The Illuminati is everywhere. Look at my last name. See. We’re everywhere.
The Illuminati is especially taking over control of hip hop — from Jay-Z to Eminem to everyone in between, every successful rapper allegedly has ties to the secret organization. Allegedly.
If a hip hop artist isn’t in the secret cult, he or she will at least get asked about it in interviews. Case in point — a recent interview with Questlove. The drummer for The Roots and resident house drummer on The Tonight Show was asked about the Illuminati influence in rap. The talented artist and deep thinker talked about the connections and how sometimes he worries that he might see or know too much.
“I think there’s always been this theory of selling your soul to the devil for success since the days of the Delta Mississippi Blues,” said Questlove with a professorial flair when I asked him if the Illuminati in hip-hop is real or just a fad. “That folklore has always been sort of prevalent in all of music. I guess it’s unprecedented how most people think Jay Z is the Illuminati leader.”
As the crowd chuckled, he continued. “And often times, even though I don’t believe it, I’ve been in a few situations in which I feel uncomfortable with how comfortable they are being in front of me. Like, we’re friends and so sometimes I feel like ‘oh I shouldn’t have seen that’ and now they’re going to kill me,” laughs Questlove.
And he laughed and laughed and then realized he might of said too much. And now he waits.
[H/T: Animal New York]