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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
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The move, however, has elicited anger and prompted the Riyadha Mosque’s management, under its Secretary General Abubakar Badawy, to write a letter to Mr Lukoye compelling him to come out publicly and apologise.
In the letter dated April 3, 2021, the mosque explains that the congregation was deeply concerned about the portrayal of their mosque in what they referred to as sacrilegious joints as portrayed on the designer’s social media accounts.’
Watch and learn more about the iconic #Lamu Riyadha Mosque on Jay Z’s t-shirt and the man behind it https://t.co/a9x0YMrhyJ#TETE#HabibSwalehpic.twitter.com/iyIq9H2Zv0
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.
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