'm with Jesus as opposed to shedding this image over time it's something that Uzi has kept up to the point that his fans have begun to lose their patience what's wrong with this dude he's literally repping Satan right in front of our eyes but here's where the major divide in hip-hop comes in because for every rap fan who fears that their soul could be put in Jeopardy by listening to his music there's just as many who think that he's only doing it for shock value in sales real answer he has an
upcoming album so he does stupid [ __ ] like this for attention it's a pattern with him and the same way that other rappers start beefing for promotion he resorts to the stupid childless [ __ ] however in recent years Uzi is far from the only rapper who's been viewed as capitalizing off Satanic rituals and you can argue that no one quite compares to the controversies that lilos X found himself in when he decided to align himself with the dark side if you were around in 2020 you probably remember the Uproar over lilos X is
call me by your name which had a music video featuring him giving the devil a lap dance cuz in draws is out of order [Music] Lunas is gay oh let me stop the release of sneakers marked with 666 that literally got him sued by Nike well lilas X basically becoming an overnight star the devil themed music video made people think he sold his soul to receive Fame and Fortune and all of that caused such Mass hysteria that when he was set to perform on the BET Awards he was only allowed to do so after he
quote gave assurances that he was not a Satanist or devil worshipper and that his performance would be appropriate for Their audience he even threatened to sample rants from preachers who are calling him the devil some wicked stuff but since then l x has proven that he's no devil worshipper and that he'll just use any religious imagery he could get his hands on for shock value this was extremely evident when he dropped his new video for Jay Christ which basically followed the same formula only this time he tried to make it seem like he converted to
the religion tweeting things like making Christian music does not mean I can't suck dick no more the two are not mutually exclusive I am allowed to get on my knees for multiple reasons it's clear that this time the publicity stunt simply did not work in his favor as where call me by your name was a Smash Hit That racked up over 275 million views on YouTube J Christ just got 18 mil before disappearing off everyone's radar for lilas X it was obvious that his commitment to the look was purely to use the chaos generated by
conservative media and its followers losing their minds to head to the top of the charts but for other rappers such as XXX andion there's been debates about whether their connections ran a little deeper and there's speculation that before his death he tried to sacrifice his best friend and fellow rapper ski Master slump God due to his connection with the Devil complete with tracks like I spoke to the devil in Miami he said everything would be fine where he detail selling his soul in the dark imagery which surrounded his music and public Persona there were those
who felt that XXX andion was in League with the satanic world this has resulted in numerous videos and Reddit threads just dedicated to proving that X had struck a deal with many people pointing to the lyrics of the closing track of his last album he released in his lifetime as a sign that he was trying to get his soul back before death stating before I lay me down asleep I pray to Lord my soul to keep I hope it's not too late for me but while using satanic imagery in your music is one thing what
sets X apart is that even his peers in the industry were fearful of what he was capable of for example ugly God a fellow rapper who was on the double XL 2017 Freshman Class cover with him once had a verbal dispute with X and asked him not to set a demon on him don't summon no demon on me bro everybody tell me you going to summon a demon even though he wasn't entirely convinced he thought he was better safe than sorry while ugly God keeping his distance from X is one thing what was even more
intriguing was that one of x's closest friends ski Master the slump God also felt the need to separate himself over some of the stuff that X was allegedly into after they stopped collaborating ski mask explained why he stepped away this is a person who has threatened my family told me I was supposed to be sacrificed on some crazy [ __ ] so no I didn't separate myself for no reason after all of that went down it led to a very interesting conversation on everyday struggle where Joe Buton basically implied that things like this may have
gone down in the past in order for X to obtain success never really heard fans with this rhetoric who do you hear it from other artists heard some other people well let's look at it this way okay in fraternities they have initiations gangs they have it as well I have heard that in some clubs they request this is the sacrifice the a human sacrifice induction now it sounds very weird and satanic and nuts I'm shutting up yeah I'm cool I have hurt anything a rapper who also prophesized his own death several times it's unclear whether
