A Weekend with the Five-Percent Nation 
Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 02:30AM
TheSpook
Nation of Gods and Earths (commonly known as the Five-Percenters) was founded in 1964 by Clarence "Puddin'" Smith, who became Clarence 13X and is now known as Father Allah.  Malcolm X had thrown him out of the Nation of Islam, allegedly because he liked to throw dice--though another story says that Clarence was removed for questioning Master Fard's divinity. [more]
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