Rapper T.I. posted the following photos with The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan with the caption: “Had amazing discussions with the minister @louisfarrakhan along with his son (&my Patna) #BrotherMustapha this morning. Always humbled & honored to be allowed access to such an abundance of wisdom. 84 years of this kind of knowledge & experience is PRICELESS!!! #InformationIsPOWER?? #IntegrityIsKey?#USorELSE #USorELSE #USorELSE”
By Sister Kenetta Muhammad and Sister Karriemmah Muhammad
The Atlanta Local Organizing Committee (L.O.C.) & the 10,000 Fearless Men & Women Headquarters of the South initiatives of the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March, Justice or Else March that was hosted in Washington D.C., establishes the first Economic Development venture in Atlanta called Blue Seas Express & Catering. A casual environment, ‘soul-fully healthy’ Southern cuisine fastly becoming a local favorite.
This new eatery hosted its Grand Opening on Thursday, August 4, 2016 by way of a Coalition of organizations & supporters led by Student Regional Minister Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad (Nation of Islam/10,000 Fearless), Reverend Timothy McDonald (First Iconium Baptist Church). When you walk in the restaurant, all guests are extended a “Welcome to Blue Seas!” greeting, bound to put a smile on any face. The menu complete with classics such as mouth-watering Southern Fried Chicken, Fried Fish, Grilled Salmon, Navy Bean Soup, Philly Fish Subs & The Supreme Bean Pie. One of the crowd favorites is quickly becoming the One Dollar ($1) Steam Table, that includes steamed vegetables, Mac-n-Cheese and your choice of meat.
All Photos by: Damon L. Thomas
This venture ties right into one of the initiatives that followed the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March which was “Buy Black”. The command was to boycott Christmas and support our own businesses and develop businesses by pooling resources. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said at the March, “Our Unity is more powerful than a nuclear bomb.” All those that attended the March went home with the zeal to support their own, meaning Black Businesses. The key to the success in the black community is economic withdrawal, taking our dollars for example, and putting them in black owned banks. After the March the 10,000 Fearless Men & Women formed as an extension to the Atlanta L.O.C., with the mission to “Make our Community a Decent Place to Live,” an instruction given by Minister Farrakhan. In order to bring that into reality, we would have to find ways to create jobs, programs and patrol our own community to bring love & unity deeper into the black community.
The Final Call Newspaper recently reported “Black buying power continues to increase. It is currently $1 Trillion but is forecast to increase up to $1.3 Trillion by 2017.” The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has been urging the black community to pool our resources as he was taught by The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Minister Farrakhan stated, “We really need to sit down together as brothers and sisters and plan an effective economic strategy to pull our people up out of this poverty and want that is rooted in ignorance.” This economic strategy will come from the leaders in the community, we have to stop begging people to do for us what we can do for our self.
At the grand opening ceremony Reverend Timothy McDonald said, “The Atlanta L.O.C., we never stopped meeting after 10.10.15, we are a model and we want to share what we are doing with the world. We left our egos at the door, Muslims and Christians, we are one people and there is one God. We are in one of the most violent areas in the country, Student Minister Sharrieff and I have come together in spite of the opposition but when God gives you a task you can not listen to the opposition. We have to build up this community economically and feed our people. We have God on our side, and Allah is nowhere through with what he has planned for us.”
Student Minister Sharrieff and Reverend McDonald are making history and they plan to help every city around the country duplicate the same strategy. One of the guest that joined and ate at the Grand Opening was Faye Coffield, County Commissioner of Dekalb County, she said “That was some of the best fish I have ever tasted and vegetables were beyond belief, it was all good and I will definitely be back.” This was the sentiment of all of the customers that came in that day and the restaurant has been very busy since then.”
The grand opening ceremony was attended by many community leaders such as Bishop Greg Fann, Reverend Gerard Durley, Pastor Derrick Rice, Reverend Albert Love, LaMarcus Cook, Betty Maddox, Tammy Parrish, Student Minister Darryl Muhammad, Student Minister Tremon Muhammad, Student Minister Shaun Muhammad, Brother Terry Muhammad, Student Minister Arzo Muhammad, Brother Captain Craig Muhammad, Brother Christopher Muhammad and Brother Khallid Muhammad.
