Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, and Kendrick Lamar on Blacks being Semitic, Hebrews, and Descendents of Israel   

First let’s start with Semitic, which is usually associated with the people we call Jews. However, Semitic encompass not only them but also Black folks and Arabs. Abraham, who was a Black Hebrew had Ishmael and Isaac. He had Ishmael with his maid Hagar, who was an Egyptian Woman. He had Issac with his wife Sarah, who was a Black Hebrew woman.  

The descendants of Ishamel happen to be the people we now call Arabs. All you have to do is read the Quran and will confirm that the book tells the story of his bloodline. Of course, the bloodline of Issac runs through Black people, Negros, African Americans, or whatever you want to call us. Since God made an agreement to bless Abraham through his seed with his wife Sarah, Issac is the story told in the Bible.  

I will suggest that you not take my word on this and look it up in the Bible yourself. Genesis chapter 17 and chapter 21 is where you can find these stories at. Now, Issac had two sons, one name was Jacob and the other was Esau. They were born at the same time, thus making them twins. The descendants of Esau are the people we now call Jewish and Black people to have the bloodline of Jacob. Once again, you don’t have to take my word on this, you can go to Genesis the 25th chapter and read about the story of Jacob and Esau.  

Basically, I’m pointing this out to show we are through by blood the direct brothers and sisters of the Arab and so call Jewish people. We are Hebrew and Semitic. The only difference, according to the Bible is that we are Israelites. This is because, in the bible, God changed Jacob named to Israel (Genesis 32:28). We are part of the 12 tribes of Israel, which is another way of naming the 12 children of Jacob (B.K.A as Israel)  

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In his last album, Kendrick Lamar made a couple of references to being Black Israelite. “I’m an Israelite, don’t call me black no more,” he said in a song titled” Yah“.   He also played a voicemail from his cousin on the album which said that Lamar will continue to suffer in this world until he recognizes he is “an Israelite according to the Bible.” 

Lamar hasn’t received any of the backlashes that Kyrie and Ye have endured, but nonetheless, he is speaking in the same vein as the two. I think it is important to point out that I’m not trying to reject or convince anyone of anything.  

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