CPAC cancels musician Young Pharaoh, who said Judaism is a lie

Gabrielle Fonrouge
New York Post
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:35 UTC

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Young Pharaoh, a speaker who was originally scheduled to speak at the 2021 CPAC.

The Conservative Political Action Conference has scrapped musician Young Pharaoh's appearance at its annual conference over a report that he called Judaism a "complete lie" and said it was "made up for political gain," it was revealed Monday.

The Buffalo, New York-based artist, who has also propagated QAnon conspiracy theories and falsely claimed COVID-19 vaccines will "alter your DNA," previously called Jewish people "thieving fake Jews," Media Matters reported.

He also claimed that "all the censorship" and "pedophilia on social media is being done by Israeli Jews" and wrote Big Tech companies, the media and social media platforms are controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and Israel "through Jewish CEO[s]."

Young Pharaoh was slated to speak during a Sunday session dubbed "Please Check the Number and Dial Again: Doubt, Dysfunction, and the Price of Missed Opportunities" but was removed from the schedule after his tweets came to light.

"We have just learned that someone we invited to CPAC has expressed reprehensible views that have no home with our conference or our organization. The individual will not be participating at our conference," CPAC 2021 tweeted Thursday afternoon.

Young Pharaoh, who also calls himself a "scholar" and "philosopher," took to Twitter to slam the decision and offered to pay $50,000 for the chance to debate "the top #Jewish rabbi" on the matter.

"THIS IS #CENSORSHIP AT ITS BEST! ALL BECAUSE I SAID "I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE VALIDITY OF #JUDAISM AND AM WILLING TO PLACE $50,000 ON MY SELF TO DEBATE THE TOP #JEWISH RABBI"' NOW IM NO LONGER INVITED TO @CPAC_TV #RACIST , #DICTATORSHIP , #YOUNGPHARAOH" the commentator wrote on Twitter.

"$50,000 FOR THE TOP #JEWISH #RABBI WHO CAN PROVE THE VALIDITY OF #JUDAISM. I OWN MY OWN #DEBATE LEAGUE & INVITE YOU TO DEBATE ME IN FRONT OF THE WORLD.. IN THE MEANTIME SUBSCRIBE TO http://ATENUNIVERSITY.COM & BECOME A #GENIUS TODAY."

The CPAC is scheduled for Feb. 25-28 in Orlando and bills itself as "the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world." The theme for this year is "America Uncanceled" and planned speakers include former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and other leading Republican voices.

Comment: The irony of cancelling Pharaoh's appearance at the "America Uncancelled" event is rather on the nose.

More from RT:

Pharaoh was slated for a late Sunday time slot, typically a lull in the yearly CPAC event, though his appearance would have come just an hour before that of former President Donald Trump.

While it is unclear exactly what prompted the decision, CPAC's announcement followed a story in Media Matters chronicling some of Young Pharaoh's more hot-button statements, including his description of Judaism a "complete lie," arguing that "Israeli Jews" are responsible for "censorship and pedophilia on social media" as well as a number of conspiracy-minded claims about Covid-19 and vaccines.

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Though many netizens found it ironic that an event themed around opposition to cancel culture had canceled one of its speakers, others wondered why the lecturer was invited in the first place, especially given that his comments were not kept secret and aren't difficult to find on his Twitter handle.

Some users joked that a "hotep-MAGA alliance" would simply be "too powerful" and had to be stopped - referring to a broad Afrocentric movement that often combines black nationalism with new age spiritual views and unorthodox historical claims about Egypt and the ancient Israelites, in line with much of Pharaoh's commentary. Podcaster and YouTuber Uncle Hotep, meanwhile, accused CPAC of deliberately stirring up a scandal to generate attention for itself.