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Qubilah Shabazz

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The Resume

    (December 25, 1960- )
    Born in Queens, New York
    Daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz
    Mother of Malcolm Shabazz
    Indicted for allegedly conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan (1995)
    Federal authorities dropped charges in exchange for her undergoing psychiatric counseling and treatment for drug and alcohol abuse for two years

Why she might be annoying:

    She began drinking heavily as a teen.
    She dropped out of Princeton.
    She drifted from city to city and job to job.
    She reportedly was obsessed with Farrakhan.
    She was married to Thedra Turner for two months.

Why she might not be annoying:

    When she was four, she witnessed the murder of her father.
    Many observers, including Farrakhan himself, thought she was a victim of entrapment by a paid FBI informer.
    Farrakhan and Betty Shabazz publicly reconciled on the stage of the Apollo Theater at a fundraiser for Qubilah's legal defense.
    She was abused by Turner, who threw her out of a car during an argument.
    Her son Malcolm was murdered (2013).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 88.24% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 22 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 40 Votes: 27.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 65 Votes: 66.15% Annoying