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Designer of Jay-Z T-shirt Apologises to Riyadha Mosque and Muslim Community in Lamu The US-based Kenyan designer Zedekiah Lukoye popularly known as Zeddy Loky has apologised for designing a T-shirt with an image of Lamu’s Riyadha Mosque. Zeddy Loky came under fire from the mosque’s management and the Islamic community in Lamu after American rapper Jay Z was last week spotted wearing the T-Shirt as he left a restaurant in California. In a letter dated April 3, 2021, and addressed to Lukoye, ...

The Kenyan designer who printed a T-shirt with an image of Lamu’s Riyadha Mosque has apologized. The move follows uproar from the mosque’s management after American rapper and business mogul Jay Z was recently spotted wearing one of the designers T-shirts. Zedekiah Lukoye, popularly known as Zeddie Loky, the chief executive officer of Blkkburd Genes, a firm based in Los Angeles, California that printed the T-shirt, said he was sorry for using the famous Riyadha Mosque portrait for the...

Last Updated: Kenyan Designer Apologises After Receiving Backlash Over T-shirt Worn By Rapper Jay-Z The US-based designer Zeddie Lukoye and CEO of Blkburd Genes has apologized, according to the reports and the mosque has accepted it in good faith. Twitter American rapper Jay Z was recently spotted wearing a designer T-shirt with an image of Lamus Riyadha Mosque on it and this didnt go down well with the clerics of the historic Kenyan mosque. Lamu is a 19th-Century mosque and a UNESCO-list...

Jay-Z wore a T-shirt depicting a famous mosque. Its clerics aren’t happy The designer of a T-shirt worn by Jay-Z, featuring a historic Kenyan mosque, has apologized to clerics who criticized the use of its image. Jay-Z was spotted wearing the T-shirt showing Lamu’s Riyadha Mosque on March 30, as he came out of a restaurant in Santa Monica, California. Images were uploaded to Instagram by both the T-shirt designer Zeddie Loky, who is Kenyan, and the clothing brand, blkburd genes. On April 3,...

Jay-Z T-shirt depicting Kenyan mosque sparks criticism from clerics CNN 3 hrs ago By Jack Guy, CNN © Heath Holden/Photodisc/Getty Images The Riyadha Mosque is in the town of Lamu, on the Kenyan coast. The designer of a T-shirt worn by Jay-Z, featuring a historic Kenyan mosque, has apologized to clerics who criticized the use of its image. Jay-Z was spotted wearing the T-shirt showing Lamus Riyadha Mosque on March 30, as he came out of a restaurant in Santa Monica, Californi...

Kenya Lamu mosque: Anger over T-shirt worn by Jay-Z Published image copyrightRiyadha Mosque Lamu image captionThe 19th-Century Riyadha Mosque and Islamic Centre in Lamu is among the archipelagos top attractions A US-based designer has apologised for using a portrait of a historic mosque in Kenyas island of Lamu on a T-shirt worn by celebrity Jay-Z, an official in charge of the site has told the BBC. Riyadha Mosques leaders had objected to the T-shirt as it could be worn to "sacrilegious joints"...

The move, however, has elicited anger and prompted the Riyadha Mosque’s management, under its Secretary General Abubakar Badawy, to write a letter to Mr Lukoye compelling him to come out publicly and apologise. In the letter dated April 3, 2021, the mosque explains that the congregation was deeply concerned about the portrayal of their mosque in what they referred to as sacrilegious joints as portrayed on the designer’s social media accounts.’ Watch and learn more about the iconic #Lamu R...