Islord

Islord is a rapper and a member of the hip hop group Killarmy. Islord was named Rodney Stevenson at birth, but he, as all members of Killarmy, is a Five Percenter, and, thus, changed his name to Islord. The first three letters of his name: I, S, L, are also the first three letters of "Islam"; in the Five Percent way of life, "Islam" does not represent the religion but "I.S.L.A.M." which is often represented as "I Self Lord And Master."[1] The name Islord is a reiteration of the rapper's assertion of his divinity: "I Self Lord," and a fusion of the terms "Islam" and "lord." Islord is also known as the "Thief of Baghdad."[2] In addition to appearing on Killarmy's albums, Islord appears on two tracks from Bobby Digital in Stereo and the song "Holy Water" from Dom Pachino's Unreleased solo album.

Islord
OriginSteubenville, Ohio, Staten Island, New York
GenresHip hop
LabelsWu Music Group
Associated actsKillarmy, Wu-Tang Clan

Discography
Discography with Killarmy
Album Title Album Info
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
  • Released: August 5, 1997
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #34
  • R&B/Hip Hop chart position: #10
  • Singles: "Swinging Swords," "Camouflage Ninjas"/"Wake Up,"
    "Wu-Renegades"/"Clash of the Titans"
Dirty Weaponry
  • Released: August 11, 1998
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #40
  • R&B/Hip Hop chart position: #13
  • Singles: "Red Dawn"/"Where I Rest At," "The Shoot-Out"
Fear, Love & War
  • Released: September 11, 2001
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #122
  • R&B/Hip Hop chart positions: #34
  • Singles: "Street Monopoly"/"Monster," "Feel It"/"Militant,"
    "Nonchalantly"
Greatest Hits
  • Released: May, 2011

Videography
Artist(s) Album Info Video Title(s) Release Date
Killarmy Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars Swinging Swords
Wake Up (featuring Hell Razah, Prodigal Sunn and various Wu-Tang Clan cameos)
Wu-Renegades (featuring various Wu-Tang Clan cameos)		 1997 Loud/Priority/Wu-Tang Records
Killarmy Dirty Weaponry The Shoot-Out (featuring Rza) 1998 Wu-Tang Records
Killarmy Fear, Love & War Feel It 2001

References
  1. Washington, Teresa N. (2014). Manifestations of Masculine Magnificence: Divinity in Africana Life, Lyrics, and Literature. Oya's Tornado. pp. 65, 98, 265. ISBN 0991073002.
  2. Killarmy. Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars album booklet. Wu Tang Records.


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