Student Minister Sharrieff stated, “We thank Allah for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s divine instructions and commands. We look forward to working together with our Christian family, so we can show the entire world that we can work together and make progress.”
If you would like to Support Blue Seas Express & Catering visit them at 890 Joseph E. Boone Blvd Atlanta, GA 30314, call at 404-330-8818 or visit online at www.blueseasexpress.com.
(Blogger’s Note: I’ve watched Joshua Muhammad of Atlanta for many years as he has developed into a strong warrior in the ranks of the Nation of Islam under the leadership of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. He just released his first book, “No Father. No Excuse!” and I was eager to go one-on-one with him about the inspiration behind the project, his own personal battles, and more. Order a copy of the book via https://www.paypal.me/NofatherNoexcuse)
Brother Jesse: First, I want to congratulate you on the release of your new book, “No Father, No Excuse!” Who and what inspired the book?
Joshua Muhammad: The book was inspired by a conversation I had with one of my best friends whose father was an alcoholic. He said his father missed his birthdays, sports events, and teaching him how to be a man. I told him that my father is a workaholic and missed those events in my life as well. However, there are many examples of people who have overcome those obstacles to become great.
Brother Jesse: What is the core message within the pages that you want readers to extract?
Joshua Muhammad: I want the readers to extract from my book that God lets everything happen for a reason. So although many of us have father issues, we have to remember God allowed it for a reason. We have to learn to be better and not bitter. We have to break the cycle of bad father and son/daughter relationships.
Jesse Muhammad: You were born in The Nation of Islam. How critical has The Teachings of The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, as Exemplified by The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, been to your manhood development?
Joshua Muhammad: The Teachings has been everything to my manhood development. The Minister taught me the two most valuable things a man must learn. He taught me that we as men must be protectors and providers for our women and children.
Brother Jesse: Your father, Student Minister Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad, has been on the go serving The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and The Nation of Islam for decades now. That type of sacrifice and constant travel can sometimes affect a father/son relationship. What has having your father in your life meant to you? How have you all been able to stay so tight, even during the times when you didn’t see him much? Did you ever have to fight bitterness of him missing many of your childhood events?
Joshua Muhammad: Absolutely, I grew up very bitter and insecure due to my father not being active in my life due to his responsibilities of protecting the man of God. I didn’t understand as a young man, my father being with Gaddafi instead of being at my football games. However, as a grown man I have learned to see the value of my pain to help heal the children who went through the same situation. I have been able to connect with young people all over the country due to our common bond over father issues. I believe that God uses me to speak for those who don’t have a voice and to be an example of how you can love your father in spite of his shortcomings because we have shortcomings. Be better not bitter.
Brother Jesse: We all know the statistics about fatherless homes in the community, but if someone asked you to give them just one successful model to overcome this ill in our community, what would it be?
Joshua Muhammad: There are many examples of people who overcame that situation. I would use LeBron James as the example. He grew up without his father and became the highest paid athlete in the world. He’s a great example because he’s a family man and he gives millions back to the community.
Brother Jesse: I’ve known you to be a cracked drill instructor for Atlanta in the Nation of Islam annual drill competition, but I didn’t know you had a writer in you. When did you gain a passion for writing? How does it feel to be a published author? What has the feedback been like thus far?
Joshua Muhammad: I have been writing and producing plays since middle school. I have written and performed adaptations of West Side Story, The Lion King, Hair Spray, and Beauty and the Beast. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan teaches us that pain is the mother of creativity. This is how I used my pain of my father being a workaholic to become a writer, actor, and a D.I.
It feels amazing to be a published author. The feedback has been all positive. I’ve had men and women calling me to tell me how the book has been helping them with their relationships with their fathers.
Brother Jesse: What other projects do you have in the works that we can look forward to by 2017 or 2018, Insha’Allah?
Joshua Muhammad: Insha’Allah I will be casting my first movie,“Death Before Dishonor”, which is inspired by the Dopebusters next year. I also intend to shake up the world again at the Drill competition.
Brother Jesse: I dare not ask, after you started a heated Facebook debate about the greatest rappers of all time (Laughs), but what’s in your playlist these days that keeps you motivated? And why is your social media page like a smorgasbord?
Joshua Muhammad: I stand by my Top 5 rappers and their millions of record sells back me up. (Laughs) My biggest musical motivators right now are Kanye, Future, Drake, GuWop, Little Dickie, Chance the rapper, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, and of course Queen Bey.