X ever made a deal with a dark entity but when it comes to worshipping the devil is not just the newer generation of rappers this trend of referencing satanic elements has been present for a very long time with several rappers from the past attempting to shed light on the darker aspects of the industry even old school rappers like Eminem have made countless amounts of rhymes about the devil and he can be heard in songs like say goodbye to Hollywood literally saying the words like a boy in the could trapped if I can go back I
never would have wrapped i s my soul to the devil I never get it back let's not forget the song My Darling a song which many people believe Eminem is basically talking to the devil in the third verse other rappers like the late DMX also claimed that he had been approached several times by forces beyond our comprehension then I met the devil in God's country you know and uh um it's not so much who it it's what you know what happens and and the things that the devil does it's not so much a person even
though he he acts through people you know you can't call one person the devil Jo you know you can't call any one person the devil you can't do that because no one person has enough power to be the devil you know I think you've had three with the devil three conversations with the devil why with the devil well to make a fair decision I think you have to be aware of both sides and I was approached so of course I had a conversation it didn't mean it doesn't mean I rolled with him sure or believed
him I just was able to recognize him by what he said to me and what he offered me oh now I know you are that's why I stopped talking to him I'm fit out seven albums but the only one in DMX's case it's not clear whether he's specifically referring to a person or an organization but in the case of Nora from the drink Champs he strongly implied that he was promised success Beyond his wildest dreams if he promised to align with a certain group and when he didn't comply his career took a downturn you know
I I was approached I was where a person ask me yo such and such and I was just like nah like you know you probably make it to where you make it on your own right but a lot of people will offer you something to s I don't know if it was that person or this was the whole entity that came with it but I was off with something and I just wasn't with it but when they said good luck young man you're on your own and I've never went platinum since and while rappers like
DMX and Nora have spoken about how they avoided joining up with the devil or organizations associated with shadowy rituals like the Illuminati Jay-Z on the other hand is a man who's had to fend off accusations of being a follower of the devil at one point there was even an unofficial Street DVD being sold which labeled him the Master Mason of hip hop in reference to his alleged connections to Freemasonry that's because there was a lot of speculation that Jay-Z was with the occult po had spent years trying to claim that he wasn't involved in anything
evil such as the time he said this on an MTV interview I got to remind people I'm from Marcy Projects I can't even get into a golf club in Palm Springs as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop it's his remarkable success that raises eyebrows amongst his critics and many speculate that there were definitely some unseen forces supporting him behind the scenes so when I see Jay-Z what does this mean what does this mean what does this mean you're not no gang member you got checkerboard floors in your [ __ ] you got Skull
and Bones you what does this mean you look at Carly B's album cover it's checkerboard you look at dream dog now she's the checker board toit these [ __ ] sell their soul they practice which what does the checker board mean it means mind control so you got classical conditioning you got operational conditioning so what they do is they use they use programming but as we have moved from one era of hip-hop to the next a strange thing happened as Jay-Z has actively tried to stop the speculation that he's a devil worshipper there are rappers
today who actively fed into the imagery but are they just doing it to get a reaction or for a deeper darker reason well when it comes to a rapper named NBA young boy it was the opposite of a publicity stunt and speaking on this issue caused his career to decline drastically alongside a discography that's filled with tracks including I'm a demon demon seed demon time and more NBA young boy's career has been filled with speculation that he's maybe been contacted by the underworld among all of his bars that have caused concern none have done so
more than his lyrics in 2018s traumatize where he seemed to suggest that he refused to offer up his child and seemingly predicted [Music] Co since then young boy has been increasingly open about what's really going on only to then claim he was talking too much a the Mind industry that I chose to be a part of so like I I accepted I way but don't be a dominant at the same time you got to understand they Los me as and she become self-destruction too cuz I know entertain know some she can be why my that
