What happens when a hip-hop fan who was raised Amish decides to leave the church and start a popular band that occasionally tours to Delaware?

You end up with performers whose stage names sound like this: Snoop Job (Snoop Dog), Big Daddy Abel (Big Daddy Kane), Eazy Ezekiel (Eazy-E), Amos Def (Mos Def), Hezekiah X (Malcolm X).

The drummer is named "Jakob the Pipeplayer." His name isn't tied to any famous rappers or historic Black figures. But the alias sounded funky enough, so it stuck. August concerts: Hot August concerts to see in Delaware and Philly

Those are the members in the cover band The Amish Outlaws , a group playing a half dozen shows in and near Delaware before summer takes it's final bow. You'll those tour dates at the end of this story. Need a break? Play the USA T

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