The reason my social media page is such a variety is because I want to show the world that you can be a Muslim and be cool. There is a negative stereotype that Muslims don’t listen to real music, watch TV and are lame. I,however, am none of the above and I bear witness to the true and living God.
(Order a copy of “No Father. No Excuses!” via https://www.paypal.me/NofatherNoexcuse)
[Source: Hurt2HealingMag.com]
Ebony S. Muhammad (EM): The M.G.T. & G.C.C. (Muslim Girls’ Training & General Civilization Class) have coined your clothing line as “Sister Carmen’s garments”, but what is the official name for your line?
Carmen Muhammad (CM): It’s “Al-Nisa Designs”. Of course Al-Nisa comes from the Holy Quran (Arabic for ‘The Women’). Therefore, with dealing with the woman and the dress of the woman and the importance of the woman, I chose Al-Nisa.
EM: Yes ma’am thank you!
Where did your love for fashion design come from and how were you introduced to the fashion industry especially with modest fashion?
CM: I’ve always loved fashion, even as a child. I think most of us have experienced this when we were growing up. We didn’t have all of the technology that we have today, but growing up as a child I did a lot of playing with dolls. I always loved making doll clothes, and I wanted to dress the dolls. That’s where it all started. I made coats for my baby dolls.
As I got older from Elementary School to Junior High, I was always very conscious of my dress. When I was introduced to Islam, it was prior to 1975, I was a teenager. Once I learned more about the faith, itself, I was intrigued to want to dress more modestly. At first I was like, “I can’t wear that. That’s too hot! How can they wear all that?” (laughs) The more I learned about the faith, the more I embraced the idea that I wanted to be covered as a young woman coming up in high school.
Carmen Muhammad
So when I converted to Islam I was going into the 10th grade of high school, and at that time I was going to public high school. Everyone that knew me, knew me as being an outgoing individual. Therefore, my transition from being involved in Christianity and coming over into Islam was something that everyone was waiting to see. It was like, “Oh we cannot wait until school starts to see what she is going to wear!” They knew we had to have our head covered all the time. That is what really got me very, very involved and interested in wanting to style myself.
I had all these friends with me prior to becoming a Muslim, and they were waiting to see what I was going to look like. That challenged me to have my own clothing made. I didn’t want them to look at me and be like, “Oh my gosh, she looks like a nun!” I wanted to be modestly dressed with style. You know, cutting edge fashion. After becoming a Muslim I knew that I didn’t want, for a lack of a better word, to look like my Grandmother. I’ve got to be able to come with it.
Also it was my way of getting to those that maybe wouldn’t come to the mosque with me, because some were like, “I like what they’re talking about, but I just could never dress like that”. So when they would see me and the clothing that I was wearing, it was something that allowed me to open the door and make them more comfortable with coming and hearing the Teachings. I saw that the fashion and the way that we would dress become a conversation and a way of having a dialogue with individuals about Islam. So that’s where it started.
EM: Absolutely beautiful! You are answering questions that I know other people, especially women, would have. Most women love what we are teaching/learning and what we stand for, but covering may very well be the one barrier to them joining. We want to be and feel attractive and that’s how the enemy gets us. They come through our desire to be attractive and our need for attention. However, the way that you explained your approach to modest fashion definitely proves that we can be stylish and still be modest.
You have a very major event approaching this coming October in Atlanta: The Islamic Fashion Weekend – 10,000 Fearless Dressed Women Backing the 10,000 Fearless Men. How did the idea of this event, especially with that subtitle, come about?
CM: Honestly speaking, I’ve been doing clothing for sisters in the Nation (Of Islam) for about 15 years. I saw the response that my daughters would get and other women would get when they would be in the grocery store or somewhere else. I’m attend a lot of Hollywood industry events with my clothing on, and I had high profile women approach me and say, “Where did you get that? Clearly you’re with the Nation because you have the headpiece on, but the rest of that…I’ve never seen anything like it!” The more that I was hearing that, the more I understood that we needed this as women in the Nation Of Islam to support the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.
