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Additional television credits include The CW’s The Originals and ABC’s Of Kings and Prophets.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
Last night, Donatella Versace was honored with the 2024 Prophets of Philanthropy Award, given by The Galileo Foundation, to mark her lifelong commitment to LGBTQIA+ advocacy and her work promoting equality and human rights.
—Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
And in a lot of ways – in Rage and Audioslave, and even in some ways the Prophets of Rage – those fans have been underserved.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 28 June 2024
Slivers of Gil Scott-Heron, Ralph Bakshi’s Coonskin, and the Watts Prophets pepper this commentary on the intersections of race, wealth, and mental health.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024
As part of the celebration, Cash Prophets will play from 6 to 9 p.m. Beers will be $5 from 12 to 3 p.m.
Karaoke Night (hosted by Jackrabbit Brewing at 1323 Terminal St. in West Sacramento) - Eat tacos while participating in free karaoke.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024
Since its unexpected battlefield victory in 1967 that swallowed the West Bank and extended Israeli power to the Jordan River, Israeli democracy has been shaped by the temptation of holding all the Land of the Prophets and by the mythologizing of that idea.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
There was no attempt by Morello or anyone else to play a Rage song even though Prophets of Rage co-frontman Chuck D was in the house.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
That tradition, which continues to this day, was extended in the late 1960s and early 1970s by such pioneering rap artists as The Last Poets in New York and The Watts Prophets in Los Angeles.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of Prophets was
in the 13th century
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“Prophets.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Prophets. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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