Jamal Black

**Jamal Black Jr.** (born 2002; died 10 June 2020) commonly known as just **Jamal Black** was a Johanian miner and rapper, whose death sparked international controversy.

## Early life

Black was born in Juliengrad, Johanian Republic in 2002. His father, Jamal Black Sr. was a Juliengrad senator and part of the region's upperclass. Despite this, Black wanted to work in the Northern mine due to his interests in the struggles of the proletariat.

## Death and legacy

On June 10, 2020, Black's burnt remains were found in a mine located in Northern Juliengrad, Johanian Republic where he worked. His charred remains were brought to the first United Nations of Shitcraft meeting by Raukirland leader, Burgamistern. The cause of death was not immediately clear, which resulted in the Axel Powers claiming that Black's death was evidence of Johanian tyranny. An assertion that has been widely regarded as a political move, rather than an attempt at explaining his death. President Gallus ordered an official investigation upon hearing the news, and additionally encouraged independent researchers to do likewise. Access to the mine and the evidence was partly limited since investigators with connections to Ninjago and Orochi had been restricted due to security concerns. The Johanian Department of Justice's Inspectors and independent Non-profit inspectors came to the same conclusion, which was drastically different from the initial theories.

### Cause

The investigators' conclusion was that the mine accident, which killed Black, happened as a result of a faulty firework. Said firework was initially believed to have been manufactured in Ninjago, which lead the investigators to believe that the malfunction was intentional. That began a second investigation into the firework's production. It was later discovered that the firework had been produced by the Ninjagoan company Borg Industries and sold to Juliengrad via a sister-company in June 2020. This lead some to speculate that the faulty fireworks had been deliberately sold to Juliengrad in order to cause the accident. The team of researchers concluded decisively that this batch of fireworks were manufactured differently than Borg's other fireworks. An investigation was thus made into Borg Industries. The company's close ties to the Ninjagoan government lead some to believe that Emperor Kareastikuru was behind the conspiracy. President Gallus insinuated that this was the case in a press conference. The investigation team continued to research this matter after the collapse of the Johanian Republic. In April 2021, they stated that the firework batch was "specifically sold to Borg, outside of Ninjago".

Later, in April 2021 the investigation team concluded that the firework batch had been manufactured in Orochi by a state-owned enterprise, and then sold via Borg most likely without the Imperial Ninjagoan government's knowledge. On May 2 2021, the investigation team released a paper, detailing how the Orochian enterprise managed to pull this off. It was widely reported on throughout the National Government of Ninjago and the Myjohanian Union. Independent researchers and fact-checkers agreed that the team's finding were legitimate.

### Burial

Black's remains were moved from the UN building in the Levant to St. John, Johanian Republic, where he was buried next to the presidential headquarters. It was a privately held ceremony, where only Black's family members and friends were allowed entry to the city during the day. President Gallus and Deputy President Myohani were also present at the funeral, where they reportedly both held speeches where Black's musical talents and solidarity for the Juliengrad workers were praised.

### Conspiracy Theories

In June 2020 the Myohanian state-owned enterprise operating in the Siberian Territory exported 120 tonnes of clay and other rare-earth materials to the Orochi construction sector in exchange for fireworks for use in the Myohanian mining and fledgling aerospace industries, leaked Myohanian Ministry of Industry documents show that a significant portion of the Orochi fireworks were impounded at the border by Johanian State Customs and never reached their destination. It has been posited that these missing fireworks were the ones used to cause Black's death. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claims that the missing fireworks were seized on Gallus' authority and deliberately set to cause the accident as part of a false-flag operation intended to lead to the souring of Allied-Axel relations, the subsequent Ninja-Johano War and the collapse of the Johanian Republic. Although this theory has been widely disregarded by historians and researchers alike as the missing firework portion were later revealed to have been used in the Johanian Republic's expedition to the Moon Dimension.

## Heritage

Black was of east African heritage as both of his grandparents emigrated from that region to Juliengrad. False claims about his heritage is commonplace in Ninjagoan propaganda, which attempts to portray Black as a Ninjagoan descendant. The faux-scientific paper *Jamal Black's Heritage* was published by Ninjago University shortly after his death. The widely discredited
paper asserts that Black was of Malagasy descent and thus partly east Asian. The late miner and rapper's father Jamal Black Sr, a Johanian senator has responded to these claims by stating that:

> "Both mine and Junior's mother's ancestors came from the heart of Eastern Africa. Our grandparents moved to Juliengrad in order to pursue a better life in Johania. Juliengrad is a proudly diverse island and our local Malagese population identify as Johanians first and Africans second. Never Ninjagoan or east Asian."
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Senator Black has since called the political usage and the false claims of his family's heritage "highly offensive".

The Ninjagoan paper contained numerous factually false claims such as Jamal's date of birth and its description of the events leading up to the paper being written Several DNA-researcher from Johania, Raukirland, Holland, Hellas and Arvidland had all came to the unanimous conclusion that Jamal Black Jr. was of East African descent, just like Senator Black had previously asserted. The Ninjagoan researchers denied that conclusion, due it conflicting with the Ninjagoist propaganda. This made the political venture of claiming Black's death as an offensive against Ninjago difficult.

Even though getting international backlash from the scientific community, Ninjago kept their pseudo-scientific claims and established Jamalia on the Madagasukaru strip, where Jamal Black was set as *de jure* leader. The Jamalians who are mostly ethnic Malagasy or African, are listed as honorary Ninjagoans, due to Ninjagoist sciences where Ninjagoans and Jamalians are closely related. The Ninjagoan government also believes the Madagascar island had moved away from Ninjago millions of years ago.