#8. JIMMY PAGE
James Page, is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time, Page was ranked #3 in Rolling Stones magazine among the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time and described him as “the pontiff of power riffing.
Although not a LaVeyan Satanist, it is rumored that the Led Zeppelin guitarist did follow the teachings of occultist and suspected Satan worshiper Aleister Crowley. The indirect reference to his allegiance to the devil was made in the band’s 1976 concert film THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME. The opening segment features Crowley’s former home, which happened to be Jimmy Paige’s current home at the time.Additionally, his most popular work with his brothers in Led Zepplin has been the subject of Satanist urban legends for years which have inspired some more religious observers to ban their music from their homes.
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#7. NICKI MINAJ
Arguably, one of the biggest rappers of the last several years not even mentioning gender, Nicki is tagged as “the most influential female rapper of all time” by an editor for The New York Times. The winner of awards handed out by BET, MTV, Billboard and the recipient of six American Music Awards, it is safe to say that Nicki has earned the respect of critics far and wide. Featuring in television with her role as an American Idol judge, she has also appeared in movies like The Other Woman and Barbershop: The Next Cut, as well as lending her voice to Ice Age: Continental Drift.
Compared to Satan by Mariah Carey, a fellow American Idol judge, it isn’t just her fellow pop stars that associate her with the devil but her lifestyle doings like creating a weird sexually images that have been backed up again and again by her nude music videos, Nicki certainly doesn’t seem to be concerned about how she is offending people. Performing at the 2012 Grammy telecast, many were profoundly offended by the symbolism present, including sex slaves and a priest. Called out by an MTV articles as going into “full exorcism mode for her bizarre and creepy performance” the segment had some viewers calling foul and proclaiming she was in league with Satan.
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