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Nation19 is a clothing company and Magazine which owns the trademark APDTA. Nation19's designs are inspired by Rashad Khalifa and his research on the number 19[1], the Nation of Islam, and indigenous cultures. The website is nation19.com. Most notable collections are The Fall of America Fall/Winter 2010-2011 which is based on the book of the same title by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad[2], Spring Equinox, and the Ramadan collection. Nation19 designs come from a wide range of influences from famous logo parodies, UFO phenomenon themed tees, Religion, to hip hop culture. The trans cultural lifestyle Magazine is primarily a digital edition which is published each season and distributed online via Issuu and on the nation19 website. Nation19 is owned by Scottsdale AZ design and marketing Company Mobile Regime[3]. Nation19's founders (Hakeem Khaaliq, Queen Muhammad Ali, and Masaniai Muhammad ali) were quoted in the Final Call Newspaper Economic Salvation: Needed now more than ever "...Hakeem, Queen, along with her sister Masaniai launched the clothing line Nation19 to present a unique style threaded with a message. "A lot of street lines on the market now are coming out with skulls, cross bones and all these symbols of death. So when we launched this it was about a message of being alive and interjecting the teachings of the Nation of Islam into every shirt," said Bro. Hakeem."[4]
Nation19 Magazine Issues
1. Issue Number Uno (1) featured photography and a story on the ancient civilization of Lemuria titled "The Children of MU" (Maui,Samoa, Fiji, Pacific Islands), Yonasda Lonewolf, Compton Mosque #54 titled Straight into Compton, and Nation19 released their Ramadan Collection which featured male model Charles Cannon of Tommy Hilfiger fame.
2. Issue Number Dos (2) featured an exclusive story on Erykah Badu and her non profit BLIND, a story on Hip Hop humanitarians with Wyclef,Common, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, The good things Muammar Gaddafi did for Libya, and personal interview with famed Photographer Jamel Shabazz, a photography montage from Mexico, The Fall of America collection which has designs based on a mock invasion of Washington, D.C. by UFO phenomenon. Number Dos also featured a free digital mixtape called A Tribe Called 19 which is produced and mixed by Radiobums Producer Songwriter Masaniai Muhammad Ali
References
- ^ [Khalifa, Rashad. Quran, the Final Testament].
- ^ [The Fall of America, Elijah Muhammad, 1973]
- ^ Mobile Regime Re-launches Website While Establishing Partnerships with Grammy Award Recording Artist T.I. and the King of Pop Michael Jackson
- ^ [February 26, 2011 Vol 30 Number 21, The Final Call Newspaper (ISSN 1090-7327), by Jesse Muhammad]
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