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.
Reach Records artist and producer GAWVI just revealed his next project Heathenswill be coming out on April 10th.
The album will feature Trip Lee, Aklesso, Wordsplayed and more.
“With this record, I wanted to say, ‘Hey world, I’ve been labeled as a heathen, not because I am a sinner or a bad person, but because I went against the ‘Christian culture mold’.”
Datin on Shade 45 Cypher
GOM’s Datin made an appearance on Shade 45 where he beat the bricks off the English language. He was invited to the station to rip up some verses on the Sears Serious Cypher…and Lord have mercy…
I don’t have much more to say except go watch the clip now. The man kills it.
Lecrae Platinum
Lecrae got his first platinum record alongside Tori kelly for their smash single “I’ll Find You.” The song and subsequent music video help raise a ton of money for St. Jude’s medical facility for kids with cancer.
For those that don’t know, Platinum means over a million units sold. Even though the song has been streamed in various fashions well over a million times, streaming equivalents are factored in differently than a full sale of the song say on iTunes. Anyway, congrats to Lecrae and Tori.
News RoundUp
We want to express how thankful we are that Ty Brasel was not seriously injured during a recent car wreck with a drunk driver. Ty, keep your head up, I’m sure music will be coming out of this.
KJ-52’s book Victory Lap came out on multiple platforms. The book along with the album of the same name puts an endcap on his over 20-year-career.
We also dropped an article featuring some not yet known indie CHH picks. We got 5 fresh artists for you to check out, so be sure to let us know which tracks were your favorite!
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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nobigdyl. was in Atlanta with cinematographer Cinemaddox filming a music video. Both of their cars were robbed of 1000’s of dollars in film equipment plus damages. dyl. said his laptop was stolen too. There is no much else info available aside from what dyl. said, but there’s a GoFundMe set up to help. GoFundMe located here. “both our cars got robbed in atlanta. they took multiple cameras, lenses, two bags, and various equipment. we also lost all the footage and projects we had been working on this week. in the indie spirit we’re turning to our supporters to help us […]
Mental health according to the World Health Organization is “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.” Many things contribute to the true state of the well-being of humans either negatively or positively. As human beings, we are products of the society and community we have found ourselves, the norms and beliefs we have been accustomed to, bits of information we have seen or heard, and ideologies we have […]
There was a bunch of single releases that dropped today. We have some of them here. Which one is your favorite? A.I. the Anomaly Deanne Walden ft. JPKilledIt Gerry Skrillz Legin Nic D. ft. Foggieraw Reece Lache ft. Adrion Butler Still Shadey ft. Jo Joey, Double S, & Melvillous tylerhateslife – type. ft. Nic D Stream/Buy this song here UZUHAN & Kevin Chung YJO ft. Byron Juane Let us know which of these Christian Rap songs you are listening to?
Over the summer Dee-1 joined us on Community During Chaos to talk about his at the time upcoming track “Racist Christians.” He knew the song would be controversial but in reality, the song had a simple, yet important message. “Amidst talks of racial tension, ‘Racist Christians’, it’s time someone made a song that says it’s a complete contradiction to be a racist and a Christian. We have a long history in the church of blatant examples of racism and people feeling like it’s separate.” He continued, “I have never experienced racism in the church.” But he added the caveat of, […]
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nobigdyl. was in Atlanta with cinematographer Cinemaddox filming a music video. Both of their cars were robbed of 1000’s of dollars in film equipment plus damages. dyl. said his laptop was stolen too. There is no much else info available aside from what dyl. said, but there’s a GoFundMe set up to help. GoFundMe located here. “both our cars got robbed in atlanta. they took multiple cameras, lenses, two bags, and various equipment. we also lost all the footage and projects we had been working on this week. in the indie spirit we’re turning to our supporters to help us […]
Mental health according to the World Health Organization is “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.” Many things contribute to the true state of the well-being of humans either negatively or positively. As human beings, we are products of the society and community we have found ourselves, the norms and beliefs we have been accustomed to, bits of information we have seen or heard, and ideologies we have […]
There was a bunch of single releases that dropped today. We have some of them here. Which one is your favorite? A.I. the Anomaly Deanne Walden ft. JPKilledIt Gerry Skrillz Legin Nic D. ft. Foggieraw Reece Lache ft. Adrion Butler Still Shadey ft. Jo Joey, Double S, & Melvillous tylerhateslife – type. ft. Nic D Stream/Buy this song here UZUHAN & Kevin Chung YJO ft. Byron Juane Let us know which of these Christian Rap songs you are listening to?
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