It may be nearly 47 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated on Dealy Plaza in Dallas but the memory of that day remains raw for many Americans. So when R&B singer Erykah Badu made a music video showing her following the same route as JFK before collapsing at the very spot the president was shot, controversy was bound to be stirred.

Badu said she shot the video in one take at 3.30pm on 13 March, with a hidden cameraman following her. In case you’re a newbie, 33 is the number of degrees in Scottish rite Freemasonry. There are 13 degrees in the Bavarian Illuminati. 33 was the age Jesus died and 13 is the number associated with death. King Kill 33° is a popular conspiracy novel by James Shelby Downard.