Byron Crawford aka Bol (Swahili for "the gulliest one") is the founder of the critically acclaimed hip-hop blog, ByronCrawford.com: The Mindset of a Champion, where he discusses racism, homophobia, healthy living, respect for women, tolerance for religion, and who really runs the entertainment industry. Bol’s views very rarely, actually, never reflect those of XXL or its staff.
Eminem, Alcoholics Anonymous and the Illuminati
These things are all one in the same.
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How come none of you fruits told me that Alcoholics Anonymous is part of the Illuminati, and that’s why Eminem keeps rapping about kicking drugs and alcohol, as if anyone gives a shit? It’s like I have to do everything myself!
I first suspected that there was a connection between Eminem, Alcoholics Anonymous and the Illuminati yesterday, when I saw a picture of Eminem in what appeared to be an Illuminati necklace, at the Grammys. There was a post on MTV’s zombie-like, asinine list-laden (Complex-esque, if you will) rap blog about how Eminem wore this necklace and medallion, supposedly the symbol for Alcoholics Anonymous, to the Grammys. I took one look at it and I was like, Tha fuck? Why does Eminem have an Illuminati symbol on his bling bling?
I recognized that little triangle in a circle symbol right away, from the Illuminati music video analysis website Vigilant Citizen’s analysis of music videos by well known members of the Illuminati, including Jay-Z (natch), Lady Gaga and Kanye West. It’s also on the back of a dollar bill, as discussed in the film Dazed and Confused. Did you know that George Washington grew a shedload of weed at Mount Vernon? He thought it would be a good cash crop for the southern states. Behind every good man is a woman, and for George Washington that woman was Martha Washington. Every day he’d come home from work and she’d have a fat bowl waiting for him. She was a hip, hip lady.
I did a quick Google search on “Alcoholics Anonymous Illuminati,” and wouldn’t you know, there were pages of results about how Alcoholics Anonymous was started by members of the Illuminati. Shocker! I clicked on the first result (if you check now, my site is now the second result for this string; hopefully the Illuminati doesn’t see that and have me assassinated), which broke down some of the similarities between the Illuminati and Alcoholics Anonymous, aside from just having the same logo.
One of the symbols used by Crowley to identify his fraternal order is the Masonic triangle within a circle with the acronyms A.A. inscribed below it. This symbol is now known globally as the symbol of Alcoholics Anonymous.Crowley published a book in 1922 entitled Diary of a Drug Fiend. In this book Crowley presents a satanic program of recovery from drug addiction. Throughout Diary of a Drug fiend, its publication predating Alcoholics Anonymous by 17 years, there are many themes and phrases, both similar and identical that are also common in “The Big Book” of Alcoholics Anonymous. These themes include “abandoning free will”, “abandoning ones self”, “it’s beyond human power”, “god is beyond conception”, “Do what thou wilt”, “Do with me as thou wilt” etc. The identical ideology of these doctrines is this: free will is useless therefore hand your will over to someone or something else.
Of course MTV’s rap blog explained that the circle with a triangle in it is the symbol for Alcoholics Anonymous, and this was meant to show how serious Eminem is about his sobriety. It’s one thing to make an album about how you’re done using drugs and alcohol. It’s a whole other thing to wear a shiny necklace symbolizing your level of commitment. That necklace probably cost him a shedload of money – even though he’s probably got way more money than you’d think. He was the top-selling artist of the aughts, even more so than the Beatles, and for most of that decade you could still make money selling CDs (without resorting to any scams via PayPal). The movie 8 Mile grossed over $242 million. (I looked it up just now in the world’s most accurate encyclopedia.) He’s probably got way more money than you’d think. And yet you don’t really hear him mentioned in discussions of rich rappers. Hmm… At any rate, I can’t imagine his Illuminati/sobriety chain would be fake, like Yung Berg’s Transformers chain. Not only would that not make sense, given his ridonkulous wealth, but it would undermine his message about how it’s supposedly important to not do drugs and alcohol.
Speak for yourself, Em!
The fact that MTV, which recently funded a video by LCD Soundsystem that’s full of Illuminati imagery, the first music video to ever be funded by MTV (a coincidence, I’m sure), didn’t bother to mention the obvious Illuminati symbolism in the design of Eminem’s bling bling led me to believe that MTV was purposely trying to distract people from finding out the real meaning of that little circle with the triangle in it. which I’m sure has to do with submitting yourself to members of the Illuminati for ritualized anal rape, or something disgusting like that. (Not that there’s anything wrong with gay people. Just saying.) Lest we forget, the triangle is the international symbol for homosexuality, and that’s why Christian supremacist groups were trying to have that show Teletubbies canceled, because the purple one had a big triangle on its head. (The color purple is also gay – both the Broadway musical, which I believe Oprah is involved with. and the actual color.)
