Lupe Fiasco: Red M&Ms are haraam :(
Published by Haseeb December 13th, 2007 in Islam, Lupe Fiasco, MusicA fellow Lupe Fiasco fan linked me to one of his interview’s on New York’s HOT 97 radio station. During the interview, he discusses a rather weird request he has for his performances - he only wants yellow m&m’s in his dressing room. Now why would he do that?
Because he is a Muslim and red m&m’s are haram!
Red M&M’s are dyed with a substance that contains Colchineal, an insect. The consumption of insects is haraam. 
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knowledge is power
ignorance is bliss
Salaam,
It’s not just M&M’s.
Cochineal is used in tons of foods: http://money.aol.com/bw/general/canvas3/_a/whats-in-my-food/20060808141909990001
Pays to be a Maliki-
Word!
I didn’t eat them too! And there is a lot of food that we think that we can’t eat them!So be careful in the future…
ou érlém!Only God knows!
A sister said me that the Colchineal is not the insect but something on the insect, a kind of powder…
Allah
Colchineal can also be named as carmine or carminic acid, it’s found in lots of foods such as strawberry milk shakes or yogurt as well as in cosmetics. Does anyone know if they’re required to label it at all times? Its pretty distgusting.
Just say bismillah and eat it.
hahaha when I first heard that I thought Lupe was just messing with our minds. but i guess he’s got his fiqh of food dyes down to a tee!
i always wanted to eat BBQ grass-hoppers… you know the green juicy ones…
i respect him so much for that! may Allah
continue to guide him and ALL of us, and protect us from that which is harmful, Allahumma ameen!!
I respect for following his conviction but I don’t agree with this position. I am gonna go buy me some M&Ms now.
edit- *respect him*
sooo wat about the brown M&Ms?? is that haram too ?
I called Mars (the company that produces M&Ms) they said they use a red dye called Allura Red AC, which doesnt contain cochineal. Maybe we should it avoid it in case, Allahu alim.
I LOVE M&M’s and i’ll keep eating them. All the colors! This is by far one of the most ridiculous things i’ve ever seen.
Let’s make sure the M&M wrapper and all candy wrappers aren’t made out of gelatin too.
Haytham Soliman ur a real dummy