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Seeing how much attention YWN gave to one “Kanye West” when he did Teshuva after saying Jews have all the “connections”,

ADL Calls Kanye West’s Jew Comment ‘Classic Anti-Semitism’

Kanye West Admits Jew Comment Was An ‘Ignorant Compliment’ He Wants To Take Back

Is his music now “Jewish”? 🙂

Does doing a cover of “Genghis Khan” (as well as many others, see Wikipedia) make that singer’s music non-Jewish? How about Bob Dylan? The Beastie Bochrim? The Bach? (I challenge anyone here to say the Bach wasn’t Kosher) (as I am listening to Das Wohltemperierte Klavier). Louie Armstrong singing about Shadrach? Shackles (Praise You) by Mary Mary? Black Hattitude?

I have to agree with Oomis here. Whatever brings you closer to Hashem within the realm of Halacha is “Jewish”, no matter who sings it.