8 Crazy Conspiracy Theory Songs By Well-Known Artists
1. Kendrick Lamar Believes He's An Israelite
The cerebral rapper recently won a Pulitzer Prize for his latest album DAMN., but one thing mentioned by few reviewers was his incongruent embrace of the “Black Hebrew Israelite” conspiracy theory. This strange Christian sect believes that African Americans are the true descendants of the Old Testament Israelites and that the Atlantic slave trade was foretold in the Bible.
On "YAH." Lamar raps "I'm an Israelite / don't call me black no more" and explains his cousin Carl's theory that Deuteronomy 28 refers to African Americans, whose minority status is a curse from God. This is elaborated on "FEAR.", where an answer phone message from Carl discusses the verse at length.