It had gone beyond creating a brand. This is something that has to happen. I’ve got to do something where I bring together Muslim women designers and have our own fashion week. We premier to the world who WE are through the clothing line. That’s when I came up with the title: “A New Dress. A New Mind. A New Woman”. Until I can get you to put your clothes back on…see that’s the first thing. I’ve got to get you to understand that you don’t have to reveal all and everything to everyone. So first, I’ve got to get you to accept a new dress, because once you accept the dress and the modesty of the dress, you understand what it represents as a woman to the world. They are looking at your attire. First they see your attire. They don’t get to visit your mind. So first, I’ve got to get you to put your clothes back on, and I can give you a new mind through the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Then ultimately you WILL become a new woman, but it’s a process that has to happen. Once we do all that, then now we can get 10,000 fearless women, modestly dressed women to back the 10,000 fearless men that the Minister is calling for. So now we’ve become a team and we’ve become one. That’s how that came about.
EM: Yes ma’am!
10,000 FEARLESS:: In following the instructions of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, our brother Student Minister Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad and the believers of Muhammad Mosque No. 15 doing it BIG in Atlanta from the 10,000 Fearless Headquarters of the South. Had to make a visit alongside Bro. Byron and get the blueprint directly from our brother. Nothing beats being on the grounds and witnessing the work being done. The spirit of those working here is contagious!
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Let’s get this work in.
[Source: FinalCall.com]
ATLANTA—“God is in The Bluff,” a long ignored part of a city once called the New Mecca for Blacks, but it’s no spook or spirit, it’s live men, women and even children on a mission to resurrect this neighborhood known for drugs, violence and poverty.
The phrase was coined by Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad, head of the local Nation of Islam mosque and its Southeast Region, who works in tandem with Reverend Timothy McDonald. A fruitful Muslim-Christian relationship is making the community a decent place to live—following a directive from Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan from the movement’s headquarters in Chicago and in major addresses in Detroit and Chicago earlier this year.
Speaking at a special meeting webcast from Mosque Maryam in Chicago, Student Minister Sharrieff Muhammad passionately shared the work of the 10,000 Fearless Men & Women in his city, which is credited with bringing more change in months than in 50 years.
“The thing we have to do is obey the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan,” said the former Nation of Islam Supreme Captain pushing the rebirth of The Bluff. The Minister called for 10,000 Fearless to restore Black communities last year during and in the run-up to the successful Justice Or Else! 20th anniversary gathering of the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., last October.
Blacks are suffering regardless of their religious affiliation, observed Rev. McDonald, who spoke April 5 at the same special meeting in Chicago.
Patrol vehicles and transportation vans used by the 10,000 Fearless working to make a Black community a decent place to live. Photo via Facebook
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Min. Farrakhan shared his joy at the work underway in Atlanta and called for it to spread across the country. Brother Sharrieff Muhammad was given a command and found a way to produce the desired results, said Min. Farrakhan.
“I would like to see the example of Brother Sharrieff and Rev. McDonald duplicated, triplicated, quadruplicated, quintuplicated all over this nation,” said Min. Farrakhan during April 5 Mosque Maryam meeting. Photo: Haroon Rajaee
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The details about the assignment were not given but the commitment to do the work was there, he continued. You are more equipped to do things than you think, the Minister told Muslim members watching via the internet. Faith is required to do great work and Jesus admonished his disciples to have greater faith, Min. Farrakhan added.
When you are doing something others will come to help—even Caucasians eager to avoid God’s chastisement will assist, but you have to do something, he said.
Don’t be afraid to stand up in my name, Min. Farrakhan continued. Brother Sharrieff Muhammad was not afraid and is having success and God did not come for us to be unsuccessful, he said.
In March over 160 volunteers from 30 organizations worked beautifying The Bluff using paint and other supplies and equipment donated by Home Depot of Southwest Atlanta. The work is based out of the 10,000 Fearless Headquarters of the South, a home purchased in The Bluff. The English Avenue Community, commonly known as “The Bluff,” has the highest crime rate in Georgia.
Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad, Ishmael Muhammad and Rev. Timothy McDonald at special meeting in Chicago. Photo: Rashaad Muhammad
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In 2005, Student Minister Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad established People United For Change Inc., which partners with 10,000 Fearless Men & Women to bring free resources to the community at the headquarters housed at 801 Joseph E. Boone Blvd., in Atlanta.