As far as why the Illuminati would have Eminem wear this symbol to the Grammys on his bling bling, I suspect that it was meant to send out messages of homosexuality to today’s youth on a subconscious level. When you see Eminem in an Illuminati necklace, you might not think anything of it, but on a subconscious level, it makes you that much more likely to take it up the coat. As discussed by the Vigilant Citizen, rap videos these days are full of such imagery, and that’s why today’s youth is so much more teh ghey than kids who grew up in the 1990s, when rap music was about something. (Let me know if I’m getting too deep here. Nullus.) But that necklace is definitely weird-looking and thus destined to arouse suspicion, amongst other things, and that’s why the Illuminati specifically ordered MTV to explain, to people dumb enough to believe anything it says on the MTV website, that the medallion on Eminem’s necklace is the symbol of Alcoholics Anonymous, of which Eminem is a member. Even though I thought the whole idea of Alcoholics Anonymous is that it’s anonymous, hence the word anonymous in its name.
yeah um…FIRST!
I know you kid BOL…because no one with any intelligence can believe this shit. It’s ridiculous. To act as if these common, every day guys who end up being famous rappers are part of some super secret group that controls the world is silly. I love reading about it and listening to stupid theories (because they’re all jokes and should be treated as such) but I would never actually believe this crap.
BOL, contrary to what haters say on here, you are definitely a smart guy with a quick wit and some biting satyr and sarcasm. However, you know you’re fanning the flames for the retards out there. That’s ok. That’s what you’re here for. I just hope the rest of tehse jokers know how dumb they would sound if they brought this up in a discussion with any one but low lifes and morons around.
People and institutions (like the Grammy’s) don’t give hip-hop any credit because they think the music is dumb and that the people who listen to it are even dumber. We are smart, diverse and well cultured and yet we are stereotyped as something worse than a hippie was in the 70′s.
Let’s all have fun at this absurd idea floating around, but let’s not lose touch about the real problems out there – i.e. – education, college tuition, drugs, obesity and violence in the communty.
I hate to preach, but I had to throw it out there.
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See there’s something you seem to be missing in your aurgument. First there is no way that a sevret organization can keep itself or its practices unknown from everyone. There will always be researchers willing to do the extensive research to uncover their practices so information can be leaked to the public. The real question is how to make that information believable to the average person enough to protest and destroy the convert group refered to as the illuminati. That’s where Hip-hop, Alex Jones, Jesse Ventura, and others come in. I honestly think that the best way the illuminati can prevent public anarchy is to allow its secrets to be exposed through easily dismisive, uncredential sources so that people like you can say “it can’t be true because only it’s coming from the mouths of morons.” I’m not saying your wrong but if you had a secret bound to escape would you feel worried if it can from a retard or an honest person. Also Hip-hop isn’t the only genre that makes references to the illuminati. Check out Muse or Rage Against the Machine.
Oh so you mean like someone spilling the beans?? Maybe in a book?
For those who don’t believe.. Here is a quote from one of “them” straight out of his own book.
“For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we weld over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interest of the United States, characterizing my family and me as “internationalists” and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure–one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I’m proud of it.”
David Rockefeller – Memoirs pg. 405 – ISBN-13: 978-0812969733
briliant
Fuck this illuminati bullshit thing that goes around the internet.People read too much into things,as soon as they see a triangle,people are screaming for that shit,its fucking stupid.Illuminati is a made up web thing for little teenagers who has nothing better to do than look for triangles and symbols everywhere.Turn off your computers,walk outside and breathe some fresh air,you fuckers need it
well just to say, to correct you… it’s not just little teenagers locked in their basement and cut off from the world, like u think, researching and spreading this knowledge… it’s researched and studied by adults and people all over the world, and people who dedicate their life to the knowledge and history of that shit… really, it’s true; not just teenagers lol… at least know about da shit, i’m not doubting or disqualifying ALLL people’s comments about the shit, ones about it being all a lie, or ones saying it’s true; but most of the comments i see of that nature, da ones saying it’s all bullshit, they seem to know nothing about the shit and are completly ignorant of it, havnt even took da time to look at what it really is…at least da people talking about it being real have done their research and know a little about the topic, so who would u listen to: da person that knows nothing about it, or da one dats done their research? easy huh
… so i’m not for or against, but if you’re going to speak on something that means something, at least go find out about it a little bit and know what it is, dont just come with da comments with no knowledge or research of da shit what so ever, aint no1 gonna listen to ignorance anyway; so it’s a waste of space . . .
Matt, you seem like you could possibly be an intelligent person, but you ruin it with the constant use of the word shit and he “not so much a word” da. If you want people to listen to what you have to say at least keep the cussing to a minimum and use real words.
Do a little research before you insult people. If you want to be one of the sheeple that’s fine. But, you cant deny something coming straight from the horses mouth. One of them anyways…
For those who don’t believe.. Here is a quote from one of “them” straight out of his own book.
