We all know the stories of how the Christian Rap community feels the Dove Awards have represented them over the years. Just like the mainstream Grammy Awards, when hip-hop was rising to prevalence in the 80s, they just didn’t know what to do with it. Furthermore, the acceptance of Hip-Hop, especially by the church, would not come until years later. ...

Lecrae might have told us he’s retiring but it doesn’t seem like that’s happening anytime soon. Trip Lee is back to making music while Tedashii has music coming out. The three of them with the rest of the Reach Records roster are currently on the Unashamed Tour. So what’s next? Well, Lecrae posted this cryptic tweet which seems to imply ...

If you’re like me, a New Yorker, or one of the various other North East or West Coast people who are missing out on the Unashamed Tour, don’t worry I got you! Understandably, COVID restrictions in major cities and states, with NYC and California, having some of the highest, the tour wasn’t going to hit these parts. Hopefully, there will ...

Blackness never needed Christian rap, but Christian rap is unimaginable without Blackness. As we celebrate Black history this month, it is fitting to acknowledge that CHH would never exist without Blackness—without the Black experience, Black resistance, Black hope, Black history, Black soul, Black spirituality, Black rhythm. It is primarily a Black genre, and any definition predicated apart from this reality ...

The Super Gospel Celebration aired right before Super Bowl LVI started and this year Christian rap got to show up and show out. Airing on Prime Video, Lecrae gave a brief intro and then handed the mic to a bunch of bar spitters. A.I the Anomaly led off, followed by NOT KLYDE, Jon Keith, Wande, nobigdyl., and 1K Phew to ...

Pray.com, the world’s No. 1 app for Christians, today introduced Lecrae as its latest brand ambassador. The collaboration with Lecrae will see the release of several new content series led by the artist on the Pray.com website and mobile app. “Transform Yourself,” a seven-part meditative prayer series, will guide listeners through messages of mindfulness in faith to reduce everyday stress and improve their ...

The 23rd annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration is happening after Super Bowl LVI and it looks like we’re getting an Unashamed Cypher. The 116 crew and a few friends were seen on IG Stories a few weeks back cooking something up in Atlanta. This must have been it. The cypher might be called “Catch the Light.” The group of artists ...

As previously reported, Reach Records announced the We Are Unashamed Tour was happening in the spring on 116 Day. At the moment there are 14 dates up that hit mostly the South from March through April. It’s easy to speculate that Reach avoided places with strong COVID-19 restrictions, for example, Northern states and California.   View this post on Instagram ...

Lecrae & 1K Phew drop their anthemic music video for “MOVE” off joint project No Church in a While. The Hammer Time Boys got their army together and they’re movin’. Watch Lecrae & 1K Phew Below:

For the uninitiated – “The Shelby 5 is a versatile group that presents a blend of pop and urban-infused worship through the use of free-flowing melodies that encourage the soul…The close-knit siblings work to promote unity through song by delivering an inspirational message that crosses age, race, cultural, and religious barriers. They were recently afforded the opportunity to participate in ...