Best of 2010 Nomination – Producer of the Year – IsRael Musiq

On August 23, Andy Mineo released a musical-podcast hybrid called Work in Progress. The project is unlike any released by the artist before, compiling several unreleased tracks into a single release with a podcast series used to create additional conversation. Whereas Mineo’s earlier releases accounted for a single season, Work in Progress gives listeners a more complete display of Mineo’s artistic evolution. Whether it be the fear of aging, a celebration of marriage, or musical experimentation, the album is a thematic feast and might be Mineo’s most powerful project yet. Perhaps the most crucial element of Work in Progress is […]

NF recently sat down for a conversation with Ill Will at NME.com this week. Being someone who tends to be pretty vulnerable on the mic, NF found some space here in front of a camera to be real. Considering himself to be a quite negative person and preparing for the worst, NF says he finds it thrilling that he outsold Chance The Rapper’s debut album ‘The Big Day’ in the first week of sales with his new album The Search. Nate also shares how his perception changes the older he gets. He looks back on the song How Could You Leave Us […]

Chance the Rapper appeared on the wildly popular YouTube series Hot Ones hosted by Sean Evans. Evans, a deep diver of research, asked Chance about being a “Christian rapper” and asked him about Kanye West’s Sunday Service. “One of the more complicated things to unpackage is the way people react to you being a Christian rapper, at least putting faith in the music that you make,” Evans said. He continued, “When you see headlines like Vice saying, ‘It’s Tough to be a Chance the Rapper Fan When You’re Not a Christian‘ what is your reaction to that?” “Maybe that’s true…but […]

Sunday, November 17, 2019, Kanye West made his first appearance and public endorsement of Joel Osteen, an evangelical celebrity. On a type of “conversion tour,” Kanye made a stop at Lakewood Church in Texas. This sent many ripples through the Christian community due to the combination of fame and controversy surrounding both figures. Osteen’s brand is one of the Prosperity Gospel, a type of Christian worldview that hinges on personal success in exchange for service to Christ. This delights some and bothers others in the evangelical sect of Christianity, and the Church in general. Sarah Pulliam Bailey, a writer at […]

From Chicago, IL to Toledo, OH, from the street to the church, the duo known as Above the Clouds are back at it, pointing listeners to “The Way.” Christian Hip Hop artists iNTELLECT and Tae Lamar are joined by DaLomonze on the classic boom-bap track. “The Way” marks the second offering for the group in 2019. Stressing the truth stated in John 14:6, listeners will no doubt understand that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. It is a message that floats on top of smooth, laidback production from Lamar as iNTELLECT continues to prove he is […]

Welcome to our weekly episode of Rapzilla.com’s Top Christian Rap News Recap. We endeavor to grab the best stories from the previous week and give them to you every Monday. Watch Our Christian Rap News Show Below: Kanye West Mr. West had a busy week. 1st he brought his Sunday Service team to two correctional facilities Houston, Texas, a men’s and women’s. The pictures show inmates with hands held high worshipping and amazing scene. Next, he spent his Sunday at Lakewood Church, the megachurch pastored by Joel Osteen. He came out to do a Q&A during the morning session and […]

Uzuhan, Phil J., Kurtis Hoppie & Swaizy all performed at the Light Work event at A3C. It was great to see these underrated artists kill it for a big audience. Swaizy made it on the bill last minute after winning the Critique Friday session. It was great to see these highly underrated artists in the same spot. Our photographer for the week, Barry E. Daly took some of these amazing photos.