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Jay-Z (Reuters)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 4:54p.m.

Rap superstar Jay-Z has dismissed online critics who have likened his new music video to "devil worship" - calling the murmurs "silly" and "ignorant".

The hip-hop mogul came under fire after the promo for his new single, 'On to the Next One', debuted this month.

The video features ram skulls, black crows and dark imagery - and Jay-Z can't believe some of the outrageous slurs on his personal beliefs which have since surfaced online.

He tells US radio station Hot 97, "I don't know where it started. I don't know where it came from. I really think it's really silly. For the record, I of course believe in God, but I believe in one God. If people must know my religious beliefs, I believe in one God. I don't believe in religion. I don't believe in Christians or Muslims. I think all that separates people. I think it's one God. I think it's all the same God, and I don't believe in Hell.

"Am I a part of some sect or cult? That sounds stupid to me. It's ignorant to even say, and I guess that'll be the last time I address that. It's ignorant to me."

And Jay-Z's collaborator, Swizz Beatz, who features in the song, has backed the star - insisting critics are wrong to read too much into a music promo.

He adds, "The video displays another level of art and creativity from two great minds: the director and Jay - and myself, bringing the collaboration together. (There's) no satanic ways around me and that's for sure (sic). I'm with Jay - I never see none of that stuff around him unless he's hiding something, which I doubt. That's silly stuff."

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Comments [2]

Eric Love
23 Jan 2010 3:56a.m.

He is right. Religion is a man made thing. It has caused most of the world's wars until money became an issue. Humans are just highly evolved animals. To think that we are the only species being saved or condemned for our actions is egocentrism. People are special because of our ability to organize and communicate our ideas. Not because of a magical force that watches over us all day everyday. I respect everyone's beliefs and religion, but it's time that people come to the realization that it's ok to practice whatever religion we want, but none of the religions are necessarily correct.

Tam
15 Jan 2010 7:09p.m.

Jay-Z is correct about there being only one true and living God, the Creator of heaven and earth and everything in it. But he is sadly mistaken about there not being a devil. Life itself shows us that there has been a long time battle between good and evil and Satan is definitely this evil force. Jay-Z is influenced by the devil and he doesn't even realize that he is being used by him. I have listened to some of his rapp and it doesn't come from God. When God created heaven and earth and everything in it he left us a book called the bible-The word of God! In this Bible he let's us know where we have come from, why we do what we do, the culprit(flesh and Satan), and he also sent us a cure for our sin sick souls Jesus Christ his only begotten son. It is a dangerous and foolish thing to think that you are in a world that you didn't create and to think that you can say and do what you want to do and there won't be any consequences. Jay-Z look at it this way, You own your own business and in your business people just can't come in and change the vision or rules you have established for your business and if they try to then they would be out the door. Well God created the world and everything in it and he has established rules for how we should live in this life and what it will take for us to have eternal life and he left these rules in his holy word. Now we may not agree with what he has established but it still doesn't change the fact that these are his rules and guidelines for us and he doesn't move from them. This is why God also has told us that we all shall stand before the judgement seat and give an account of what we have done in the body good or bad and this isn't based upon what we think or feel. We deceive ourselves into believing that whatever we feel or think is really truth and this truth of ours will override God's word. We humans have become so prideful-we forget that we are the created and not the creator!! Pride and attribute of Satan. He too forgot!

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