“Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls, I do adore!” This line from Jay-Z’s song “Girls” off his highly praised album The Blueprint highlights what many have claimed has been a longstanding issue within the Hip Hop community. The misogynistic and over-sexualized portrayal of women. Derek Minor sat down with the Pastor With No Answers Podcast to discuss why rap music is ...

I was riding in a car with my former youth pastor a little under a decade ago. A song came on the radio – noticeably Lecrae. As the chorus began to play, I began to think, “Wow, this sounds just like Andy Mineo.” I looked a the back of the CD case (yeah…dinosaur-era stuff). The song was “Background” by Lecrae ...

It’s that time again. Derek Minor is doing something to shed a spotlight on the African Americans and the minorities of this nation. This year, for Black History Month, he kicked it up a notch with the phrase – OWNERSHIP IS THE NEW BLACK. So what exactly does that mean? The idea was sparked for Derek by author and speaker, ...

The headliners for the historic, inaugural God’s House of Hip Hop 20/20 Summer Fest were announced Thursday, Jan. 23, at the God’s House of Hip Hop 20/20 Summer Festival Headliners Announcement Press Conference & Brunch at the Banc of California Stadium (BOC). The list includes some of the most celebrated talent representing Christian Hip Hop (CHH), Latin CHH, and Gospel ...

God Over Money rapper Jered Sanders is releasing Hope is Dope 2 this Friday. He just revealed the features of his tracklist today and this looks like it’s going to be insane. View this post on Instagram Every front cover has a back cover, right? Thanks to all involved in the creation/release of this project…from Biz…to the features…to Marcus on the artwork…to ...

Derek Minor dropped “Black Santa” featuring Bishop Frederick and we even get a Mrs. Claus feature too! Listen to Derek Minor Below: 

An all too common storyline in hip-hop has become the untimely passing of its brightest stars. On December 8th, a freshly 21-one-year-old Juice WRLD overdosed on Percocet pills at an airport. In 2018 XXXtentacion was killed in a car shooting and Mac Miller overdosed. The year before that, Lil Peep died of an overdose. “We have got to change Hip-Hop ...

“Your heart is working overtime. I give it four or five months tops.” Hearing words like that from a doctor is more than jarring, it’s nearly coma-inducing. A wave of emotion, regret, fear, and panic swells through the body and yet, on the outside, the lights are off. “Knock knock brain, are you there? We have to process this.” This ...

Grammy-nominated producer Lamontt ‘SPEC’ Blackshire (NF, Lecrae, Jesus Culture, FLAME,) and Award-Winning artist Derek Minor team up with Israel Collective films to do something never done in this space: write, record, and produce an album IN the Holy Land. Along the way, they filmed a music video called “Holy Ground” by the Dead Sea featuring Chrissylane, Bookie The Baby, & George ...

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: Kanye West Mr. West had a busy week. 1st he brought his Sunday Service team to two correctional facilities Houston, Texas, a men’s ...