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X-Clan "Fire and Earth", single release, 1991
X-Clan "Fire and Earth", single release, 1991

X-Clan "Fire and Earth", single release, 1991

Visual image X Clan
Production company PolyGram Records, Inc.
Date1991
Mediumpaper
DimensionsOverall (HW): 11 × 8 7/16 in. (27.94 × 21.431 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.477.21
Text Entries

"Fire & Earth" is a single by X-Clan in 1991 on Polydor Records.

X-Clan is an American Hip-Hop group from Brooklyn, New York. Known for its Afrocentrism and militant activism as a member of the Blackwatch movement, X-Clan gained fame for the political controversy in their music. The group consisted of Brother J (Jason Hunter, b. 1971), Lumumba Professor X "The Overseer" (Lumumba Carson, 1956-2006), Sugar Shaft (Anthony Hardin, d. 1995), Paradise (Claude Grey, b. unknown), and they were joined by a cast of associates, which included MC Isis (Lin Que Ayoung, b.1969).

The group's primary members were X-Clan were activists outside of music as well; they were Blackwatch members and were vocal supporters of several pro-Black organizations. Many Afrocentric, politically oriented Hip-Hop groups formed during the late '80s and early '90s. Many of these groups like X-Clan discussed racial injustice and Black pride and unity in their music. For X-Clan, their name paid homage to their Islamic faith (“X” representing the practice of denouncing surnames that were generationally passed down from white American slave masters) and the religious lessons from the 5 Percent Nation of Gods and Earths known as the 5 Percenters.

Black and white image of X-Clan. X-Clan is printed in black on top of image. Song lyrics and song title on bottom in black ink.
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