SkyBlew can easily be spotted in a crowd, sporting a gray-faced, blue-haired friend with a story of his own on his head. It’s become his staple; so much that if he doesn’t wear it, people ask “where’s your hat?” he said.
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It was the summer of 2008, and I was endeavoring on a new life — a life that was completely different from what I had known for the 13 years preceding — a life of sobriety.
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Thousands of people try to attract the attention of rappers every day on social media. Rarely do they get a response, let alone an opportunity to work on an artist’s debut album. But that’s exactly what happened to RavO.
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In response to fatal, xenophobic violence in South Africa this spring, 21 Christian hip-hop artists from 10 African countries have released an EP titled We Are One Africa to inspire unity between feuding nations.
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On May 5, Gemstones released his debut album a decade in the making. Not only did his fans have to wait four long months since the original release date was pushed back, but the artist formerly known as Gemini left an entire fan base hanging when he walked away from the mainstream industry years ago.
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Joey Jewish is still fairly new to Christian hip hop. He testifies to be seriously pursuing rap for about 2-3 years now. Out of these few years, one moment has significantly stood out among all others.
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Jackie Hill-Perry’s story of transformation is different than Caitlyn Jenner’s, but the Christian hip-hop/spoken-word artist identifies with the feelings that led Bruce to undergo gender transition.
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Maryland-based rapper J. Han made time to chat about his debut album last month as he attended the White House Summit on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs).
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Former Gotee Rapper John Reuben is Back, This Time He’s In Charge
Today, it was announced that the newly-formed Zealot Networks has acquired the Nashville-based Gotee Records — founded by TobyMac, Todd Collins and Joey Elwood — which recently just celebrated a second decade of operation.
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It’s always astonishing the kind of good that God can create from bad, and in the case of the founder of hip-hop-based Mixtape Ministries, Clay Garretson, that’s just what happened.
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“The pressure that we’re under because of the blood of Christ; I think that sort of needs to be embodied and talked about more,” Bridge B. said, “There’s a lot of pressure that we are under in this world. We are sheep amongst wolves.”
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The loading and firing of a gun are the first sounds heard on Christian rapper Drew Anderson’s album Lazarus that he released this weekend. Those sounds also cameo during the climax of his Christian testimony — when he says he was shot in the face, pronounced dead and placed in a body bag before he awoke.
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I am 31 years old, have been married for seven years next month and have three daughters. God has truly blessed me. However, I almost threw it all away before most of it got started.
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In the summer of 1998, Jay Z and Jermaine Dupri released “Money Ain’t a Thang.” With those four words, the duo captured the common attitude within hip hop that you are truly important when you have so much money you can waste it.
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