I love hip hop and rap music. Back when I was just a beardless chubby heathen I would listen
to crazy southern rappers like Crime Mob and Lil Jon. I loved T.I., Eminem, and Nas. I
remember being really young and glued to the
TV over the Tupac vs. Biggie beef (I was team
Biggie for obvious reasons. Bad Boy for life!)
Well as the typical story goes, I became a
Christian and what was mainstream for
Christian Hip Hop was a joke at best. I am not
going to name names because they are good
brothers in the Lord and I have met some of
them personally and they really do have a love
for Christ and a passion for the Gospel that is
seen visibly in their lives and in their work.
However, I was not feeling them musically.
I went on this hardcore music path for about 2
or 3 years listening to Underoath, As Cities
Burn, and For Today. It was fun but there was
definitely a cultural confusion in me. I would
be rocking Tall Tees in mosh pits and people
didn’t know what to do with me. That is when I
showed up at Trinity College of Florida and met
Kevin Burgess. You may know him as rapper
KB from Reach Records. He and his friends
became my friends and I learned a whole new
world of Hip Hop that was not only stylistically
great but was also biblically sound.
Since then I have had the privilege of going to
dozens of concerts and building a library of
solid hip hop music that glorifies God and
promotes the Gospel. Here is a top ten list for
those of you who may have never stepped foot
in the Hip Hop world or want a good album to
give to that student that is a bit more “urban”
than you are.
1.Lecrae | @Lecrae
If you know anything about Christian Hip Hop
you probably have seen or heard this guy. He
has been featured on BET and has been
