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The men of the Five Percent Nation view themselves as Gods (both individually and collectively as the Original Man).<ref name="IslamIn" /> According to the ''Five Percenter Newspaper'', "God first means that it is no longer a judicial argument; centered means everything we do is about God. Culture is the practices and principles of a people at any given time."<ref>Five Percenter Newspaper volume 16.5 p.2</ref> Gods and Earths sometimes refer to themselves as [[scientist]]s, implying their search for knowledge and proof.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Five Percenter Rap |last=Miyakawa |first=Felicia |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2005 |isbn=0253217636 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780253345745/page/30 30, 68, 157] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780253345745/page/30}}</ref><ref name="Jackson Richardson 2014">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gl6hAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT174 |title=In: Understanding African American Rhetoric: Classical Origins to Contemporary Innovations |last=Miyakawa |first=Felicia |publisher=Routledge |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-136-72729-0 |editor-last=Jackson, Ronald |editor-first=Ronald L. and Elaine B. Richardson |location=New York, NY |pages=174, 179 |chapter=The Duty of the Civilized is to Civilize the Uncivilized: Tropes of Black Nationalism in the Messages of Five Percent Rappers |oclc=881034429 |author-link1=Ronald L. Jackson II |access-date=April 23, 2019 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819111826/https://books.google.com/books?id=Gl6hAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT174 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths are passed on through a modern oral tradition. The advancement of a God or Earth is based on his or her memorization, recitation, comprehension, and practical application of the Supreme Mathematics and the Supreme Alphabet and also the 120 Lessons, sometimes referred to as degrees, a revised version of the Supreme Wisdom lessons of the NOI, originally written by [[Wallace Fard Muhammad]] and [[Elijah Muhammad]].<ref name="ThisFar" /><ref name="The5">{{cite book |title=The Five Percenters: Islam, Hip Hop, and the Gods of New York |url=https://archive.org/details/fivepercentersis00knig |url-access=registration |author=Knight, Michael Muhammad |publisher=Oxford, England, UK: Oneworld Publications |year=2007 |isbn=9781851685134}}</ref><ref name="CantStop">{{cite book |title=[[Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation]] |first=Jeff |last=Chang |author-link=Jeff Chang (journalist) |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2005 |pages=258, 259}}</ref> The anthology ''Knowledge of Self: A Collection of Wisdom on the Science of Everything in Life'' by Supreme Understanding details the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ankh |first=Nur |title=Knowledge of Self: A Collection of Wisdom on the Science of Everything in Life (9780981617022): Supreme Understanding, Sunez Allah, CBS Alife Allah: Books |date=July 30, 2009 |publisher=Supreme Design |isbn=978-0981617022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supremedesignonline.com/knowledgeofself.html#reviews |title=Knowledge Of Self |publisher=Supremedesignonline.com |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129222911/http://www.supremedesignonline.com/knowledgeofself.html#reviews |archive-date=January 29, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Wakeel Allah]] has written ''In the Name of Allah: A History of Clarence 13X and the 5 Percenters'' and ''The Naked Truth: From the Goal Mind of Abu Shahid, the Elder of the Nation of Gods and Earths''.<ref>Muhammad, Ashahed (March 21, 2017). "In the Name of Allah, A History of Clarence 13X and the 5 Percenters". ''The Final Call Newspaper''. Retrieved March 26, 2014.</ref>

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* [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]]<ref name="hiphopwired.com" />

* [[Big Daddy Kane]]<ref name="vibe.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" />

* [[Brother J]] – frontman and lyricist of [[X Clan]]<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Washington |first=Teresa N. |date=June 2014 |title=Rapping with the Gods:Hip Hop as a Force of Divinity and Continuityfrom the Continent to the Cosmos |url=http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol6no9/6.9-6-Washington.pdf |journal=Journal of Pan African Studies |volume=6: |issue=9 |pages=79 |access-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407031515/http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol6no9/6.9-6-Washington.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Washington |first=Teresa N. |title=Manifestations of Masculine Magnificence |publisher=Oya's Tornado |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-9910730-0-9 |pages=117–121, 124–125}}</ref>

* [[Busta Rhymes]]<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/4zjHRXeM8g4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090609043117/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zjHRXeM8g4&feature=related Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=Busta Rhymes on 5 Percenters & Nation of Islam |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zjHRXeM8g4 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

* [[Black Sheep (hip hop group)|Black Sheep]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Black_Sheep.aspx |title=Black Sheep Facts, information, pictures &#124; Encyclopedia.com articles about Black Sheep |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=July 25, 2012 |archive-date=February 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223014540/http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Black_Sheep.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* [[PHASE 2]] – Graffiti writer, originator of the "bubble letter" style<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/arts/phase-2-dead.html |title=Phase 2, an Aerosol Art Innovator, Is Dead at 64 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 20, 2019 |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon |access-date=February 17, 2020 |archive-date=February 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217203657/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/arts/phase-2-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Kase2]] – Graffiti writer and innovator featured in the documentary ''[[Style Wars]]''

* [[Rammellzee]] – Graffiti writer, Hip-Hop musician and emcee featured in the film ''[[Wild Style]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.anothermanmag.com/life-culture/10313/remembering-rammellzee-through-stories-of-those-who-knew-him |title=Remembering Rammellzee Through Stories of Those Who Knew Him |date=May 2, 2018 |access-date=May 17, 2019 |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517165424/https://www.anothermanmag.com/life-culture/10313/remembering-rammellzee-through-stories-of-those-who-knew-him |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Raz Fresco]] – Canadian emcee and music producer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/11/five-percenters-dominated-raps-golden-age-can-they-return-to-prominence |title=The Five Percenters Dominated Rap's Golden Age: Can They Return to Prominence? |website=[[Complex Networks]] |access-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402211106/https://www.complex.com/music/2018/11/five-percenters-dominated-raps-golden-age-can-they-return-to-prominence |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[RZA|Rza]]