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Ghostface Killah wants to make an album about Allah. The Wu-Tang Clan rapper has just released a new studio LP, but he has already revealed plans for a "positive" record that explores his relationship with Islam.Ghostface Killah wants to make an album about Allah. The Wu-Tang Clan rapper has just released a new studio LP, but he has already revealed plans for a "positive" record that explores his relationship with Islam.
"I wanna rhyme about God," Ghostface explained in an interview with Fact magazine. "God put me here to teach people and to lead people [in] his direction … I know what my duty is.""I wanna rhyme about God," Ghostface explained in an interview with Fact magazine. "God put me here to teach people and to lead people [in] his direction … I know what my duty is."
Ghostface has just released his 10th album, 12 Reasons to Die, a comic-book concept project overseen by producer Adrian Younge. Ghostface admitted his life has changed a lot from the days of Ironman and Supreme Clientele: he is 42, he has grown children, and he no longer smokes marijuana. "Sometimes I miss smoking weed," he said, "[but] being sober, you just think, you know what I mean? It may take more of a second to get it across but you get it across and you get it across well because there's nothing coming in and trying to rip that thought away."Ghostface has just released his 10th album, 12 Reasons to Die, a comic-book concept project overseen by producer Adrian Younge. Ghostface admitted his life has changed a lot from the days of Ironman and Supreme Clientele: he is 42, he has grown children, and he no longer smokes marijuana. "Sometimes I miss smoking weed," he said, "[but] being sober, you just think, you know what I mean? It may take more of a second to get it across but you get it across and you get it across well because there's nothing coming in and trying to rip that thought away."
Ghostface's faith has also helped him focus. "I pray for [God] to keep my mind open," he said. "'Don't close it on me yet, I'm not finished, I still got a story to tell.'" Although the rapper has always been "into Islam", he said he had a spiritual awakening after visiting a mosque.Ghostface's faith has also helped him focus. "I pray for [God] to keep my mind open," he said. "'Don't close it on me yet, I'm not finished, I still got a story to tell.'" Although the rapper has always been "into Islam", he said he had a spiritual awakening after visiting a mosque.
"I went to the mosque one day and it came to me, like: 'This is where I belong,'" he recalled. "I didn't know how to pray like the Muslims but I prayed in my heart … and did the same movements they did [and] when I left out of there, I felt clean – clean! I done been to church, I done been to other places and I never felt like the way I felt like when I went there … When I got in that mosque, it was different – you know what I mean?""I went to the mosque one day and it came to me, like: 'This is where I belong,'" he recalled. "I didn't know how to pray like the Muslims but I prayed in my heart … and did the same movements they did [and] when I left out of there, I felt clean – clean! I done been to church, I done been to other places and I never felt like the way I felt like when I went there … When I got in that mosque, it was different – you know what I mean?"
He added: "I wanna do a God album, a positive album so the kids and everybody will understand what's going on. Feed the poor people, feed the animals … I don't want to intimidate anybody or [make] people [feel] like I'm telling them to follow my God … [but] my job is to make them aware, to say something to turn they mind to that right direction."He added: "I wanna do a God album, a positive album so the kids and everybody will understand what's going on. Feed the poor people, feed the animals … I don't want to intimidate anybody or [make] people [feel] like I'm telling them to follow my God … [but] my job is to make them aware, to say something to turn they mind to that right direction."
Ghostface claims he will never stop making music. "Even when I'm 70 I'm still gonna write rhymes," he declared. "All that's gonna change is I'm probably not gonna talk about crack and drugs and all that no more … When you 70 you talk about your motherfuckin' cane … false teeth, all that shit."Ghostface claims he will never stop making music. "Even when I'm 70 I'm still gonna write rhymes," he declared. "All that's gonna change is I'm probably not gonna talk about crack and drugs and all that no more … When you 70 you talk about your motherfuckin' cane … false teeth, all that shit."
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