As Hip Hop heads gathered around and divulged in Jay Electronica’s long-delayed debut album, A Written Testimony, at least one member of the media is taking exception with some of the religious rhetoric contained in the mind of the Roc Nation rapper.
On the 2014 song “Better In Tune With The Infinite,” Jay laments “My feet might fail me, my heart might ail me/The synagogues of Satan might accuse or jail me” — causing the ire of Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg, a devout Jewish member of the Hip Hop community.
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“Not feeling this bar from Jay Electronica and I know I’m not the only person who felt a way about it,” Rosenberg wrote on Twitter before expounding on his point of view.
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“As a Jew it puts me in a bad position. I can ignore the fact that I instantly felt a pang of discomfort and offense and basically sell out my culture or I can be accused of being the “Jewish media” hating on this man. But it’s how I felt. The line offended me.
“It has been so long since Hip Hop has done that to me. It used to be commonplace for songs to have lines that were iffy and made me feel like ‘damn does this artist hate Jews?’ Not in a minute. So thanks for throwing it back Jay.”
When his Hot 97 compatriot Ebro Darden pointed out the Bible verse Revelation 3:9 of the King James Version which reads: “Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee,” Rosenberg replied with “Umm that’s New Testament …”
Rosenberg later caught his flub meaning he meant to reference A Written Testimony track “The Ghost Of Soulja Slim” writing, “Apologies I quoted the wrong song … when I googled ‘Synagogue of Satan’ — I mistakenly assumed Jay only said it once… this is the second time … the line this time is “The synagogue of Satan want me to hang by my collar” . lol my bad..songs dope besides that cringe though.”
Electronica and Rosenberg have a fragile relationship, to say the least. In 2014, the elusive rapper broke his Twitter silence to demand an apology from Rosenberg for referring to Public Enemy great Chuck D as an “online troll.”
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This guy ain’t even a Hebrew ,u just a khazarian bruh , but regardless,abrahamic religons are all equally satanic , so f u Peter Rosenberg, culture vulture lol
Factz!!!!!!!!!
it’s a good feeling seeing more and more people who are woke as fuck on the JQ. Even on a hiphop news site we see this daily.
Islam is an Abrahamic religion…
Throw a stone in a crowd….and a hit dog will holla’
man, shut the fuck up and sit down somewhere. rappers say “offensive” things all the time but since it’s personal to *your* tribe, now it’s a problem. this is like causing a stink over comedy. rosenshmuck been a clown.
Imagine if a white artist said nigga… I think that would be a lot more controversial. Because it would deeply offend someone’s personal tribe
‘the Rosenberg cries out in pain as he stikes you’
Are we suppose to care about some joo’s opinion? Lol… You’re a guest in Hip Hop’s home. You don’t have a say in this.
I don’t like Jay or Jay, but that whole “yoyr a guest” bullshit is getting ridiculous. It’s music. Music is for everyone, and anyone. Hiphop isn’t a specific theme. Hiphop can be about anything.
Fuck a religion.
it’s also his ethnicity, you know they do dna testing and you gotta be jooish from your mother side to be considered a real joo
Fuck you
Huh … guess he didn’t get the memo that black people are allowed to be racist and bigots …. their victim privilege and race card means they can act however they want and say whatever they want …. hypocrisy is completely lost on them
Cry me a river pussy.. stay out of our culture if you are going to be offended.. that’s what y’all have been telling us for years
You cannot clame there are not huge double standards between different races, genders, and religions. For example, black people have words they can say that others cannot, but yearn for equality and to be treated with respect. Every race and gender has an up side, and a down side when it comes to perspective, and what we can do that is acceptable in society. When you are okay with one set of rules for one race, and different rules for others, then never expect to be seen the same in the eyes of everyone else. Different rules for different walks of life will ensure actual equality never exists.
Lol hate us but love our culture I see. Shut the fuck up and take your bullshit to 4chan or some other shit. I see dick heads like you all throughout these hiphop comment sections talking shit about black folks. Get your dad’s thumb out of your ass and move along.
“our culture”. Hip hop is AMERICAN culture. It’s not just black culture. Hiphop is beloved in America, and now the rest of the world is following. No shortage of rappers from every ethnic background. Asians? Of course. Black? You know it. White? Tons. Puerto Rican? Tons of great, unrecognized legends. My point? No culture belongs to anyone here in America. We are a melting pot. If music or art belongs to one race, then movies are white culture? TV is white culture? No. That’s not how it works. We share everything with eachother! Because art is better when everyone gives their vision to us! But again, hiphop is AMERICAN culture, not black culture. If it were black culture, it would be worldwide with great emcees coming from all over the world. But that’s not the case. Top 50 MCs are almost exclusively American.
Bitch shut up!!
Peter who??
This guy must really love Drake
Albums trash, go check out KXNG CROOKED SIXTEEN CHAPLE that’s real intellectual content not this bigoted pseudointellectual bullshit the Jays put out.
You absolutely right took one listen and went back to KXNG crooked.
Thanks I did not know Crooked was out
THE TRUTH HURTS
Music is what it is, freedom of speech. Every genre not just rap. People have a right to comment as well as have a right not to listen and it affect your daily life lol.
Jay Elect been racist, where you been?
Islam is the truth. Even Jay Z spitting about Allah now.
But of course no problems with lyrics of Black People killing other Black People, or disrespect of Black Women… That’s ok. But the one obscure line in the one song, THAT’S the big problem… Of course…
This is what happens when these culture vultures don’t mind their business. If you hadn’t stuck your nose in our culture to begin with, you wouldn’t have gotten stung. Rosenberg did he say YOUR Synagogue is a Synagogue of Satan? If yours is one of the good ones then it don’t apply to you. But you know what they say about throwing a stone in a pack of dogs……the one that barks the loudest is the one that got hit. So if the shoe fits…….
But hey man also you shut up
Yet god forbid someone says anything about black culture … crybaby privilege will hit you like a sock full of quarters …. and this fallacy that the culture is the most accepting lmfao just read any comments not just in this article but all the articles … black people DO NOT want unity …. they want superiority
If Electronica had said church of Satan, Rosenberg wouldn’t have said anything…the operative term was “of Satan”…
so why was he offended again?!?
No one cares about about your feelings Peter…foh?