While at SXSW, Christon Gray spoke to us about his album ‘School of Roses’ which you can watch here but also gave us an impromptu acapella snippet of his song ‘After All’ from the album. Check it out and let us know what you think.
There’s not much to say here except that the Rapzilla Freshmen class of 2021 showed up and showed out. They also got a little help from DJ Mykael V, 1K Phew, Ty Brasel, Wande, WHATUPRG, Porsha Love, and more! Wath the Rapzilla Freshmen Below:
This is episode two of our Instagram show “Community During Chaos” that aired three weeks ago on a LIVE. Let us know what community leaders you’d like to see in the future or tune in next Monday at 9 pm est. Hosted by @JustinSarachik, featuring Kevi Morse, LaToria, and DJ Mykael V. Kevi talks about being a father and a young black man in this climate. LaToria talks about her IG series dealing with racial trauma, and Mykael talks about his experiences protesting. Watch Community During Chaos Below:
This is episode one of our Instagram show “Community During Chaos” that aired two weeks ago on a LIVE. Let us know what community leaders you’d like to see in the future or tune in next Monday at 9 pm est. Angie Rose talks about her work in the Bronx and in Puerto Rico. Rockstar JT talks about protesting in Alabama and Philly. Cutright talks about serving the Charlotte community. Watch Community During Chaos Below:
Over 65,000 Christian students rang in the New Year at the Passion 2020 event Share the Light. They also raised 1.2 million dollars for global Bible translation projects. Amongst the performers and speakers of the night were Reach Records artists Tedashii, Trip Lee, Andy Mineo, and Lecrae. Watch the Passion 2020 Reach Records Set Below:
BoX and TY ON DA TRACK faced off in the first ever Rapzilla Beat Battle at SXSW 2019. The battle took place at The Belmont on 6th Street in Austin, TX after the Reflect Greatness showcase presented by HipHopDX. Hosts: Dee-1 & Propaganda Judges: Abe Batshon (BeatStars), Canon, STREETRUNNER Shot/Edited by @charlietre_
He’s arguably Nigeria’s most versatile Christian music rapper. GamiE is poised to spread the gospel through his blend of Hip-hop and afrobeat sounds. Since the start of 2021, GamiE has consistently released songs every week for months and shot videos for each song. He charged himself to make a song that summarizes the message he hears from the pulpit every week. This he calls Sermon Notes. In April, he compiled some of these tracks into a body of work titled Sermon Notes, Vol.1. A 13 track album available on all digital stores. After releasing several tracks, he was featured on Clout […]
KJ-52 dropped his latest single “Glory to God” with long-time producer, Poetics, as the first single for the upcoming album, KJ-52 vs. Jonah. A video for the single shows the internal battle we fight against ourselves. UFC fighter Niko “The Hybrid” Price recently used KJ-52’s song as his walkout song during a UFC event. “Glory to God” is the second radio release in 2021 from KJ-52, whose latest collection of new music was funded by a Kickstarter campaign. “One Year Ago,” the debut single from the album of new material, was released in February. In addition to continuing to write […]
Every year Rapzilla names 15+ new and upcoming artists to our freshmen class. These artists range from moderately known and on the rise to, unknown and about to blow. Well, this story focuses on a duo comprised of brothers Jacob and Manwell Lundy known as the group – Lundi. You may not have heard of Lundi yet, but we believed wholeheartedly in 2021 and beyond, you would definitely get to know the name. So far, they are on that trajectory. Despite having only four singles out, they managed to ink a distribution deal with V. Rose’s Indie West and even […]
This Rapzillas Freshmen 2021 class is different! While Rapzilla and 13 of the artists were down in Atlanta, GA for a few days, aside from the freshmen concert and BBQ, we shot a bunch of videos. Three of those videos were the Rapzilla Cyphers. The second cypher features Coop, Kham, Red Tips, Scootie Wop & tylerhateslife. The beat was produced by 100 Graham. Watch the 2021 Rapzilla Freshmen Cypher Below:
Back in 2019, the rapper DAX dropped a song where he went direct to God and asked hard-hitting questions that many struggle with. The music video saw DAX as the “Christ-like” figure in the video as he was burdened in carrying a cross. The message was seemingly that the call to believe in Jesus was a burden akin to the cross and a tough one at that. At points in the song, DAX expresses his anger and frustration toward God, even dropping some choice words that would make many reading this upset. The video went viral and at this point […]
