Santeria, Diddy and J.Lo
Jennifer lopez and her santeria ways. ( I don't practice santeria, and got no crystalball)
We all have heard and sang the infamous lines that Bradley from Sublime sang, “I don't practice santeria. I ain't got no crystal ball.” But what exactly is santería? Santería is an Afro-Caribbean religion that originated in Cuba in the 19th century. Santería developed from the blending of Yoruba beliefs and traditions with Roman Catholicism. It was a form of resistance against the Spanish colonizers who expected enslaved people to practice Catholicism. Santería also holds that a spirit of the dead may attach itself to an individual and harm them. Supporters of Santería also often believe that humans can harm one another through supernatural means. Either involuntarily, by giving them the mal de ojo (evil eye), or deliberately, through brujería (witchcraft). Animal sacrifice is a central part of Santería. Animals commonly sacrificed in Santería include chickens, goats, sheep, and turtles. The animal's throat is cut, and the blood is collected. The animal's head may be placed on top of the sopera. Which belongs to the Oricha that received the sacrifice. The carcass is then butchered, and some of the organs, known as acheses, are cooked and offered to the oricha. Kind of like what that witch, Marina Abrovic, dabbles in. The remaining parts are eaten by the practitioners. Some of the blood is added to omiero. Omeiro is an infusion of water and herbs. Which is used in ceremonies and to remove malevolent influences. The sacrifice is a mutual process between the worshippers and the Orishas. The Orishas are essential to the sacrifice and will die without being fed. In return, the Orishas can help the worshippers. For the worshippers, eating the sacrificed animal is considered sharing with the Orishas. Animal sacrifice in Santería has sometimes led to confrontations with the law. In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that animal cruelty laws targeted specifically at Santería were unconstitutional. Interesting enough, there was ruling about sacrificing animals right around the time Diddy was up for murder charges for the club shooting in 1999. Shyne ended up taking the fall, but many believe that Diddy did a santeria ritual before the verdict. So he wouldn't take the rap.
Diddy and the animal sacrifices
In the recently released Hulu documentary ‘The Honorable Shyne’ Gene Deal recounts witnessing Sean Diddy Combs participate in a ritual in Central Park where he reportedly sacrificed a white bird to influence the outcome of his trial. Gene Deal described seeing a scene out of a movie, pretty much.
“When Puff got close to the guy, he just dropped down to his knees,” Deal said. Using the nickname Combs he used at the time. He had about 10 aliases.
“Next thing I see is this smoke just going back and forth around Puff. I guess it was sage or something like that? The man held a Bible as he put a hand on Combs and told him to take the bird out of the cage. Puff took this white bird and threw it up in the air… The bird just fell to the ground, boom, like it was a brick,” Deal continued. “I was like, ‘Oh, s–t!’ The bird died, man… The bird didn’t even move. Puff just walked away from him real quick.”
Animal sacrifice is central to santeria and is essential for the worshipper to maintain a personal relationship with the spirit.
Yikes. Sounds like Diddys wet to an orisha to make a sacrifice. Orishas are essential to the sacrifice. As stated above, when practicing a Santería sacrifice, the animal's throat is cut, and the blood is collected for the Orisha.
After the seemingly ominous sign. Combs continued to court. Where he was acquitted of all charges. Including weapons possession and attempted bribery. After a seven-week trial. Sean Diddy Combs faced serious charges that could have resulted in a lengthy prison sentence. Renowned rapper Shyne, who was also present during the incident, eventually received a 10-year-long sentence for his role. Barrow has long accused Combs of making him take the fall for the shooting. Accusing the long-powerful, crazed, Diddy of having “Destroyed my life. I was defending him, and he turned around and called witnesses to testify against me,” he recently told a news channel. Shyne said “I was just an “18-year-old kid. He pretty much sent me to prison. This is someone who destroyed my life.” Two law enforcement sources told The Post earlier this year that the shooting could be reinvestigated. As part of a sweeping federal probe into Diddy. While Jennifer wasn't there at the sacrifice. She and Diddy were dating at the time. Could SHE have introduced this to him? Or did he already know?!
Jennifer and her Santería History
Next time you come across a dead chicken, or bear (RFK), who seems to have met its end in a Santeria ritual. Please remember that chicken (or bear) may have died for the sake of Jennifer Lopez's career. Animal sacrifices continue to escalate in Queens, where "twisted" religious rituals in the parkland surrounding Jamaica Bay torture, mutilate, or kill chickens, pigs, and rats. Reportedly, five live pigs with partially severed ears have been found. Media outlets like the New York Post have also reported at least nine wounded animals or carcasses in the federally managed Spring Creek Park in Howard Beach.
Jennifer Lopez was on the Jay Leno show. She told him that her friends referred to her as a witch, and she found psychics entertaining. Jennifer claims that she has been engaged in this activity since her teenage years. J.Lo started using brujería, aka witchcraft, for career and relationships. She herself even credits Brujería with helping her find both her career success and love. Some even claim she used the practice of santería to claim her role over Selma Hayak in the movie Selena. Which catapulted her into stardom. Though she SERVED as a Fly Girl on the popular TV show In Living Color. Selena put her on the map. Filming Selena provided her with the inspiration to record her album, "On the Sixth."
