Joe Tex surprised the world by announcing the end of his career as a soul singer to become a Muslim minister with the Nation Of Islam, it was reported today (July 27, 1972).
Joe Tex (born Joseph Arrington Jr.) gave up his career as a soul singer to begin touring around the country as a spiritual lecturer under the name “Joseph X.”
He then legally changed his name to Yusef Hazziez around that same time.
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Joe Tex’s first sermon took place at the Cramton Auditorium in Washington D.C. in front of 700 people.
In his sermon, “Joseph X” said that he first became a Muslim five years prior, when he attended a service with his manager.
Although Joe Tex was raided in a Christian Methodist household, he claimed he was a changed man.
“I don’t smoke or drink or use dope. My only vice was women,” Joe Tex said. “Everything I have heard in the mosque is true to life. Everything is real.”
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