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: Dove Awards We saw history last week when for the 1st time New Artist of the Year went to someone in the CHH space, ...

Not so fast! The court case between Katy Perry and FLAME that dragged on for nearly five years may be continuing on. Back in August FLAME was claimed the victor and awarded $2.78 million from Perry and her collaborators after a jury found her hit “Dark Horse” plagiarized his song “Joyful Noise” featuring Lecrae. Now, the defendants are filing an ...

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: FLAME vs Katy Perry Settlement Verdict So it’s official, last week Katy Perry and her team were found guilty of plagiarising FLAME’s “Joyful ...

On Tuesday, we reported on the landmark case concerning the FLAME song “Joyful Noise” and the song “Dark Horse” by Katy Perry. It was ruled that Perry and her team of songwriters plagiarised the Christian rapper’s song. The monetary settlement had not been decided at that time – now the numbers are in. According to Associated Press, FLAME will be receiving $2.78 ...

The verdict is in, and it was determined FLAME and his team won the nearly 5 year legal battle against Katy Perry. It was reached that the beat to Perry’s smash hit “Dark Horse” “improperly copied” FLAME’s track “Joyful Noise.” According to Billboard, the song’s collaborators Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke), Karl Martin Sandberg (Max Martin), Henry Walter (Cirkut), Sarah Hudson, ...

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: Summer 19 So let’s start this off with a bang. Everyone is talking about the Summer 19 Playlist by Reach Records. The playlist ...

Since 2014 a lawsuit between FLAME and Katy Perry has been gaining steam and then fading. Well, now it has finally come to a head with an expected two-week trial beginning. Here’s a refresher: in 2007 FLAME released a song called “Joyful Noise” featuring Lecrae. In 2013 Katy Perry dropped her smash single “Dark Horse” featuring Juicy J. FLAME and ...

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 Below: nobigdyl. nobigdyl. dropped his new single and music video for the song “Emcee Hammer.” The video is really fun and features a bunch of ...

FLAME has been killing it in Christian rap music since the early 2000s. From his very beginnings until now, the emcee has stayed consistent and relevant in a genre that sees lots of change. Our own Luc DiMarzio had an opportunity to chop it up, and see what he’s been up to. Rapzilla: I’m stoked to be talking with you ...

There is one goal most artists chase: signing to a record label. Famous artists such as Kanye West and Lecrae are signed to labels, so that must be the route to success, right? Well, sort of. While signing to a label is necessary to go on big tours and get advertising in Time Square, labels are still a business with ...