Salaams and blessings, family. 💔

I write to you now with the heaviest of hearts.

Our brother, friend and teacher, Mehdi Vafaei (R.A.), who all of you knew as "M.V."... has left this world and returned to ALLAH (SWT).

Habibi Mehdi aka Anti-Tumor, may not have ascended on the battlefield, but he was a Shahid nevertheless--for the ink of the scholar is even more precious than the blood of the martyr, and Mehdi, while he didn't see himself as such because he was too humble, was indeed a scholar; an intellectual; a philosopher; and a mouhaqqiq (researcher) of the highest order.

He was also an incomparably brilliant musician and beat-maker. Our album, "Eternally Husseini II: Arkbound", was in the works when Operation Al-Aqsa Flood erupted. I make a promise to him - and to all of you - that though I'm gutted and don't know how to move forward without him here... The record will come out. And it will be the flyest thing you've ever heard.

"Haji" as well as "Martin" and I, along with "Resistance Creed", owe more to him than I can infuse into an INFINITE number of Telegram posts, let alone one, and... We're... devastated. Just... Shattered.

Shahid Mehdi was a ferocious truth-teller and didn't give one damn who he offended. The number-one enemy of all of humanity was the Jews and anyone who was too cowardly to name them, he absolutely despised. We carry that torch--in every capacity.

On a personal note... I can only say...  That I loved him as much as my own flesh and blood. And he wasn't just my friend, brother and teacher, nor just my producer... He was like my father. He was a beacon whose glimmer will never be matched by any other shine.

There will be no posting on the channel until Thursday while we all take a moment to mourn and process. We won't take any longer than that because otherwise, Shahid Mehdi would PERSONALLY Crane us!

ALLAH yerhamak, Big Baba. King Crane! Khalas Khalkhali! You just left and we already miss you too much to describe. 💔

#ResistanceMartyrs

#RIPBigBaba

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