A few weeks ago, I tweeted thoughts I’ve been working through regarding the potential impact CHH (Christian hip hop) can achieve. Since CHH is arguably 30 years old now, I’m wrestling through our lack of impact, organized leadership, strategy, togetherness with churches and vision. It's not that we don’t possess the attributes in part, rather, in my limited assessment, what we lack is an organized philosophy of mission bringing all these attributes together in order to mobilizes masses into action.
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There is no better way for an artist to communicate with their fans than through social media. Rapzilla has compiled a list of the Top 20 Christian Rap artists who have figured out how to best reach their fans on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Gospel legend Kirk Franklin was recently on Power 105.1's "The Breakfast Club" where he kept it real about sexuality, pornography, his conversion to Christ as a teen, and new album Losing My Religion.
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Reach Records is the most successful Christian hip-hop label in the history of the genre. They earned that status before they began to change their approach to their calling as artists.
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Before Dylan Phillips went by the stage name nobigdyl., he was one of a few black teens at his high school in the small, rural town of Bell Buckle, Tenn.; facing common struggles of adolescence, as well as some more unique.
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J. Monty likes surprises. On Friday, the Atlanta-based rapper released his debut album, Second Born, a title which fans are left to assume refers to J. Monty, given that a photograph of a baby is on his album cover.
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In early 2012, Atlanta-based rapper Alex Faith toured with Christian hip-hop supergroup High Society Collective — formed by artists Sho Baraka, Swoope, J.R. and Natalie Lauren.
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Three familiar faces to mainstream music made an appearance about halfway into Atlanta-based Christian rapper J. Monty’s new music video for “100 Bars, Pt. 3” — Jay Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne.
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As you readied to dress up as a Christian rapper for Halloween this year, Rapzilla asked some of your favorite Christian rappers what their favorite Halloween costumes were growing up and why.
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Before DC Talk embarked on its 55-city Jesus Freak Tour in Feb. 1996, the group rehearsed for about a week at an auditorium in Adrian, Michigan.
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Today — Oct. 21, 2015 — is the day Marty McFly went to the future in the 1989 movie Back to the Future II. In honor of the day, Rapzilla has amassed some of Christian hip hop's most notable Back to the Future references.
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Las Vegas-based emcee JGivens's song "Attack of the Clones," track No. 6 on his new album Fly Exam, featured an artist who played a role in his introduction to songwriting.
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When Reconcile’s EP Catchin’ Bodies dropped on Sept. 18, it was the first time he had released music through a production company — the Street Symphony-run Track or Die — and he said adjusting to the marriage was a process.
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Dee-1’s car needed gas after his performance at the Katrina Commemorative Conference in New Orleans on Friday, Aug. 28, the day before the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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Five projects in as Social Club, rappers Marty and FERN desired to express their personal perspectives more than they were able to as a group, which typically limited each of them to one verse per song.
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Tony Tillman concluded Camden — his album that Reflection Music Group released this August — with an open letter to a former fellow Crip. They lost touch after Tillman became a Christian and left the gang.
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Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. identifies with hip-hop culture in no way, shape or form — yet rappers Trip Lee, Shai Linne, Braille and God’s Servant are alumni of its pastoral internship.
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Someone who helped make Straight Outta Compton, a biopic about the legendary hip-hop group N.W.A. that released on Aug. 14, wanted to cast Christian rapper T'Juan as Dr. Dre, but the artist told Rapzilla.com that he refused after seeing the script.
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Humble Beast wasn't the first record label that showed an interest in Eshon Burgundy. In a blog post this weekend, Eshon explained why it had taken him so long to sign with a label, as well as why he left Humble Beast.
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Disturbed by the recent events in Cincinnati, McKinney, South Carolina, Baltimore and Ferguson? You should be. Yet, addressing racism should not become a black vs. white issue. It should be addressed as a right vs. wrong issue.
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