“For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we weld over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interest of the United States, characterizing my family and me as “internationalists” and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure–one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I’m proud of it.”
David Rockefeller – Memoirs pg. 405 – ISBN-13: 978-0812969733
u have alot to learn my friend.unless u are who i think u might be
this whole illuminati bullshit s fucking kkilling hip hop. the iluminati aint real it dsnt even make fucking sense. u think because its on google that its real. u think cos the vigilante citizen says it its real. fucking bunch iof dumbasses. i hope to god this post is supposed to be a joke cos if not then i hate u even more than i did 5 minutes ago
I think it’s real because one of them told us it’s real…
For those who don’t believe.. Here is a quote from one of “them” straight out of his own book.
“For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we weld over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interest of the United States, characterizing my family and me as “internationalists” and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure–one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I’m proud of it.”
David Rockefeller – Memoirs pg. 405 – ISBN-13: 978-0812969733
THERES an articulate young man
“Every day he’d come home from work and she’d have a fat bowl waiting for him.”
My kind of lady. Let me cut and past this post before the Illuminati gets wind of it.
believe it or not, people have been speaking on these “societies” waaaay before there was an internet…there were these things called BOOKS…written by professors, doctors and historians…so saying the believer is an idiot, retarded and it’s made up for web teens is dumb.
PREACH! TRUE TALK!
Good points.
I am not into the whole illuminati/hip-hop thing but it does peak my interest that anyone not just Eminem would were a necklace saying they were in a anonymous organization. Just does not make any sense at all but its whatever.
Hilarious post…and the idea that rappers are part of a secret society who send hidden messages is false.
Underwriter, you’re back?
Don, how you livin?
I’m good fam…in amazement on how badly misinformed many are tho’…watching this destabilization of the east occur with a focused view as well
Don, I see you.
Yeah, the Middle East is heating up…but don’t get it twisted, the USA won’t allow true democracy.
“don’t get it twisted, the USA won’t allow true democracy”
nor should they….puppet master son….
what I’m saying is IMO, it doesn’t seem genuine. the ivory coast has a former world banker as president…Tunisia is becoming a major problem for italy, egypt seemed scripted (how did all of these poor people have Twitter access?), bahrain could be a problem for saudi arabia, conveniently it’s spread to iran. has anyone else noticed how certain exiled dictators re-appeared in their home countries? were they in these protesting countries? the dollar is no longer “the money” of the planet, IMF is replacing it, while we’re selling large amounts of weaponry to the world (b.o. is police chief of un). sumthing ain’t right.
@Don mcCaine
Excuse me? “how did all these poor people have twitter access?”
As someone living in Africa, this is a deeply offensive statement. Firstly, your ignorance is really astonishing as shown by the rest of your post. Secondly, Not all Africans are poor, not to the extent that people having phones with access to the internet is a surprise Even in sub-Saharan Africa, way over half the population in almost any given country has access to cellphones. When was the last time you saw a new age cellphone without web access?
But hey…let one of these “poor African people” get of XXL as theres clearly no way i’d have access to it
@ kevin
did you READ my comment? then you would know I’m not trying to disrespect the PEOPLE. Look at the comment again, WHEN DID I SAY AFRICANS ARE ALL POOR? I named numerous events going on in the WORLD and the only thing you can see is I disrespected the monetary value of African people?
U can’t even see who’s on YOUR side…and it’s sad
Though the information about said illumaniti can be found in books the true historical information (which is not even relevant if you are a conspiracy theorist because nothing is factial and everything is planted by the org) about this organization is overshadowed by the hype. will some people in high places with money do anything including mass murder to keep it….yes. Do the rich and powerful need cabals like the illumaniti/legion of doom to control the world….no. These are often the huksters who con a population out of wealth “there will be blood” style and then make various alliances to keep wealth in their palms. This is all part of the human condition because it is basicly greed….i.e. things over life and the crooks who perpetuate it could only be challenged by changes in the scam they created because like any con man if you think a little they have to flee, you see the con. Even Maddof said the banks had to know what he was doing but he simply played on these people need to get more and more and the banks and regulators turned their heads for payoffs. That is how the game in done, not through rappers who are not even artists in most cases, just entertainers who managed to make money in one of the few lanes african americans and white trash alike have been able to plug into. Entertainment of all kind from sports to songs are just social narcotics but people have to be held responsible for themselves at some point. Given the living conditions in other parts of the world Americans who complaine but never vote or do anything in the community especially since many died to give their future generations the inhertance of this right can pretty much eat a fat one. I can sit around and cook up supervillans that can’t rationally be defeated or I can form a real community and challenge the con men at their own game.
I salute you sir for that is the truest statement that I have read in of these comment sections.
i dissagree with somethings you said, cause they make you seem like you think your better then cirtin people, like me “white trash that does not vote” think about things, we are all equal, so act like it