Article 3GPKE Nissim Baruch Black: the rapper who gave up bling for Jewish redemption

Nissim Baruch Black: the rapper who gave up bling for Jewish redemption

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Harriet Sherwood
from World news | The Guardian on (#3GPKE)
The former drug dealer tells of his journey from a tough Seattle neighbourhood to an ultra-orthodox family life in Jerusalem

Once he rapped about gangs, guns and drugs. But since swapping his gold jewellery for a black hat, the message of Nissim Baruch Black's music has been one of hope and redemption.

Black, who grew up in a tough neighbourhood in Seattle and was selling drugs by the age of 12, now lives in the most uncompromising ultra-orthodox Jewish area of Jerusalem as a devout family man who reads the Torah, keeps kosher and strictly observes the sabbath.

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