Eddie Lee Long
Eddie Long and Ludacris
In a write up about Bishop Long and Friends, the site NuthinButGospel.com informs it's readers that Bishop Long was "No stranger to the music industry".
He
"... was featured on rapper Ludacris' album "Release Therapy." He appeared on the final track "Freedom of Preach" where he delivered a speech about God and faith.
Release Therapy won the Best Rap Album award for the 2007 Grammy Awards and is said to feature a departure of the lighthearted mood of Ludacris' previous albums, and introduces a darker side.
Now that's a scary thought, considering that Ludacris, who some consider more vile than Eminem, (is that even possible?) was a featured representative of Pepsi until, on August 27, 2002, Bill O'Reilly called for all Americans to boycott Pepsi products, saying that Ludacris' lyrics glamorize a "life of guns, violence, drugs and disrespect of women". O'Reilly wasn't exactly joking as the lyrics of Ludacris' 2001 "Move *****" show.. (And believe me, the small portion of the lyrics I have quoted are tame, compared to what follows)
I'm doin' a hundred on the highway, So if you do the speed limit, get the F... outta my way
I'm D.U.I., hardly ever caught sober, and you about to get ran the F... over
And that people, is the kind of man that our modern day, pathetic apologies for ‘Christian’ ministers, ‘make music’ and associate with.
What is really mind-boggling are the following two lines on this tract, both by Ludacris
I know some folks may not agree or even like this song, But I'm just speakin MY truth, cause I heard it sets you free
“He resides, in me (yeah)”.
The Sex Scandal
Since this is an article on "lifestyles" of the Tele-evangelists, I guess the following summary from Wikipedia is not out of place.
On September 21 and 22, 2010, Maurice Robinson, Anthony Flagg, and Jamal Parris filed separate lawsuits in DeKalb County Superior Court alleging that Long used his pastoral influence to coerce them into a sexual relationship with him. Flagg's suit says that Long presided over a spiritual "covenant" ceremony between the two of them.
"It was essentially a marriage ceremony, with candles, exchange of jewelry, and biblical quotes," Bernstein said Tuesday. "The bishop [told] him I will always have your back and you will always have mine."
Robinson's suit alleges that "Defendant Long would use Holy Scripture to discuss and justify the intimate relationship between himself and Plaintiff Robinson." [72]
The third suit was filed in DeKalb County Superior Court, said a spokeswoman for attorney B.J. Bernstein. [73]
On September 24, Spencer LeGrande, a member of a New Birth satellite church in Charlotte, North Carolina, filed a similar suit, making him the fourth man to file a lawsuit claiming sexual misconduct by Long. The complaint, filed in DeKalb State Court, comes after three other men filed lawsuits on Tuesday and Wednesday saying they were 17- and 18-year-old members of the church when they say Long abused his spiritual authority to seduce them with cars, money, clothes, jewelry, international trips and access to celebrities. [74]
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