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Assalamu 'Alaikum wr wb,

Brother Napoleon, former rapper converts to Islam, hear his story here--> http://www.islamicmedia.com.au/napoleon.php

This is a MUST listen!!!

loool, you must be from the UK...................people make big deal about him cus he knew "TUPAC", there's tons of people that have stories to share, Alxamdililah that they are in the right path, but I dont wanna hear it today!

who cares?

he is not famous....

we want famous people to convert.

[quote="Qaarxiye"]loool, you must be from the UK...................people make big deal about him cus he knew "TUPAC", there's tons of people that have stories to share, Alxamdililah that they are in the right path, but I dont wanna hear it today! [/quote]

Assalamu 'Alaikum wr wb,

No, i'm not from the UK, Australia. Whether he knew 'tupac' or not, is not that important what's important and truly amazing is the fact that, like our brother Napoleon states in his story, rappers themselves are running after Islam and would like to follow the Qur'an and the Sunnah and be a true practicing Muslim, not just a Muslim by name, and the Muslims are running after, especially our youth, these so-called rappers themselves!!

May Allah (SWT) guide us all to the sirataal mustaqeem, the straight path and help us to do that which pleases Him (SWT)...ameen.

Lionheart, being famous is not what's important here!!!

I grew up in southern california, so I am used to seeing, the original gangsters, the ones who realy started bloods and crips converting to Islam, matter of fact my nieghborhood was mostly african-american muslims, some fresh out of prison and others running into Islam, that's why I am not suprised to hear his story!

In July 2006, Napoleon visited Sydney, Australia to give a talk to the Muslim youth who were being influenced by "gangsta culture" (which had resulted in the killing of two young muslim men) and advise them against it. His background as a mainstream, successful rapper and his friendship/affiliation with the late Tupac Shakur, the rapper idolised most by the Sydney youth, ensured that his words had a lot of impact on them.

His mother, Aquillah Beale, was Christian and his father, Salek Beale, Muslim. When he was three 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 in with 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 meet napoleon(Beale)