*Side note. Given our understanding of the industry, are we inclined to believe that Jennifer did some kind of voodoo to get rid of Selena? After all, Selena was trying to make her debut as an American pop artist. Did J.Lo realize how big she was going to be? Did she or someone else use voodoo to remove her? J.Lo always wanted to sing, but she got her start as a fly girl. Acting and dancing were her second choice. She had been singing since she was five years old.*
Anyways, The inquirer revealed that in 2003, J. Lo heavily relied on her spiritual advisor, Merrill Gonzalez, who was born in Cuba. Especially when troubled. In 2011, a rumor circulated, suggesting that Merrill could harness the dark power of Santeria for the benefit of J. Lo's career and personal life. Of course, the source of this rumor was Claudia Vazques. To me, this “rumor” seems to be true. She went to Merrill after Ben called off the wedding in 2002. Claudia was dating Lopez's first husband, Ojani Noa. Together Ojani and Claudia sued Jlo. Ojani was threatening to release a damaging personal tape of Jennifer. As well as a tell-all book. An upset, outspoken Claudia stated, “She is not God. She behaves like she is the superpower, and that’s not acceptable.” Jennifer ended up winning her argument. Despite facing a significant challenge, no breakthrough occurred for Claudia and Ojani. And Claudia, well…
Rumors circulated that Ojani's obsession with Jennifer led to the end of his 10-year relationship, which was his longest to date. Ojani, who is currently single, continues to discuss Jennifer with media outlets.
Everyone assumed he was just going after her for money. But I think, being that she was with Diddy, she was trying to shut shit down! And most likely he (Diddy)helped. Ojanis's claims gained validation when Ben called off their first marriage proposal. Ben and Jen, aka Bennifer, dated from 2002 to 2004. They got engaged in 2002 and parted ways in 2003. Affleck proposed with a beautiful, radiant-cut, 6.1-carat pink diamond ring. And the media went NUTS. Ojani claimed Jennifer relied heavily on her Cuban-born spiritual advisor, Merrill Gonzalez, in her relationship with Ben Affleck. The relationship became increasingly strained. When Affleck decided to postpone the wedding to Jennifer. She immediately reached out to her spiritual godmother, Merrill. Astrologers also said that they had marked her wedding date to Ben as risky. Merrill admitted to the inquirer that she (J.Lo) practiced santeria at the time. Ironically, Ojani consulted with a santeria guru to try to save their marriage. He spoke with an interviewer at the end of the 90s.
“My black magic godmother, who is now Jennifer's spiritual leader, was protecting me and guiding me like a son. On one occasion, we participated together in the sacrifice of chickens and hens. I was present when they were cleansing Jennifer with the blood of a hen. Jennifer's madrina (spiritual santeria mentor) appears to have influenced her religious devotion.
In 2014, there were rumors about a voodoo curse on Cris Judd. She was married to Cris Judd in Septemberof 2002. She met Cris Judd on the set of her music video for Love Don't Cost A Thing in 2001. (She was still dating Diddy around the time of the video shoot.) But like Ojani, the marriage was also short-lived. The pair filed for divorce nine months later in July 2002. She (allegedly) kicked Cris to the curb after his tranny scandal. Afterwards, Chris's friends were concerned that she might cast a black magic spell on him. Chris believed he needed to be cautious, as his former Boricua had a reputation for casting voodoo spells on men. She felt he did her wrong. Despite the split, Cris wanted to stay on her beneficial side. He was cautious in case she intended to curse him. He was told that J.Lo is fascinated with santería. Jennifer continues to practice santería; currently, she consults with her spiritual counselor, a psychic medium, names Rae Jae. She consults with the evil spirits in relation to JLo's life. She appeared on Sway's Sirius XM radio show. She revealed to Sway that she closely monitors J.Lo's soul. Now we know that Jen uses a Hispanic psychic medium who uses spirits—both beneficial and bad—to receive information about Jennifer from the dark burial world. We can assume that she practices in this realm.
The Color White
White is linked to rituals and santería. A Cuban African spiritualism religion in which it is required to be adorned by white for a year during the process of being accepted and converted into the cult thereafter, wearing white at certain times or on certain days, is still a part of the ritual tradition of being a part of the religion. Especially in the first year of her career, Jennifer would dress in all white for performances. A practice she still does now.
On the Joe Rogan podcast, Joe Diaz, who converted to Santeria as a child, revealed that he always wears a white T-shirt. He then lifts up his leg to show off his white-on-white sneakers. He explains to Joe Rogan that he only steps out onto a white tile after taking a shower. His bathroom rug is white. He then jokes that he still has a little bit of santería left in him. He resisted the religion's indoctrination when he was a child. He recalls an incident in which he ran down the street, prompting people to come chase him as he attempted to escape from their ritualistic activities. He mentions all-night rituals.
"It's an all-night ceremony on a Friday. It was crazy all night on Friday. 12 hours long to sleep and then Sundays. When they read your future to you. And then for a week you just live in a corner like; they paint your head bald. Had to go back to school on Monday, bald with a hat, they said he's not allowed in here with a hat. My mother gave the principal a small nickel, and I was allowed to wear the hat from 9 to 3, but then at 3 o'clock. I had to go home and change into white clothes for a year. I' had to dress in white for a year. I would just have to wear white, and I still, right now, have white socks and a white t-shirt on. But I was a kid, I can't keep wearing fucking white every damn time. I'm ripping shit, so now my hair has to grow back. Im always dirty…."
Fellow pop star Dannii Minogue (Kylies sister)claimed on her podcast that J.Lo 'refused to perform' unless her dressing room was completely redecorated. Apparently she made some 'diva demands' when she appeared on the British television show Top of the Pops in the late '90s. The Aussie singer alleged that the Jenn demanded that 'everything had to be white' or she wouldn't go on stage. “Jenn has demanded, not requested, the furnishing of her backstage dressing room in all white.” Dannii said. This has been reported multiple times.
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