Tag: Gospel Rap

I’m no hip-hop expert. I’m just a white boy who grew up in small town Oklahoma. But I’d like to think I know good music when I hear it. I grew up on a steady diet of rock and roll, and got into metal and punk in my teenage years. It would be a little while longer before I began to dabble in rap music. While Christian rap did exist in the 1980s, most of it was pretty cheesy, and relatively sub-par to what was going on in the secular world.*… Continued →

So I have been listening to gospel hip hop for many years. I remember having this rap group Pullin’ No Punches as a kid. It sported the marvelous collab w/ Bride & the reworking of the God Gave Rock & Roll 2U song. DOC was an abbreviation for Disciples of Christ. There were several 90s hip hop artists that abbreviated their names such as ETW’s End Time Warriors, SFC’s Soldiers for Christ, PID’s Preachas in Disguise, CROW’s Constantly Right Overcomes Wrong, etc… Anyway’s fast forward to 2016 & w/a name change released Welcome to Nimisilla Park.… Continued →

So Lecrae is a decent gospel rapper that has done pretty well in the industry. I saw him live & talked to him in Chicago a few years back where he autographed a book I bought that was about his story. I like tons of rap genres & artists, but all of them have come from the Christian industry. That’s just my choice & I think it’s a good thing for Christians to be crossover artists as many people can relate & an artist’s dream is then a ministry.… Continued →