Eazy-E's "Creep N Crawl" (single, circa 1996)

Three Six Mafia (also known as triple six mafia, but more commonly, the former, rather than the latter) copied OFF of Bone-ThugsN Harmony. Bone’s member, Bizzy Bone, spoke with annoyance, regarding this. If I’m not mistaken, there’s a small article on VC’s MAIN site (VigilantCitizen.com), that features the Rapper–Bizzy Bone, throwing Holy water onto the members of Three Six Mafia–most–if not all members (of Three Six Mafia) were/are the children of preachers (Christian pastors’ kids, who are known for having issues with wildness and rebellion. Pastors’ kids, not necessarily those particular pastors’ children, however of all things to associate themselves with…their group name…?)

Anyway, my point was that no, the rap group made up of pastors’ kids (sigh & sadly), Three Six Mafia, came AFTER Eazy E’s HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, GROUND BREAKING, musical Rap group, Bone Thugs N Harmony. Their impossibly fast style of rapping (while harmonizing and singing), would go on to be mimicked by some (Three Six Mafia, Twista, not too sure about the beyond incredibly talented Rapper–Busta Rhymes–but, regardless NO ONE that I personally knew of, had rapped like that–not even CLOSE!

What I THOUGHT you were going to mention though, was the occult (Satanic…whether they felt that way or not at the time, I’m not sure) stuff in their cover art (?), music videos (which, as someone said, this was NOT COMMON for Rap Music–as most Rap Music was designed to appeal to Black American youth, who were predominantly Christian. It was no big deal back then, to feature a Christian song at the end of a Rap album, or Black-made, Pop Music album. The rapper, MC Hammer (I believe who was and/or identifies as Christian had a song with the chorus: That’s why we pray (PRAY!)! Pray (PRAY!)–We’ve got to PRAY, just to make it today!” He also had an old Christian song sung in Black American Churches (I can’t recall which one, sorry!) on an album, because I remember an elder, Black American relative, who grew up REGULARLY attending church in their formative years, disliking MC Hammer’s take or remix, OF said song. However, I liked it (not necessarily being familiar with the original version of the Gospel song, most likely).

Also, the R&B musical group, Xscape, introduced me to the Black American, sister Gospel group song, “Is My Living in Vain?” on one of THEIR albums, and though I try to stay away from singing any of the secular (clean/radio edit) album version’s songs, with other secular music (though I’ve been failing more frequently in this resolve of late, SADLY!), I LOVE, am THANKFUL FOR, and sing Xscape’s version of The Clark Sisters’ song, “Is My Living in Vain?” ’til THIS DAY! I LOVE IT!

For one more off of the top of my head example, one of the Black American Pop musical group–Destiny’s Child–from whence the Pop Singer, Beyonce, grew her fan base from, originally, had a medley of Christian songs(?) as the closing to one of their albums, sung in Acapella. I will provide the lyrics, as best I can remember them here:

“Thank YOU…LORD, Hallelujah! You’ve BEEN so, good to Me-e-e-eee! Thank YOU…LORD–Hallelujah–I’m GRATEFUL for my BLES-sings! I’m grateful for, my tri-ALS–trials and tribulations I’ve been through….

I REA-lize, that NO ONE, can love-me-LIKE, You DO!”

And the song continues from there.

Anyway, back to Bone (Easy E’s Rap Musical group) though:

Eazy E, I take it, discovered the young Rappers, and signed them to his existing music label, Ruthless Records, or created the entire music label AROUND them, or BECAUSE of them–no clue! Regardless, THEIR album–East 1999–which I THINK was named after the street that they grew up on in, I believe, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

ANYWAY! THEIR ALBUM, from whence their claim-to-fame, or introductory to fame hits (I believe (?)) spurred from, seemed to introduce a LOT of young, Christian-identifyinh, Black American children into themes of the occult. There were claims (made in jest, but POSSIBLY truthfully made, nevertheless, at LEAST gossipped on, by the young!), of all of the creepy/frighteningly WEIRD or scary things that ALLEGEDLY occurred while playing said album! I never experienced anything, listening to their music, though, I can’t say I recall listening to EVERY song, or whether I just listened to the radio versions of their music? Twas a LONG time ago! Anyway, whether tall tales, told by children making light of this new introduction into the occult…or at least THIS seemingly darker, more Satanic side of the occult…I know not!

I HAVE read that perhaps, on that or one of their FIRST (but lesser known) albums, it seems there was a song, or a theme of the young Rappers (I don’t know if they were yet in their twenties at this point in their career, or if they were still children themselves!) going into Hell, to fight the Devil/Satan/Lucifer, and perhaps devils, etc, to get their souls back? I’ve no clue! But I DID love the full, ENTIRE music video (which features what I believe to be–AGAIN–an old, Black American (?) Gospel Music hymn, song in churches–perhaps, actually, not JUST Black American Churches, but White American ones, as well? I’m not too sure on this, but I LOVED the singing, of the young lady or young ladies, plural (can’t remember) in the opening of their original music video for their HUGE HIT: “Tha Crossroads,” if that’s how it’s spelled.

The rest of the video tells a very well-done, and important narrative…one of death being a thing most will face, and, to add something TO the music video, after that, the judgment by Christ (The LORD God Jesus Christ)!

Anyway, the video…. I hope that you and others will find it.

