“Pork or WomEn” Purity and Danger in the Nation of Islam

Abstract

Abstract In fall of 1995, several of the most successful African American male rap starslee T, lee Cube, Chuck D, 2Pac, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and others-joined forces to release an album called One Million Strong. Intended as a show of support for the October 1995 Million Man march in Washington, D.C., the album demonstrated an important connection between Louis Farrakhan’ s Nation oflslam (NOI), sponsor of the march, and numerous black hip-hop artists.