Jay Z, Kanye and Rihanna's Link to Illuminati

WITH the authorities closing in on his aristocratic home, diplomat Xavier Zwack rushed to hide the letters and documents which could betray the secret society of which he was second-in-command.

It was too late.

A messenger riding from Frankfurt to Paris with a book outlining the society’s aim to overthrow all governments and religions had already been ambushed and murdered, and his incriminating parcel seized.

It was October 1785 and the Illuminati’s plans for a New World Order had been blown wide open.

Zwack and the other members of the Bavarian group were arrested and banished.

But according to barmy conspiracy theories, the secret society survived this early blow and is still hell-bent on world domination today... And among its senior leaders are Jay Z and Beyonce.

Their two-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, is also a member, the stories go.

The toddler is in good company.

Others accused of being members include Jay Z’s protege Rihanna and his sometime collaborator Kanye West, along with Lady Gaga, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha and even Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Celine Dion.

Others who have signed up are said to include members of banking dynasties, American presidents, popes, and even our the Queen of England.

She, after all, is a direct descendant of the 18th Century Duke of Saxe-Gotha, who first gave refuge to the banished founder of Illuminati, Adam Weishaupt.

Jay Z, Beyonce and their fellow showbiz celebrities, it is claimed, were recruited by shadowy elite puppet-masters because of their ability to influence younger generations.

And the attack on Jay Z by Beyonce’s sister Solange in a New York lift, revealed in CCTV footage this week, was, the believers claim not down to too much booze or a romantic or artistic tiff but instead, a row over that powerful secret society.

For them, the clues of the A-list couple’s involvement in the society — which controls almost every aspect of our lives from governments and finance to culture, religion, media, education and showbiz — are all there. The “evidence” includes;

The fact Jay Z’s self-ascribed nickname is Hove — as in Jehovah, the Old Testament name of God.

World-domination-themed tracks by the pair — Jay Z’s songs Run This Town and Empire State Of Mind on his Blueprint3 album and Beyonce’s song Run The World.

Jay Z’s habit of making a triangle symbol with his hands — the shape of a pyramid — which with an all-seeing eye enclosed is said to be the logo of the Illuminati.

That it is also the shape of a diamond, which is the logo of his Roc Nation firm, seems to be overlooked.

Rihanna and Kanye West are among celebs who have also taken to making the shape — or in the case of Lady Gaga, inking herself with the open eye.

Rumoured Member Rihanna

Nicky Minaj and Lil Wayne

The pyramid and eye, of course, also famously features with the motto Novus Ordo Seclorum (“new order of the ages”) on the US dollar bill and on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States.

The seal was designed in 1782 — when the Bavarian Illuminati was at its height — a gift to the conspiracists. The symbol has also long simply been a symbol of God’s all-seeing presence. Jay Z and Beyonce’s daughter’s name. Blue Ivy, according to the barmy conspiracists, stands for “Born Living Under Evil; Illuminati’s Very Youngest”.

This new breed of alleged members certainly make up a more glamorous guestlist than those who have traditionally been said to populate the organisation.

Mark Fenster, professor of law at the University of Florida and author of the book Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy And Power In American Culture, said: “Usually, it has been powerful political figures and very wealthy people who are deemed to have connections to the Illuminati.

“They include Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Ben Bernanke (the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve) and (businessman and philanthropist) George Soros.”

Whether pop royalty or rulers, however, their goal is to establish a one-world authoritarian, socialist government putting power over politics and religion and economic control in the hands of a select few.

This apparently involves devil worship, manipulating world currencies and ordering the assassinations of, among others, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, rapper Tupac, Bob Marley, JFK and Heath Ledger.

So where do the likes of Jay Z and Lady Gaga fit in?

Professor Fenster said: “Some would believe this secret society is using these pop stars in order to achieve some goal.

“Others might say that these pop stars are themselves part of the group and are helping to manipulate the world by using their powers and abilities to hypnotise people to achieve that goal.”

British arch-conspiracist David Icke, a believer in the Illuminati, has said: “Why do some artists who have a certain amount of talent — and some not very much — why do they get picked up by the corporations and become these big influences on young people, and other people, through the entertainment and the music industry, while others with incredible talent never get off the ground? It is because they are ‘chosen’.”

The idea of pop music as a powerful mind-control weapon, with secret (and not-so-secret) messages and dark imagery woven into lyrics and videos, is one that the conspiracy theorists love to lap up.

Lady Gaga Illuminati sign

Celine Dion rumoured to be a member

Queen of England

Some stars have enjoyed stoking up the alleged connections. Lady Gaga has even gone so far as to admit outright to incorporating an Illuminati ritual into her shows after apparently having a dream about it.

And of course the existence of the group runs through popular literature including Dan Brown’s Angels And Demons and The Illuminatus! trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

Dr Mark Wood, lecturer at the University of Winchester in America and a specialist on conspiracy theories, said: “In centuries past, people were mostly fairly religious — they would see the guiding hand of God behind what happens in the world.

“Now that religion is on the decline, conspiracy theories — which are on the rise — may be a sort of replacement for religion.

“We need something powerful to believe in — even if it’s not necessarily good.”

Meanwhile, Professor Fenster suspects that people who are jealous of successful celebrities or leaders may like to seize an excuse to write them off as mere puppets.

He said: “People can then believe that someone does not have a lot of power simply because they are wealthy or have a high-level political office, but that the real explanation for their power comes from their connection to the secret group.”

Which might be a way for jealous critics to dismiss the success of Jay Z and Beyonce who both rose to fame from humble roots.

Conspiracy theorists may think otherwise, but then there are conspiracy theorists who think the likes of Dan Brown and David Icke are double agents, planted in their midst to sow confusion.

By the Illuminati, of course.

Adam Weishaupt Founder of Illuminati

Zack Zwack

THE original Illuminati secret society was founded on May 1, 1776, by Bavarian philosopher Adam Weishaupt, above.

Its aims were to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence and abuse of state power and to support gender equality.

It was banned, along with all local secret societies, in 1785 and its leaders, including Xavier Zwack, below, were banished.

The society seemed finished – but rumours persisted that it survived and went on to orchestrate the French Revolution and the Battle of Waterloo.