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In a recent interview with Black Enterprise, Lecrae opened up about new album Restoration, his second book ‘I Am Restored’, and his other business ventures. His book and album are thematically almost hand-in-hand together. About the two, he said: With conversation rising about the number of teens committing suicide and the heightened conversations around mental health awareness and suicide prevention, this is the perfect time for my ninth album, Restoration. I’m also writing another book, I Am Restored, due out later this year. A follow-up to my first book, Unashamed, I Am Restored, chronicles how I’ve navigated the highs and lows of success and celebrity and shares how […]

VICE has documented some Christian stories in the past. A few years back we covered their documentary on the Creation Festival with an interview of then Noisey Editor Eric Sundermann. This particular video is focused on mostly faith-based film and show actor Emma Elle Roberts. She is most known for her roles on Pure Flix, the “Christian Netflix” alternative. Roberts spends the video talking about the struggles of being put in the “faith-based” box of cinema. It’s an all too familiar subject that Christian rap has been battling over the years. The old argument, “Are you a Christian rapper or […]

Across the pond, UK Christian rap artist Guvna B teamed up with the prestigious BBC. Their goal, to discuss the intersection of faith and music concerning ‘Gospel Meets Hip-Hop’. They did this as a podcast documentary for BBC Sounds. “Gospel and hip-hop are closely related, but the relationship hasn’t always been an easy one. Christian artists making gospel hip-hop face barriers both within the church and within the mainstream music industry – it was either the ‘devil’s music’ or ‘not cool enough’. But now it’s becoming popular, people in the church and the music industry are taking note,” reads the website’s […]

February 2020 21st, MOBO award-winning artist Triple O will see the release of new EP, Cry Like A Man – which will be Triple O’s first major release in over two years. The seven-song EP is a follow up to his sophomore album Zero Not Equal To One which was released back in the summer of 2017. View this post on Instagram THE OFFICIAL ARTWORK for #CryLikeAManEP 🙌🏾🥳😭🥳😭🥳🙌🏾 . It’s been 2 and a half years since I put out any new music and in 20 days time another chapter of the story will be told. . So much work […]

FLAME and Da’ T.R.U.T.H. are known for their heavy theological breakdowns in music. A few years back T.R.U.T.H. released his album It’s Complicated which spoke on the complexity of Christianity. FLAME just released Extra Nos where he denounced Calvinism. Here’s the podcast’s description. “Remember as a kids, when we were taught something was either good or bad, right or wrong, etc.? Then later, you realize everything doesn’t quite fit as neatly in those categories. It’s more complicated. Grammy-nominated artists, Da’ T.R.U.T.H. and Flame delve into candid discussions on society, the arts, religion, humanity and more while exploring meaningful topics relevant to their shared […]