[ __ ] is this to be since 2019 young boy has been confronting the industry and not being afraid to air out the destructive forces that go on behind the scenes at his label now stuck in whatever scenario he's created for himself young boy is now at the point where his sales have been on a steady decline and probably contemplating whether or not his metaphorical deal with the devil was worthwhile while but what's interesting is that after so many years of the audience entertaining the satanic imagery it's become an increasingly hard cell where the supposed
shock value of the devilish imagery isn't paying off anymore for instance when Travis Scott made his decision to dabble in imagery associated with masonry and similar things it actively stopped him from being able to perform in Egypt in front of the pyramids because of quote images and documented information on the strange rituals which violated their Customs meanwhile for others like cardi and Uzi people basically think it's just become coming cringe what made me realize I'm like yo this [ __ ] is approaching 30 and he's still trying to Jack the devil thing was Uzi doing
the I want to rock while dressed in all red with some devil looking hair this [ __ ] right here h8 I'm sorry bro once I seen this [ __ ] I was just like yo brother I ain't going to lie to you even the devil want to send you to hell and not his version of hell for this [ __ ] like brother nah nah nah brother nah nah brother nah nah nah nah no no no no Noah it was cool when we thought y'all were mysterious we all realized y'all are regular people trying
to be counter cultured to get kids to buy in all right we get it it worked for a while but here's the funny thing y'all are all huge and successful you're not SoundCloud rappers no more give it up for academics had harsh words for Lil Uzi he felt the same for playb cardi after he got a tattoo where he labeled himself Satan because at a certain point it's just not going to have the same impact anymore I'm not a religion buff and nor do I feel like any artist needs to be like just [ __
] praise praising God all over the place but when y'all do these imagery and knowing the influence y'all have you're 25 and I know you might try to you know like you're still a kid but it's over in terms of you're grown we all have responsibilities at this point when yall put out these images my whole point is that be down to have a conversation about it your music isn't substantiative enough to prove what you're what imagery you're trying to match to it what it comes across at comes across as is that you're so desperate
trying to be edgy you're trying to make people feel like you're anti culture anti-religion anti- God as much as you can see but I've always wondered and I've begged I think the closest person would have done it was X accused of not really living what they're repping cardan and uzi's use of occultist imagery is only going to get increasingly worse as time goes on likewise this is why people like trippy red who's had a 666 tattoo on his head for years is now actively fighting bro I don't wor [ __ ] devil I don't know
why you keep saying that [ __ ] like stop saying I worship the devil bro like what the [ __ ] I can't wear all black I've been wearing all black that's my thing like I just don't get it like stop saying I worship the [ __ ] devil cleanse cleanse these people heart too God cuz man like sitting here judging somebody and bullying them is the new you know standard now that the satanic Panic is actively putting people off rather than making people want to engage with the content some of these artists are backpedaling
or fully explaining their intentions while Uzi and cardi like to keep the Mystique around them like the 36 mafia have done in the past you now have people like dojacat who dressed up as a demon in a new video and literally admit that it was only for the aesthetic so I chose that Visual and I applied it to the sound and people made up what they want which is what you do with art you you yeah you interpret it how you want to interpret it everybody has the right to interpret it how they want but
this whole like you're Satanist very confident Satanism thing is like I'm sorry when the [ __ ] did I say that I was a Satanist when did I ever say any or even go marching outside outside the church talking about no when the [ __ ] did I say that anyway it's just it's really it's really tacky and annoying and [ __ ] discredits a lot of the hard work that I've put in whether or not you think there's something sinister going on or if it's just an attempt at marketing themselves as edgy satanic imagery
has become as common in hip-hop as it used to be in rock and roll the real question is whether it will remain profitable or just few more conspiracy theories because as rappers mature the initial shock value Fades and it leaves us to wonder if those who have hinted at secret deals will eventually face the consequences of their supposed Eternal debts
