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Jay-Z causes controversy by wearing gaudy medallion of 'Five Percent Nation' group who believe whites are 'wicked and weak' • The Brooklyn-born rapper wore a medallion representing the Five Percent Nation at a Nets game last week • One of the main tenets of the Nation of Islam offshoot is that white people are 'weak and wicked' and that black men hold the power of God • When asked if the medallion holds any importance to him, Jay-Z said: 'A little bit' • Jay-Z was spotted wearing the nation's symbol last year while giving radio interviews for his new album,...

<p>LOS ANGELES(AP) - Mohammed al-Fassi, the Saudi Arabian sheik who stirred controversy for redecorating his mansions in Beverly Hills and Miami Beach with gaudy statues and religious signs, has died. He was 50.</p> <p>Al-Fassi died of an infected hernia on Dec. 24 in Cairo, Egypt, the Los Angeles Times reported.</p>