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‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop

Su’ad Abdul Khabeer,
University of Michigan

I was 9 years old when Eric B. and Rakim’s “Paid in Full” dropped. I have vivid memories of the bass-laden track booming out of car stereos and hearing it on Black radio, like Kiss FM’s top eight at 8 p.m. countdown.

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On the track “Move the Crowd,” Rakim – also known as “the God MC” – rhymes “All praise is due to…

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