Bone was the ONLY musical act to work with both Mr. Tupac Shakur, and Mr. Biggie Smalls (also referred to as, The Notorious B.I.G.), garnering hits with BOTH! I BELIEVE that they worked with Tupac (or 2Pac) FIRST, and then, perhaps, Mr. Christopher Wallace dug it, and recorded a HIS song feature on their album m, perhaps known as The Art of War II, or The Art of War (?)…. I have NO CLUE! I DO think that there exists a clean, radio edit recording of BOTH songs, but it is VERY hard to find such recordings, as there has been work going on for YEARS to erase, and wipe the Internet of the original hit Rap, R&B, and perhaps Pop (?) records of their original music video edits, radio edits, aka CLEAN VERSIONS of entire albums and whole songs, from existence, so THAT, if you WOULD to listen to an old song from your younger days, you’re mostly forced to choose between a FAKED clean version, that bleeps a word every few seconds (I mean, NON curse words, not even words that speak to ANYTHING offensive–for instance, implying that your significant others’ irksome attitude could possibly be due to being on her menstrual cycle “maybe you’re bleeding?” Sounds graphic, but there are examples where there IS NO offense in the wording, neither the imagery or sentiment, POSSIBLE!

Anyway, um, I could go on, because later, there would be Mr. Snoop Lion(?), (formerly known…and maybe currently still most commonly referred to as Snoop or Snoop Doggy Dogg or Snoop Dogg!), in which he maybe debuted a song that was very well-enacted and performed at perhaps, The (annual) MTV Music (or Music Video (?)) Awards Show, one year in the 1990’s. The song, which I wouldn’t recommend listening to, and haven’t due to the premise, which was, that the writer (Snoop), made a deal with the Devil to save his life? It was, to the BEST of my memory–very impactful in performance value, in that incorporated so much visual imagery, like from the storytelling. If I’m not mistaken, Snoop was wheeled onto the stage, possibly strapped to an ambulance’s or hospital’s gurney (his character had been shot. I have difficulty remembering if this actually mirrored a real life incident, prior, for Snoop, but it vaguely seems to have, which intensified what I think MOST viewed as GREATLY creative (comeback(?)..
musical hiatus…between albums(?)), performance, writing, rapping, and flair. Again, I’m going off of memory, and as to how many decades…?

Anyway, the song? sigh! I’m NOT SURE! I don’t THINK that it was “Murder was the Case that They Gave Me,” or whatever that particular song’s title was, but, seems it MAY have featured a deep voiced portrayal of the Devil speaking in the song to Snoop’s character…which perhaps had been done (Satan portrayed as speaking im a Rap Music song?) by Bone, years prior, but nothing like this maybe? IDK?

Snoop’s performance was HIGHLY applauded, and enthusiastically received. Sigh! Back then, you had the group and it’s eponymous, lead singer, Marilyn Manson (a Rock musical act, which featured transgenderism

(not that previous Rockers hadn’t already–Prince, perhaps…David Bowie, it seems? Can’t perfectly say!)–

men, seemingly heterosexual at that–doning alter ego characters…?

Nevertheless, the Rock group, Marilyn Manson, took each member’s FIRST name from a deceased (?) Hollywood bombshell, attractive, leading lady type, if I’m not mistaken (i.e., MARILYN Monroe) and tbeir differing LAST NAMES…SIGH! From serial killers of enormous noteriety (i.e. Mr. Charles MANSON). Maybe another group member’s name was Twiggy (after the huge British model) Ramirez (after yet ANOTHER Satanists, serial killer–Mr. Richard Ramirez).

My point, though, was just that, this was a time of a very, slow, and calculated push of Black youth away from their GOD, and into their would -be enslaver and LONG TIME mocker–Satan!

The Trojan Horse, if you will, being…as OFT ways, the Entertainment Industry. It was a slow boil, but now look where Rap Music is? So MANY of it’s hit-makers, or at least heavily pushed… without voluminous backlash–Lil’ Nas X, Tyler the Creator, XXX Temptacíon (I am most likely spelling his name wrong, though that young man, prior to smh, sigh, being murdered, seemed to be facing backlash for speaking OFF narrative. Perhaps in support of Republican policies or a candidate or ideology, I can’t remember…but he seemingly endured a smear campaign, OR, his past alleged behavior with an ex-girlfriend was used to garner up hatred of him in the Media (MAYBE!! I am pretty ignorant on this gentleman, other than, I’d heard news blurbs here or there, and it seemed he’d saud things to which I STRONGLY agreed, and perhaps that lead to his murder? Sigh! Again–I am pretty near being 100% COMPLETELY ignorant regarding this young man. However he had some creepy, dark, imagery in some pictures of him, or stylized for album covers or whatever, picture art!

Lastly, of the younger generations’ Rap Music performers, I DID find out that they young man, who, ALSO has semi-adapted into the transgender form, and given himself, perhaps, a female persona, os the young male rapper, named Lil Uzi Vert (which I found out is actually SUPPOSED to be pronounced: Lucifer! *Sigh*

There’s more, but I’ve written too much already, and I don’t know if to the spiritual posterityof the or any readers! SIGH!!!! Nevertheless, what INITIALLY was meant SOLELY for correcting one incorrect claim that I knew of, and for adding ONE tidbit to the comment being responded to, ended up going FAR TOO LONG, and not necessarily providing enough support for any argument, by me, argued!