People United For Change Inc., Home Depot, 10,000 Fearless, Muhammad Mosque No. 15, the Atlanta LOC for Justice or Else! and Sankofa United Church of Christ, under the leadership of Reverend Derrick Rice, united to create “Making Our Community a Decent Place to Live” Day March 18 in The Bluff.
But the movement started by simply following the instructions of Minister Farrakhan: People United for Change and the 10,000 Fearless Men & Women of the South moved into the community together and started to help fix up houses. They started beautifying the neighborhood by painting houses, improving landscaping and even fixing siding on homes. Karriemah Muhammad went to hardware and paint stores asking for donations. A visit to Home Depot in Southwest Atlanta led to store manager Jeff Stallings joining the effort.
Student Minister Sharrieff shared how he told those offering to help that there would be no strings attached to any donation or assistance. They are not used to Black men standing up like men, he said.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said, “Ten-thousand fearless, well-trained men and women are needed to go into Black neighborhoods and stand between Black people aiming guns at other Black people. We got to stop the killing, we can’t talk about it, we got to do it.”
On October 10, 2015, Minister Farrakhan called for the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March, the Theme: Justice or Else. The March was held on the National Mall in Washington D.C. and brought over a million people crossing various racial, gender and ethnic lines in support of a universal justice for all people. During this monumental gathering the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan called for 10,000 Fearless Men & Women to go into our communities and stop the violence, as well as, create peace and help transforms lives. Some may have wondered, what’s next?
In Atlanta, GA under the leadership of Student Minister Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad, The Southern Regional Representative of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and Reverend Timothy McDonald, Pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church, the two have partnered as Chair and Co-Chair of the Atlanta LOC of the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March. In 1995, Chair, Reverend McDonald served then as the Atlanta LOC head and he continued in 2015 for the 10.10.15 march. After the march, Reverend McDonald and Student Minister Sharrieff followed the instructions of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and established the 10,000 Fearless Men & Women Headquarters of the South.
The Headquarters is located at 801 Joseph E. Boone Blvd Atlanta, GA 30314 and is missioned by the words of Minister Farrakhan where he delivered the following call to action: “What the black community needs is true faith in God, not guns, and men who love God! When you are unafraid of man and you love God in man, you can go in the hood like we do and stand in the gap between the guns. That’s what the 10,000 Fearless Men & Women can do in our community.”
The Atlanta LOC, under the leadership of Student Minister Sharrieff and Reverend McDonald, moved quickly to answer the call to go after the 10,000 Fearless Men & Women in Atlanta, GA. The Headquarters of the South is established in the highest crime ridden community in the state of Georgia known as “The Bluff”. On the front of the house there is a sign that reads, “God is in the Bluff”, a phrase that has been coined by the 10,000 Fearless Headquarters, as many people walk by the house and stop to read. The 10,000 Fearless Headquarters is a free 24-hour center founded in the spirit of Love & Unity to provide resources and training that empowers families spiritually, physically and economically that promotes peace and ultimately transforms communities. The headquarters offers resources such as community patrol, counseling, food pantry, conflict resolution, youth programs, culinary arts and other training programs.
Maynard Eaton, SCLC, National Communication Director, stated, “This sort of community policing is not new to Minister Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad. Eleven years ago as Supreme Captain of the Nation of Islam’s security force known as the Fruit of Islam’s security force known as the Fruit of Islam, Sharrieff Muhammad shut down the notorious drug trade in a community fiercely controlled by Rayful Edmonds, once known as Washington D.C.’s “drug tycoon.” He then went on to ask Brother Sharrieff if he thought hardened criminals, drug dealers and gang members in “The Bluff” would listen and curtail their activities. He replied, “You think those same gang leaders don’t listen to the Honorable Louis Farrakhan. They went all the way to Washington D.C. to listen to Minister Farrakhan at the “Justice or Else” rally, and when he came here to the city they came out and packed the church with so-called gang bangers and rappers to listen to the Honorable Louis Farrakhan. He is the real spiritual leader of the people, they want to hear an uncompromising voice, an unafraid voice. They are getting ready to see something happen in The Bluff that has never happened before.”
