Jacob (Arabic: يَعْقُوب‎, Yaʿqūb), or Israel (Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل, Isrāʾīl), is a prophet in Islam who is mentioned in the Qur'an. He is acknowledged as a patriarch of Islam. Muslims believe that he preached the same monotheistic faith as his forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. Jacob is mentioned 16 times in the Qur'an. In the majority of these references, Jacob is mentioned alongside fellow Hebrew prophets and patriarchs as an ancient and pious prophet who remained in the "company of the elect".Muslims hold that Jacob was the son of Isaac and that he preached the Oneness of God throughout his life. As in Christianity and Judaism, Islam holds that Jacob had twelve sons, each of which would go on to father the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Jacob plays a significant role in the story of his son, Joseph, and is referenced around twenty-five times throughout the narrative. The Qur'an further makes it clear that God made a covenant with Jacob and Jacob was made a faithful leader by God's command.

Gabriel Yacoub was born in Paris, of a Lebanese father and a French mother. He was a guitarist and singer with the Alan Stivell group that toured France in 1971. Before he founded Malicorne, Gabriel and Marie Yacoub recorded Pierre de Grenoble (1973). Indeed this was originally intended to be the name of the group. It included contributions from Dan Ar Braz. With Malicorne, Gabriel played acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, epinette de Vosges and banjo, while Marie played electric dulcimer, bouzouki and hurdy-gurdy. They sang most of the lead vocals on the albums. In 1978, while Malicorne were at their peak, Gabriel recorded a solo album called trad.arr, which featured English fiddler Barry Dransfield as guest.

In the final year of Malicorne, 1986 Yacoub recorded Elementary Level of Faith. This was highly experimental, with Yacoub's own compositions and electronic effects. Warm emotions are combined with industrial sounds. It is very much a companion-piece to Malicorne's Les Cathedrales de L'Industrie.

Muhammad Hussein Yacoub (Arabic: محمد حسين يعقوب‎) is a Salafi Islamic scholar in Egypt, who has given hundreds of lectures in Da’wah. A number of his books are currently being published. He gained significant notoriety after successive spouts of anti-Semitism and hatred against non-Muslims.

He was born in 1956 in the Matimdiyah area of Imbaba, in the Al Jizah Governorate in Egypt. His father was one of the founders of The Matimdiyah Islamic Association for Muslims to Unite Efforts to Act according to the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah. He continued to give the Friday Khutbah (sermon) in the different the governorates of Egypt for fifty years and gave a regular class in Fiqh.

Sheikh Yaqcoub is the oldest of four brothers and has one older sister. He obtained a Teaching Diploma in 1967 and married before he was twenty years of age.

Sheikh Yaqcoub memorized the whole Qur’an at an early age in the local Kutaab .He participated in the entering the data of the Prophet’s Hadith onto computers which increased greatly his religious knowledge. It also helped him cement his knowledge of the Hadith.

Christopher Francis Ocean (born Christopher Breaux; October 28, 1987), better known by his stage name Frank Ocean, is an American singer-songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana. Breaux made an early career as a ghost-writer for artists such as Justin Bieber, Bridget Kelly, Aramide Makinde and John Legend. In mid 2010 he became a member of OFWGKTA premiering on Domo Genesis' track, "SteamRoller". In February 2011, he released his debut mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra to critical acclaim. He released two singles; "Novacane" and "Swim Good". Both singles achieved chart success. Ocean went on a 7 show tour through North America and Europe promoting the mixtape. He is currently located in New York City.

The mixtape caught the interest of recording artists such as Kanye West, Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z, and he appeared on Watch the Throne. He co-wrote the popular track "Thinking About You" for Bridget Kelly. On January 5, 2012, the BBC announced that he had finished in second place in the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll. Ocean is currently working on his debut studio album, set to be released in the first half of 2012, while the same year he appeared at Coachella and he is scheduled to appear at Lollapalooza.