Kodak Black Shuts Down Rumors About Converting To Islam

Kodak Black says that he hasn’t converted to Islam, shutting down social media rumors and clarifying that he considers himself a Hebrew Israelite. The clarification comes after images of him on a prayer rug in what appeared to be a mosque went viral, last week. Addressing the pictures in a post online, he revealed that celebrity dentist “Bollywood” Saif Shere requested them.

“No disrespect to the Muslim community but Iam [sic] Hebrew Israelite,” Kodak wrote on social media, as caught by HipHopDX. “I feel very disrespected by the blog and [Shere] for allowing them to run with a narrative that I’ve converted to Islam!! Simply him asking me personally to take a picture on his prayer rug.”

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Rapper Kodak Black (C) poses with a fan during a rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Uniondale, New York, on September 18, 2024. (Photo by David Dee Delgado / AFP) (Photo by DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images)

In a follow-up video, Kodak continued to rant: “I always say I like the literature, but I ain’t no f*cking Muslim. Other n****s do that, turn Muslim out of nowhere. No disrespect to Muslims, no disrespect to any religion… I can’t tell you you’re wrong for being Christian. I can’t tell you you’re wrong for being Muslim. You can’t tell me I’m wrong for being Hebrew Israelite. I don’t understand why that post go viral. All y’all saw was a picture of me prostrating.”

Kodak Black Clarifies Recent Rumors

Kodak’s comments come after he recently made headlines for theorizing that fans will turn on him in a similar way that many have turned on Drake. “One of these days,” he said on Instagram Live. “N****s gon’ try and do me like Drake. Whole little hate Kodak campaign. Everybody who hate Kodak to the left.” Check out Kodak Black’s latest antics on social media below.

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