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Kenyan Designer Apologises After Receiving Backlash Over T-shirt Worn By Rapper Jay-Z
The US-based designer Zeddie Lukoye and CEO of Blkburd Genes has apologized, according to the reports and the mosque has accepted it in good faith .
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American rapper Jay Z was recently spotted wearing a designer T-shirt with an image of Lamu s Riyadha Mosque on it and this didn t go down well with the clerics of the historic Kenyan mosque. Lamu is a 19th-Century mosque and a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site.
It read, The Management Committee of the Riyadha Mosque and Islamic Centre, Lamu, Patrons and General worshippers are disturbed and actually feel insulted by the photos of Jay Z wearing a Bikburdgenes T-shirt portraying our Riyadha Mosque Lamu, designer by Zeddie Loky. Rest assured, we neither consider it an honor nor a privilege for the Historical Mosque and its Founder Habib Swaleh. When wearers of these T-shirts end up in bars, clubs and at all sorts of sacr
Why Jay Z’s T-shirt has Lamu Muslims dressing him down
Why Jay Z’s T-shirt has Lamu Muslims dressing him down.
Kenya s quiet Lamu Island has gone loud on an unlikely event and individual, American hip hop legend Jay-Z and his choice fashion wear that touches on their faith.
Last week, the business mogul, who is also one of the iconic hip hop superstars with billions to show for his art, was spotted in California city, US, wearing a T-shirt bearing an image of Riyadha Mosque. This worship centre happens to be in Lamu.
The T-shirt is the work of popular US-based Kenyan designer Zeddie Lukoye the CEO of Blkburd Genes. Delighted that Jay Z promoted his designs, Lukoye took to social media and expressed his joy, alluding that the idea was meant to market Lamu s historical heritage and rich culture.
The East African
Monday February 22 2021
The boda boda menace began during the 2017 election year when they were used for political rallies and were deemed job creators for the youth. PHOTO | RUPI MANGAT
Summary
The introduction of motorbikes in the historical sultanate threatens the very fabric of its being it even risks losing its status as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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For centuries, the call of the muezzin, inviting the faithful to prayer in Lamu, the oldest Swahili settlement on the East African shores, has been the first sound at dawn. However, today another sound can be heard. That of motorbikes, popularly called