By: Jessica Todd
Minister Louis Farrakhan, the head of the Nation of Islam, recently visited Detroit, and he had a 2 1/2 hour dinner with Eminem in his hotel room, which he told his Instagram followers was “beautiful.” He uploaded a photo of him and the “Rap God” emcee on his page which he captioned, “I was very honored to receive my brother Marshall Mathers aka @eminem last night at my dinner table for a beautiful dialogue.”
Troy Muhammad, a student minister who heads the Detroit branch of the Nation of Islam, spoke more about the meeting, telling the Detroit Free Press, “It was a beautiful discussion. Eminem was engaged. His manager (Paul Rosenberg) was engaged. It was a great time and experience.”
Muhammad also revealed that Farrakhan spoke to Eminem about “using his influence and using his power through rap music and hip-hop culture to influence people positively, so our children, our youth, can grow into more positive humans.”
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The meeting featured Farrakhan, the most prominent black nationalist in America, Eminem, a white rapper who become known for performing in a black-created art form, and Rosenberg, who is Jewish. Farrakhan has been criticized for his what some say are some anti-Jewish remarks.
Rosenberg could not be reached for comment. Members of the Muslim community praised the meeting. In a post on Instagram that featured a photo of Farrakhan meeting Eminem, Hajj Hasaun Muhammad said: “This picture is over ten years in the making. So much happens behind the scenes that I don’t post or talk about, but this one I absolutely had to. Truly epic that the two of them had dinner last night in Detroit.”
During his visit to Detroit, Farrakhan also spoke to a packed crowd at Fellowship Chapel in Detroit, the church led by the Rev. Wendell Anthony, who heads the Detroit Branch NAACP.
