{"id":434637,"date":"2024-03-18T13:32:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T08:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=434637"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T08:32:34","slug":"american-rapper-lil-jon-embraces-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/american-rapper-lil-jon-embraces-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"American Rapper Lil Jon Embraces Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American rapper Jonathan H Smith, popularly known as Lil Jon, made headlines recently for a significant announcement \u2014 he has converted to Islam.<\/p>\n<p>The conversion was made public in an online video that saw Lil Jon recite the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, in both Arabic and English at a mosque in Los Angeles. Daily Sabah, a Turkish news website, reported that the rapper shared his decision with a large congregation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lil Jon (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilJon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LilJon<\/a>) just accepted islam at king Fahad mosque in LA before jummah prayer. Welcome to Islam brother! \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J26MwGNYJx\">pic.twitter.com\/J26MwGNYJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rahim Siddiq (@rahvsid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rahvsid\/status\/1768781882739851472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed through an Instagram post where Lil Jon expressed gratitude for the overwhelming love and support he received from his \u201cbrothers and sisters\u201d in faith, signing off with \u201cAlhamdulillah\u201d (praise be to God).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-434638\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jon, known for his energetic style and catchphrases like \u201cYeah!\u201d and \u201cOkay\u201d, gained popularity in the early 2000s with hits like \u201cGet Low\u201d and \u201cTurn Down for What.\u201d As a producer, Lil Jon has produced several Billboard Hot 100 hit singles including &#8220;Yeah!&#8221; which won Lil Jon a Grammy Award for Best Rap\/Sung Performance as part of his five Grammy Award nominations<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-434640\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1155\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon.jpeg 1155w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-364x205.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-758x426.jpeg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1155px) 100vw, 1155px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jon is the second famed American to accept Islam in the first week of Ramadan 2024, after US writer and activist Shaun King.<\/p>\n<p>By adopting Islam, Jon joins a cohort of celebrities who have converted to the faith, including well-known figures such as Clarence Seedorf, Andrew Tate, Kevin Lee, Gervonta Davis, and Thomas Partey.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American rapper Jonathan H Smith, popularly known as Lil Jon, made headlines recently for a significant announcement \u2014 he has converted to Islam. The conversion was made public in an online video that saw Lil Jon recite the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, in both Arabic and English at a mosque in Los Angeles. Daily Sabah, a Turkish news [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/american-rapper-lil-jon-embraces-islam\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":434641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2576,2199,2540,2508,2561,2517,2507,1291,2578,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-434637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-news","8":"category-featured","9":"category-international","10":"category-musician","11":"category-rapper","12":"category-religion","13":"category-singer","14":"category-social-media","15":"category-street-buzz","16":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"\u201cAlhamdulillah\u201d (praise be to God)!","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-1.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lil-jon-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Rija Sohaib","categories_name":["Celebrity News","Featured","International","Musician","Rapper","Religion","Singer","Social Media","Street Buzz","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"American Rapper Lil Jon Embraces Islam","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2576,2199,2540,2508,2561,2517,2507,1291,2578,1297&exclude=434637","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434637"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=434637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}