That one time I was in a Deen Squad video...
Hey guysss! So let's lighten up the mood a bit from my last post... let's talk about that one time I was in a Deen Squad video!
If you don't know who Deen Squad is, Wikipedia (YES Jae Deen is on Wikipedia, sheesh get with the times!) defines them as "a Muslim rap duo that aims to bring Islamic flavor to hip-hop"
I would always see Deen Squad videos pop up on my Facebook feed and talk to my friends about .... well, idk, how "interesting" it was... neither in a good or bad way.
So how'd I end up in the video?
Jae Deen DM'd me one day! Chill, I ain't lyin! Look below!
Obviously I got excited. I was like no waaaaayyyy! This is hilarious. I hit up all my friends who knew them some of who got excited and others who were like.... really? You want to be in a deen squad video???
I mean what did I have to lose? Sounded pretty fun to me! Not to mention, they seemed to have good intentions and I had JUST started wearing the hijab. Of course I wanted to be a "cover girl" and "be rockin' that hijab" - it was exciting and new - a chance to play up the hijab in a time where it was frowned upon! It was a project even Ibtihaj Muhammad was a part of so naturally my instinct was to say yes! After all, I did wear the hijab to raise awareness and to play up my identity and this was exactly aimed towards that goal.
Now let me tell y'all, I was in this video for
literally two seconds and I didn't stop hearing about it for a good few months. I guess you could say that was my two seconds of fame.
It went from friends tagging me in popular Arabic news posts about the video, to girls saying it's basic and full of girls who wear too much makeup, to people thinking I'm so much cooler or lamer than I actually am, to religious group chats I was in discussing the controversy behind it.
If anything, I guess you could say the video made its way around the Muslim community.
Check it out:
Let me know what you thought of the video... (well, I don't think I really WANT to know heh...)
Till next time!
-Afghangstah
1 comments
The video is outstanding !! Please keep posted your latest videos !!!!
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