Okay I'm about to go on a long rant. First and foremost, the Illuminati hasn't been functioning since the 1700's so miss me with that bullshit. The Illuminati dates back to when Galileo was on house arrest by the Roman government for sharing his beliefs about how the Earth was made. You know, what we learned in Science class! Around that time, the Vatican (Catholic Church) ruled the Roman government and didn't like it AT ALL so they had him on house arrest until he finally died. There were visitors interested on his theory, so they snuck around to Galileo's house to learn. They came up with a name for themselves called the Illuminati, meaning to free your mind. Basically they were free thinkers! When Galileo died, the government destroyed and kept his work under wraps for 100 years. This made the Illuminati studied in secret because if the government found out then they would be BURNED ALIVE. I repeat BURNED ALIVE. When some were caught, they were burned alive so the Illuminati retaliated by attacking members but soon most of the members died. The Catholic Church made them seem like devil worshippers since they didn't believe the 7 day theory. You know God made light and etc. Soon the remaining members moved to Germany and started to make signs to write so no one could understand. The eye you think that means the devil is actually referenced in 17th and 18th century paintings and pamphlets as God, the all seeing eye. In many religions, like Hinduism, they have an eye that stands for God. The Germans found out and executed everyone in the Illuminati and burned their books because of the Vatican's influence. Okay now that that's explained, my second thing is to tell you what a REAL FREEMASON is: People think the Illuminati and freemasons are the same thing but they're very different. The reason the Illuminati and Freemasons are lumped together is because of the same sign: the eye! The Freemasons are an organizations that belong to MEN. Is Rihanna a man? No, because I've seen her pussy many times. Is Beyonce a man? Nope. The Freemasons are men who support the community by doing charity work, moral uprightness, and are very religious people. They bare Trinitarian Christians who believe in God in 3 bodies: The Holy Spirit, God's Son, and God. They are NOTHING ALIKE FROM THE ILLUMINATI YOU IDIOTS! Third of all, this is a music industry ploy for record sales. They have visually confusing videos and songs with trippy beats, which means that you will take time to watch their videos (they get paid per view) and buy their songs, only to dissect them. There is a reason why the main people mentioned in the Illuminati are the best selling artists in the industry. Because you dissect their songs and videos. Did you know in the 60s and 70s rock bands were accused of devil worshipping? Did you know what happened to their sales? It went UP! Led Zeppelin is the second highest selling rock band of ALL TIME and they were accused by the devil worshipping thing. They're basically taking a page from them and going with it! Kanye and Jay aren't dumb! Plus, how much you want to bet it's their publiciists with these websites and lesser artists are adding more to it. If the Illuminati meant what you meant then how come Usher isn't accused? He's affiliated with Bey and Jay. How come the actors and your politicians ain't in it? Beyonce can't change your law. Rihanna can't pass your state's budget idiots!