So far, the 10,000 fearless have hit the ground strong with a weekly food pantry, feeding over 200 people per week. The “Occupy the Corner” initiative that was recently highlighted in the Final Call was adapted by the 10,000 Fearless of the South and led into the community patrol unit that they are forming through the 10,000 Fearless Training Class that they host every Wednesday at 6pm. In fact Student Minister Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad named the training suite inside the 10,000 Fearless Headquarters after Student Minister Abdul Rahman Muhammad, Pioneer of The Nation of Islam. There is also a conflict resolution center in the house that has been used to resolve beefs and other issues in the community. There have been local residents that have come into the headquarters that battle issues that are making them consider suicide and through the expertise of the conflict resolution personnel, they have been able to save lives.
The 10,000 Fearless of the South also has started to paint all the houses in close proximity to the headquarters as an example to the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad words, “Make your own neighborhood a decent place to live.” In doing so, residents has come by just to assist and to even give donations, most recently someone came and donate a bus to the headquarters to help in the efforts to reach the people in the community.
The word is traveling fast and the excitement is growing as over dozens are joining the training sessions. Local churches and organizations have started to come by the headquarters and join in the efforts because they received letters that was sent out by Student Minister Sharrieff to all churches in the surrounding area asking them to unite, including Reverend Anthony Motley, Pastor of Lindsey Street Baptist Church for 35 years.
Reverend Motley stated, “Islam is a religion of peace and it has been demonized by the likes of Donald Trump and others who play on the xenophobic paranoia of our white brothers and sisters,” he says. “We welcome the Nation of Islam into the English Avenue community. The Nation of Islam has an excellent track record for taking Black males and ministering to them and giving them a sense of hope and discipline and dignity and introducing them to God through the Muslim faith, and we applaud that.”
This is just the continuation of a great movement that will work to help improve our local communities in the spirit of Love & Unity. We must learn to do as the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has asked, “We must love our people more than they hate themselves.”
(Written by Kenetta Muhammad. Photos by Rashaad Muhammad.)
THE DIVINE GRIND: This morning I was reflecting on being blessed to be at dinner with The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on multiple occasions during the on-going #JusticeOrElse. I was at the table in Atlanta when Birdman was there. This was the same day The Minister had addressed hip-hop giants at Tree Sound studios. One of the things in particular I was reminded of was when we were sharing with The Minister the response of the artists and youth online to him in particular the interaction between him and Young Thug. And Birdman said to The Minister, “This is what we need. We need that. We ALL Admire and Look Up to You more than you know. You’d be surprised.” One thing I noticed in The Minister’s reaction to those words was he sat back in his chair and looked down with an expression of humility by what Birdman had just said. He didn’t become arrogant at all about. He instead started talking about the greatness of Birdman and all of the artists he had met and addressed. He lifted them up more. See, that’s the Farrakhan Way. That’s The Divine Grind.
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THE DIVINE GRIND: During the past several weeks on the road for the #JusticeOrElse Tour, I saw this look frequently on the face of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, as he arrived at an engagement to address the people. I’d watch him step out of the vehicle with a serious look of focus, a gentle yet forceful spirit and readiness to accomplish the objective according to God’s Will. Everyone around him would have the same look and energy as well. He’s contagious… No game playing… A no nonsense demeanor…It was a sea of men walking from the vehicles in BATTLE MODE with The General to get that work in. The Focus of Farrakhan.
In this shot, The Minister is entering Tree Sounds Studios in Atlanta on June 21 to address hip-hop giants. After his initial meeting with the host & lead organizers, I saw a few more people shaking his hand. Then at a certain point he said, “I am ready..” He entered the main room and would go right into a message that would further confirm what Kanye said “That’s sensei…” May you all be blessed with a day full of focus.
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THE DIVINE GRIND: On Sunday in Atlanta, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was invited to address Hip-Hop artists. The gathering was hosted at Tree Sounds Studios. Malissa “Mali” Hunter was the host and prior to The Minister speaking, she presented him with this special violin. She said she had just found out that The Minister played the violin. As a lover of his music, immediately he started tuning up the violin! And then we watched as he listened to Mali tell aspects of her life story. The Minister is such a PHENOMENAL LISTENER. It doesn’t matter who it is, he is always looking to learn. Interestingly at the conclusion of the Hip-Hop gathering one sister stood up during the Q/A portion and told The Minister that she had never met a man who was willing to die for her and he doesn’t even know her. The Minister replied “I do know you. When I see you, I know who I am looking at. When I see you, I bow because I see the God in you.” What a teacher…
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