Nigerian rapper, Abdulrasheed Bello, better known as JJC Skillz, has announced he has converted to Islam.
JJC Skillz made the announcement on Thursday through his Instagram page.
In one of the series of posts, he said “I was lost but now I’m found.
“O Allah, I ask You for Your pardon and well-being in this life and the next.
“O Allah, veil my weaknesses and set at ease my dismay, and preserve me from the front and behind and on my right and my left and from above, and I take refuge with You lest I be swallowed up by the earth.”
Also in a recent interview with Muslims News, he revealed that he was born into a Muslim family.
He said “I was born a Muslim – AbdurRasheed by name. My dad, Bello is a Muslim but my mum is a Christian. Back then I used to go Islamiyah but all I remembered about it was getting beaten. They used to scare us with hellfire so, I never practiced.
“It’s God’s design that I will return to Islam. I thank Allah for sparing my life. I am so happy I found Islam again because it has given me peace. It has given me direction and focus. I was truly lost but now, I am found.
“When I was 14, I moved to England and I didn’t have anyone to direct me or teach me about Islam. Around that time, I got into music. I was just floating in the world. I was just living my life without recognising God.
“Because my mum is a Christian, I got acquainted with Christianity. It was during that period, Christianity was preached to me. I saw it as the religion of peace that Islam actually is.”