The article below comes from Tablet Mag. I am not a regular reader of their stuff but the site seems like a good source to get a modern young perspective on Jewish culture. If your Jewish and a huge fan of A Tribe called Quest like I am you should love this article.

As bonus: check out the very Jewish Michael Rapport speak about his upcoming A Tribe Called Quest documentary titled “Beat Rhymes and Life.”

A decade ago, my friends threw me a bachelorette party at The Park. As luck would have it, we were seated two tables away from Q-Tip, at the time my absolute favorite rapper. (Yes, he’s since been replaced. Two words in my defense: Vivrant Thing.) But Q-Tip was also part of a cohort of late 1990s hip-hop stars converting to, and singing about, Islam—a trend that fed into fears of rising black anti-Semitism that, every now and again, sent certain Jewish organizations into apoplectic fits of worry. Continue Reading