Looking back at the painful and difficult history of being Black in America, religion has always been an important cultural and spiritual backbone — constantly sustaining and replenishing the ...

There are more reasons than not to call Jesus a rapper. By the definitions of his day: a gangster rapper. Check the Bible, it’s all in there—a young ruffian delivering verses on street corners amongst ...

Gospel music has always played a big role in American culture. Now, the music's wide-ranging history is being celebrated at ...

Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...

Roc Boy Preezy dropped his faith-driven anthem SAVED, blending gospel and hip-hop to mark his spiritual journey and mainstream rise in 2025. However, personal challenges temporarily derailed his ...

YB is a musical evangelist. As his website, YBofficial.com, puts it, the independent Christian hip-hop artist "is what happens when optimism meets melodic trap. [He] wraps emotional storytelling over ...

When Flame’s rich and heavy vocals lace a track, any listener – saved or not – will be forced to nod their head. It’s obvious that he’s far beyond the ordinary among hip-hop musicians – and in another ...

The artists most shaping the movement. Lecrae Moore is the Grammy Award–winning rapper who represents the face of the gospel hip-hop movement. In songs like "Jesus Muzik," "Don't Waste Your Life" ...

Renowned French Romantic author Victor Hugo is credited with saying, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” It makes us wonder about the unspoken and ...

The Son of Man will send his angels ... with a breakbeat. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage for The Recording Academy via Getty Images If Christ then was Biggie (apologies to 2Pac), the twelve apostles — ...