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.
Lecrae and Zaytoven track “Get Back Right” was selected as the NFL’s ‘Song of the Season’. That means you’ll be hearing the track all throughout the playoffs. The song, from Let the Trap Say Amen will see it’s proceeds during the playoffs go to Inspire Change organization. Read more here.
116 Passion 2020
Speaking of Lecrae, he, Andy Mineo, Tedashii, and Trip Lee performed at Passion 2020 to ring in the new year. The four of them combined to do a 30-minute set and performed a number of their hits together. Check out the full concert on Rapzilla.
Aaron Cole
Aaron Cole announced his new project is coming – AOTY (All of This Yours). He revealed in a recent post that after he won New Artist of the Year he was tripping off his ego. After coming to this realization he flipped AOTY to mean All of This Yours.
TobyMac
TobyMac dropped his first new song since the passing of his son Truett Foster. It’s called “21 Years” which was the age of his passing. The song is brutal and gut-wrenching but a welcome reminder that children are just loaned to their parents until they can go back home. Watch the music video on Rapzilla now.
Old School
Let’s hit you with a flurry of old school news. KJ-52 has officially retired the KJ-52 monicker. Although not finished with music, he has moved to a full-time role as a pastor in his church. He just dropped Victory Lap which is his final KJ-52 project.
While one goes away, another returns. John Reuben will be releasing the tongue-in-cheek Greatest Christian Rapper Ever.This will be his second album since returning from his 7 plus year hiatus.
Finally, for the first time since 2004, Mars Ill has new music with the single “Win When.” If you don’t know this duo, they are comprised of Manchild, a ridiculously talented rapper, and producer DJ Dust.
Outro
In conclusion, don’t forget to check out all of our playlists featuring the top tracks that dropped on Friday. Start with the Rapzilla Playlist and work your way down. Remember to check out the Christian Rap Mix and Pandora and the best indie artists and tips on NewH2O.com.
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Justin is the Editor-in-Chief of Rapzilla.com and co-owner of NewH2O.com. He has been a journalist for 9 years and has written or edited for Relevant, Christian Post, BREATHEcast, CCM, Broken Records Magazine, & more. When not writing he's on stage rhyming as the frontman of Process of Fusion. He also likes to work with indie artists to develop their brands & marketing strategies. Catch him interviewing artists on Survival of the Artist Podcast.
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 […]
This is the 10th year that Rapzilla.com has been naming a Christian rap Freshmen list. Every year since 2011 we’ve picked who we thought would have a tremendous year. Now, with over 100 artists during this period of time, Rapzilla allowed you, the reader, to vote on your all-time 15. The poll contained every Christian rap artist/producer that has been featured on our list. You were tasked with sorting through the names and voting for your all-time top 15. Your picks could be from any year in an effort to create a “super team” of Christian rap. Here were the […]
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 […]
Two-time grammy-award winning artist Lecrae has been widely known by CHH and the wider hip-hop community as a prominent Christian rapper. Beginning his career in 2004 with Real Talk, Lecrae has released nine studio albums, including the contemporary Let the Trap Say Amen with Zaytoven in 2019 and his upcoming Restoration in March. Over the course of his 16-year career, Lecrae has stayed true to the tenets of his faith but also changed tremendously as a person in terms of opinions, convictions, and beliefs. These dynamics have bled out in the lyrical content of his music and show a definite […]
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 […]
This is the 10th year that Rapzilla.com has been naming a Christian rap Freshmen list. Every year since 2011 we’ve picked who we thought would have a tremendous year. Now, with over 100 artists during this period of time, Rapzilla allowed you, the reader, to vote on your all-time 15. The poll contained every Christian rap artist/producer that has been featured on our list. You were tasked with sorting through the names and voting for your all-time top 15. Your picks could be from any year in an effort to create a “super team” of Christian rap. Here were the […]
Cory Cifax announced his album Gray Matters will release 2.21.2020. He just released his video “The FWD” as an introduction. Though this song will not be available for streaming nor will it be on the album but it serves as an introduction to the concepts on the album. Watch Cory Cifax Below:
K-Drama releases the perfectly timed “Slow Down” track that capitalizes on the Sonic the Hedgehog movie. The song features blowing into the cartridge and samples the water level in Sonic 2. Listen to K-Drama Below: Stream here.
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 […]
