47 logo controversy
The "47" symbol associated with Pro Era

The design of one of Pro Era's logos is the number 47 with its digits joined.

It has sparked controversy due to its similarity to the Nazi flag. Like the Nazi flag, the logo has a red field with a solid white circle and a black insignia. Instead of a swastika, the circular white field of the sticker contains the 47 symbol, which bears close resemblance to the swastika and to a wolfsangel, both of which are associated with Nazism and Neo-Nazism. Stickers of the logo and graffiti of the symbol appeared in numerous locations around Edward R. Murrow High School and the Brooklyn neighborhood of Midwood (where the school is located) in March 2014, being planted by members of Pro Era to honor the memory of the late Capital STEEZ.

According to local news station News 12 Brooklyn, the group has explained that the logo was designed the way it was to draw attention, and that the symbol resembles peace, love and balance, as with the swastika's significance in various religions. They say that it is supposed to be a spiritual symbol and not an offensive one. Capital STEEZ believed that the logo's resemblance of a swastika is a commentary on the appropriation of what was originally a peaceful & spiritual symbol with roots in Eastern religions. STEEZ chose the number 47 due to the 7 chakra points, 4 being the point for the heart and 7 being the brain.

This s*** reeks like 4chan

Also Joey could bring it back in 2025 and no one would bat an eye

In one of his interviews he mentions people were asking him to make stickers or smth, and he went with this cause of the “swa-sticka” wordplay

I know it doesn’t change the edginess tho just some context on a bit of the thought process

I think somehow I suppressed this s***, I was around heavily.

Crazy

The explanation and it being different enough is actually solid imo, and was during the time of Kanye's half assed "take back the Confederate flag" era of Yeezus I assume it was playing off of.

Also what they said about the actual symbol is correct, it was stolen, and was meant to symbolize peace. It is one of like 30 designs of similar symbols that you find all over India and Japan, especially in their temples. Including the one Hitler took and, uh, repurposed.

It is cringe but I can see the line of thinking especially since they were all literal teenagers and thinking they were doing sumn very profound and important.

It's just fake deep teenage stuff that has good intentions but naive/sloppy/inexperienced execution. I thot thread was gonna have Nazi lyrics and him with Nazi memorabilia.

Idc. A whole movement of Indian people actually f*** with Hitler so that s***s null and void to me

And Japan obviously sided with him in the war

What happened after also matters when looking through an objective lens

If this s*** is harmless put it as your avy for a month I dare you

Coworker of mine has a wallpaper artwork of a noose

I asked him about it, he said it’s a band.

Keep on eye on Billy Columbine is all I can say

Can’t lie back in the day this whole 47 Pro Era movement had me convinced Ye was gonna be 47.

Steez didn’t strike me as reclaiming it like Ye or just a naive teen, he had some serious mental stuff going on. He probably had some crazy explanation for it that we would never expect

@2words to be fair, he was a 19 yr old when he passed that seemed to be mentally ill, he obviously wasn't gonna give us the keys to life at that age, he was still a long way from figuring out who He was as an individual.

Yeah absolutely. I was going to edit to add something like this but then I just deleted it lol

Growing up in NY in this era was pretty nuts. I knew a bunch of people who got sucked into Steez’s ideas and got the logo tatted

I 1000% agree I think young minds need to develop and he was very smart and talented

That’s actually crazy. Coverup artists got paid well I’m sure

They were 16 in 2012 man

This thread means f*** all man. I was just literally shocked when I saw a YouTube thumbnail on a Steez song. Idk how I missed this

that was a pretty silly sign looking at it now and even back then tbh

Idk why u expected me to think that

Honestly the conspiracy s*** is what lost me with steeze I could just not keep up

But yeah he was a teenager hopefully he would’ve grew outta this s***

RIP

I have summmed a demon

Using a gimmick to hate on a dead teenager has to be a mental illness

Are the streets f***ing with them Ray Vaughn songs?

Compare this or even Westside Gunn’s previous gimmick to Kanye. What Ye’s doing is actual Nazi phase s***

Yeah WSG a grown ass man too and also has a series of tapes with Hitlers name on em.

He has gotten off extremely light for that. Everyone loves West