The Jewish novelty rapper known as 50 Shekel, one of the leading lights of the “Jewish hipster” fad of a couple of years ago, has announced his conversion to the Jews For Jesus, the New York Post reports. Here’s an interview I did with Shekel in the Blueprint last year.
The Jewish blogs are all over it as well- including his high school classmate, Joe Grossberg- and they’re having it out over whether “overly critical bloggers” are to blame. This latest news upsets me, and not only because I knew about this probably six months ago and wasn’t allowed to go on the record at the time.
And finally, check out the Ju Tang Clan and their anti-Shekel dis track, “Schindler’s Fist (50 Shekels of Shame),” which promises to “skillfully deconstruct the short but truly heinous career of 50 Shekel and then [invoke] Nazi rape imagery as only Method Moyle can.” It’s all a big joke. I hope.
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 13, 2005 10:27 PM