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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: Dove Awards We saw history last week when for the 1st time New Artist of the Year went to someone in the CHH space, Aaron Cole. He released his album Not by Chance and it helped propel him to his 1st award. Lecrae took home hip-hop album of the year with Let the Trap Say Amen which was entirely produced by the legend Zaytoven. Also, GAWVI won hip-hop […]

Not so fast! The court case between Katy Perry and FLAME that dragged on for nearly five years may be continuing on. Back in August FLAME was claimed the victor and awarded $2.78 million from Perry and her collaborators after a jury found her hit “Dark Horse” plagiarized his song “Joyful Noise” featuring Lecrae. Now, the defendants are filing an appeal on the judgment. According to Vanity Fair, this is what parts of the appeal state: “the legally unsupportable jury verdicts in this music copyright infringement case that are widely recognized within the music industry — and beyond — as […]

It wasn’t just about Aaron Cole making Christian rap history last night. Lecrae and GAWVI also took home some hardware at the 2019 Dove Awards. Lecrae won Rap / Hip Hop Album of the Year for the Zaytoven produced collab project Let the Trap Say Amen. He was up against II: The Sword by Andy Mineo, PANORAMA by GAWVI, The Second City by Steven Malcolm, and Neverfold by Tedashii. GAWVI won Rap / Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year for “FIGHT FOR ME.” He was up against “None of My Business” by Andy Mineo, “Get Back Right” by Lecrae & Zaytoven, “Everytime” by Social Club Misfits, and “Even Louder (ft. Natalie Grant)” by Steven Malcolm. See Lecrae and GAWVI Respond Below:   […]

Aaron Cole made history last night at the 2019 Dove Awards. The Gotee Records artist became the first person in Christian hip-hop to win New Artist of the Year. However, this feels problematic for three reasons. One, Cole is so much more than just a hip-hop artist, he’s an incredible singer. So the amendment here is that he’s within the CHH sphere but not limited to rapping. The second point, despite his age, Cole is no rookie. He’s been killing it in music for some time already. He released his official debut album Not by Chance while signed to a label, and […]

Joining The Pure Flix Podcast, Pastor Adam Tyson spoke about Kanye West and him becoming “radically saved.” “I was just under the weight of my sin and I was being convicted that I was running from God, and I knew I needed to make things right, so I came to Christ. I came out of darkness into the light,” West said according to Tyson. The two of them met through industry members of his church. One of the congregants was working with Kanye and invited him to church. Tyson was skeptical, but the rapper showed up three out of four […]