Mutah Beale [formerly 'Napoleon' of the rap group, 'Outlawz'] (Los Angeles, USA)
The following is excerpted from a biography on wikipedia.org
\"Napoleon (real name Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale) (born Newark, New Jersey on October 11, 1977), is an African-American rapper [note: formerly]. His mother, Aquillah Beale, was Christian and his father, Salek Beale, Muslim. When he was three or four years old his parents were murdered and his brother, Seike Beale, committed suicide. After this, he along with his big brother, Moonie Beale, and his little brother, Kamil \"Hellraza\" Beale, moved to their grandmother in Irvington, New Jersey. As Beale grew older he started rapping. In 1994, he ran into his childhood friend Yafeu \"Kadafi\" Fula who he hadn't had contact with for years. Both of them were rapping and Kadafi's Godbrother was the notorious rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur. Kadafi's mother, Yaasmyn Fula, told Tupac about Beale. She told him how he witnessed his parents being murdered and it made him cry. He felt he had to met Beale. They met and Beale joined their group, Dramacydal. Unlike the other members he didn't go under an alias, he just went under his first name.
On April 5, 1995, Tupac's LP, Me Against The World, was released. Mutah guest appeared on the song \"Outlaw.\" In 1995, Mutah, Bruce \"Fatal\" Washington, Kadafi, Katari \"Kastro\" Cox, Malcolm \"E.D.I.\" Greenidge, Tupac formed the group the Outlaw Immortalz; later renamed to the Outlawz. Tupac gave each member of the group an alias taken from an enemy of America, he gave Mutah the alias Napoleon after French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. On February 13, 1996, Tupac's double LP, All Eyez On Me, was released. Napoleon guest appeared on \"Tradin' War Stories,\" \"When We Ride,\" \"Thug Passion\" and \"Run Tha Streetz.\" He was also the center of attention in Tupac's famous song I ain't mad at cha. Here Tupac talked about how Napoleon became a strong Muslim who always tried to do good.\"
An interesting interview with a former rapper who became inspired to learn about his Muslim roots. After following in the footsteps of Malcolm X and making the Hajj, he began to learn about the essence of Islam (tawheed - the oneness of Allaah) and decided to leave a fast lifestyle of music, intoxicants and vice for the simplicity of Islam. Why you may ask? We invite you to listen and find out...
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