Best Christian Rappers For The Faithful Fans Of Hip Hop

Hip-hop and current Christian music have merged to create Christian hip hop, sometimes called gospel rap, Christian rap, or holy hip hop. In the 1980s, American Christian media and urban contemporary music gave birth to it. With the song "Jesus Christ (The Gospel Beat)" by Queens, New York musician McSweet, Christian hip hop music initially appeared on vinyl in 1982. Stephen Wiley, a musician from Oklahoma, released Bible Break in 1985, The album's title single became a Christian radio smash in 1986, making it the first full-length Christian hip hop album. In the mid-1980s, other early Christian hip hop artists were the Boys &'' J.C., Preachers in Disguise (P.I.D.), who made groovy rock tracks, and P.I.D. Rapper KJ-52 rose to prominence in the business during the 1990s and the 2000s.

Aaron McCain

Aaron McCain, also called Canon, is a native of Chicago, Illinois. The first of March 1989 was the day he was born. By accompanying the rapper on his travels, he picked up some valuable hip-hop music training from Lecrae. It was around this period that he worked as Lecrae's full-time hype guy. Canon was then contracted to the Reflection (Music Group), where his debut extended play was published in 2012 (EP), titled Loose Canon: Vol. 1. The extended play version of his second album, which was released in 2015, was quite successful on the Billboard charts. The rapper currently has five albums available for purchase.

Lecrae

Lecrae is the best Christian rap artist right now. Lecrae Devaughn Moore is the full name of the artist. He was born on October 9, 1979, in Houston, Texas. Since then, he has become one of the most influential gospel artists. Lecrae is the head and co-founder of the record label Reach Records, which has signed some of the best Christian rappers in the United States. Lecrae was born and raised by a single mother, and on Sundays, his grandmother took him to church. The two-time Grammy winner was sexually abused by a babysitter when he was young. At some point, he also started using drugs.

He turned to music to deal with the pain of being beaten, given drugs, and not being cared for. Through his rap music, the rapper often draws on his own life to encourage and inspire young people.

Thi'sl

Greenwood, Mississippi. Soon after his birth, he and his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri. Travis started rapping at 14, going by the stage name Uncle Y. At the time, though, his music was heavily affected by the gang activities in which he was engaged. After some time, he abandoned his lifestyle on the streets and turned to gospel hip-hop. Listed below are some of the rapper's finest songs.

Let's Get to It
Tears feat. Ellie Holcomb
King Without a Crown feat. Corey Paul &'' Swade
Majestic feat. The Social Club
Hindsight
Go Get It
All That Comes With It feat. Laquan Green
Redemption

NF

Nathan Feuerstein was born on 30 March, 1991, in Gladwin a town of Michigan, United Sates of America. His stage name, sometimes "IF," comprises his first and last names. The rapper's mother raised him for most of his childhood after she broke up with his father. Fans of Christian rap will know NF's music because it has catchy beats and lyrics that are easy to understand. But Nathan's father took him back when he found out his ex-wife's boyfriend was hurting him.

In 2009, his mother died because she used illegal drugs, so he wrote the song "How Could You Leave Us" for her. The song showed how confused he was, especially about why his mother loved drugs more than she loved him. NF says that the bad things that happened to him made him the God-loving person he is now. The rapper has released six albums so far.

Bizzle

Bizzle, formerly known as Lavyss, is arguably one of today's most divisive Christian rappers. The birth name of the artist is Mark Julian Felder. He noticed the world in 2010 when he released the song You Got Some Explaining to Do. He was born on July 21, 1983. READ ALSO Matt Champion's biography from Brockhampton: age, height, actual name, and girlfriend. The song criticized famous rapper Jay Z for disparagingly about Christianity and Jesus. He created a commotion in January 2014 when he released the song Same Love (A Response.) The song was a response to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's Same Love. He attacked the media in the song's lyrics for endorsing homosexuality and leveraging the struggle for black civil rights to advance gay rights. At the 2013 Kingdom Choice Awards ceremony, he took home the prizes for Rap Single of the Year, Hip-Hop Album of the Year, and Music Video of the Year.

Derek Minor

Derek Johnson, Jr. was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on December 16, 1984. Before using Derek Minor, he went by the stage name PRo. Derek did not get along with his biological father or stepfather as a child. Due to the latter's drug addiction, the bond between him and a young Derek was strained. Minor is a rapper, record producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur, and actor. He is also a founding member of the well-known Reflection Music Group. Anomaly, which took home the 2015 Stellar Award for Rap Hip Hop Gospel CD of the Year, was also produced by the rapper. In 2013, he also received a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album for making the album Gravity. The rapper's albums are included here.

Redemption (2010)
Dying to Live (2011)
Minorville (2013)
Empire (2015)
Reflection (2016)
The Trap (2018)
By Any Means (2021)
Highlight Tapes, Vol. 1 (2021)