5% Nation and Hip hop

The Foundation
The group was founded by Clarence 13X (born Clarence Smith). Clarence 13X was a Korean War veteran who served as a Private First Class between October 1952 and October 1954, receiving Korean Service Medal with a Bronze Service Star and a United Nations Service Medal, and served until 1960 in the United States Army ReserveClarence 13X was also a member of the Nation of Islam and attended NOI Temple Number Seven in Harlem, New York, where Malcolm X was a minister from 1960 to 1963. Multiple stories exist as to why Clarence 13X left Nation of Islam, some have Clarence refusing to give up gambling; others have him questioning the unique divinity of Wallace Fard Muhammad, whom the NOI believed was the True and Living God, or questioning his position due to the fact that Fard was part Caucasian. The story, regardless of version, states that Clarence was then disciplined by the NOI and excommunicated in 1963. This expulsion (which is also questioned because it is also said that Clarence left on his own free will along with two others, Abu Shahid and 4 Cipher Akbar who agreed with Clarence's questioning In December 1964, after leaving the NOI, Clarence was shot in a basement called the Hole that moonlighted as gambling den. After surviving the shooting, Clarence took on the name Allah and, according to some, boasted that he was immortalHe then began to teach others his views based on his own interpretation of NOI teachings. He found success beginning in late 1964 with the disenfranchised youth on the streets of Harlem, which included whites and Latinos
Allah taught the NOI lessons to his group of young followers but instead of teaching them to be Muslims, he taught them that they were God like him. Women in Allah’s nation are called Earths because the Earth is the planet on which God uses to produce life. NGE, then, is more of a culture than a traditional religion. In fact, the group itself does not call itself as such. It believes that it makes no sense to be religious or to worship any deity outside of self when members themselves are the Supreme Being, both collectively and individually. In addition to the lessons of the NOI, Allah taught a system of numbers that he developed called Supreme Mathematics that can be compared to the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah. In this system, the numbers from zero to nine all represent principles and concepts. For example, one is knowledge, two is wisdom and three is understanding. Coming together to discuss the Supreme Mathematics is the most popular ritual of the NGE. Whenever Gods and Earths meet, they speak about the Supreme Mathematics and 120 lessons. This dialog is called building in Five-Percent vernacular. Building is the eighth degree of the Supreme Mathematics, and it means to add on to the cipher. Gods and Earths can build their minds, which means to elevate or add on to the knowledge one has. Building also refers to the building of their physical bodies, their financial status, or to intuitions.
Gods and Earths hold Universal Parliaments in various cities—usually once a month—to build on their interpretation of the Supreme Mathematics, lessons, and to discuss business concerning the Nation. These Parliaments usually take place in public parks and in schoolyards.

The Nation of Gods and Earths, sometimes referred to as the Five-Percent Nation, the Five-Percent Nation of Islam, or the Five Percenters was founded in Harlem in 1964 by Clarence 13X, known to his young disciples as Allah (the Arabic term for God) or the Father. The Five Percent angered religious and political leaders, who viewed the group as an offshoot of the Nation of Islam (NOI), which was already viewed by traditional Muslims as heretical. This came with the Nation having stated its predicted coming and its goal of seeking freedom, justice, and equality from economic, political, social, educational, and religious injustices in the United States and the world over.

Supreme Mathematics
The Supreme Mathematics is a system of understanding numbers alongside concepts and quantitative representations that are used along with the Supreme Alphabet The Supreme Mathematics is actually the highest system of mathematics used to give value to numbers in addition to quantity. The system is properly used to maximize humankind's logic to solve living problemsKnowledge
Wisdom
Understanding
Culture of/or Freedom (applied to 40 or more)
Power
Equality
God
Build or Destroy
Born
Cipher

Hip hop
From the early 1980s to today, many Five Percenters are found among the American East Coast, West Coast, and Midwest, in cities such as New York City, Trenton, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles, especially among the hip hop scene. Hip hop artists such as Rakim, Wu-Tang Clan, Brand Nubian, Hell Razah, Poor Righteous Teachers, Gang Starr, J-Live, Planet Asia, Nas, AZ, and many others had success spreading the theology of the Five Percenters. This spread, in part, uses the language of Supreme Mathematics, which represents universal law and order, and the Supreme Alphabet, which represents universal principles of life, ostensibly to forge solidarity with the inner-city youth through a common language. The main theme of the Five-Percenter doctrine that can be heard on hip hop records is the teaching that the Original Blackman [sic] is God, the Original Blackwoman [sic] is the planet Earth, and through the inner esoteric powers of the Gods and Earths, the youth can transform and possess its true potential, which seems to overthrow the overbearing oligarchy by becoming just rulers of themselves.
Many terms that originated as Five-Percenter jargon have been adopted into the hip hop slang as well. For example, the term "G," which today most consider to mean "gangsta," is in fact derived from the Five-Percenter belief that everyone of their Nation is God, or the letter G in the Supreme Alphabet. Other popular terms such as "word is bond," while having significantly older roots than the Five Percenters, were believed to have gained prominence through its use of the term, referring back to the Nation of Islam and the Five Percent's shared 120 Degrees.