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List Of Christian Hip Hop And Rap Artists
This is a list of artists who perform within the Christian hip hop subgenre, a subgenre of both hip hop music and contemporary Christian music, containing Christian lyrics. Artists 0–9 * 116 Clique * 4th Avenue Jones * 6 Way St. A * Alert312 * The Ambassador * Applejaxx B * B-U * Basehead * B. Cooper * B. Reith * BB Jay * Beautiful Eulogy * Benjah * Bizzle * Braille (formerly known as Bryan Winchester) * Brainwash Projects * Brethren * Timothy Brindle * Brinson * Bumps Inf * Bushwick Bill C * Canon * Capital Kings * Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers * Chance the Rapper * Cheno Lyfe * Chris Cobbins * Aaron Cole * The Cross Movement D * D-Boy * D-Maub * D-Naff * Da' T.R.U.T.H. * Datin * DC Talk * Dee-1 * Deepspace5 * Deezer D * Deraj * Derek Minor (formerly known as Pro) * D.O.C. * DJ Dust * DJ Maj * DJ Official * Dre Murray * Dwayne Tryumf * Dynamic Twins E * Emcee N.I.C.E. * End Time Warriors (also known as E.T.W.) * Eshon Burgundy * Everyday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Hip Hop
Christian hip hop (originally gospel rap, also known as Christian rap, gospel hip hop or holy hip hop) is a subgenre of contemporary Christian music and hip hop music. It emerged from urban contemporary music and Christian media in the United States during the 1980s. Christian hip hop music first emerged on record in 1982 with a track entitled "Jesus Christ (The Gospel Beat)" by Queens, New York artist McSweet. The first full-length, Christian hip hop album, ''Bible Break'', by Oklahoma artist Stephen Wiley, was released in 1985 with the title track becoming a hit on Christian radio in 1986. Other early Christian hip recording artists from the mid-1980s included P.I.D. (Preachas in Disguise), who recorded to funky rock rhythms, as well as JC & the Boys and Michael Peace. During the 1990s and 2000s, rapper KJ-52 rose to prominence in the field. Christian rock band DC Talk blended hip-hop and rock, and were successful in mainstream Christian music. All three band members have ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brethren (Australian Group)
Brethren is an Australian hip hop duo from Sydney formed in 1989. The group comprises Matthew Peet a.k.a. "Mistery" and Claude Rodriguez a.k.a. Wizdm. They have released two albums, two EPs and a number of singles and collaborations. They have performed live locally, notably at festivals including The Big Day Out, Livid and Blackstump Music Festival. Career Mistery and Wizdm first met in 1989 at the Heavenly Taste Pizza shop in Sydney, where Mistery was working at the time. They realised they had mutual interests in hip-hop, B-Boying and spirituality and decided to form Brethren.Local Noise » Brethren Rolling Stone magazine September 1996 Brethren got their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Rodriguez
Daniel Dimitri Rodriguez (November 10, 1967 – October 6, 1990),Uncloudy Days book, P. 356 alias D-Boy Rodriguez, was a Christian rap artist. He released two albums that received moderate commercial success, before being murdered in 1990. His third album was released posthumously. Career Debut album Rodriguez was signed to Frontline Records, who released his debut album ''Plantin' a Seed'' in 1989. Christian blue-eyed soul singer Tim Miner was instrumental in creating the album in a technical role as well as assisting with songwriting, playing various instruments and singing background vocals on the disc. Miner's future wife Cindy Cruse also sang backing vocals.CMA - Plantin' a Seed "Pick Yourself Up", co-written with Miner and |
The Cross Movement
The Cross Movement was a Christian hip hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members The Cross Movement (CM) which were composed of several rappers: The Ambassador (William Branch), The Tonic (John Wells), Phanatik (Brady Goodwin), and T.R.U.-L.I.F.E (Virgil Byrd), Cruz Cordero, Enock (Juan James), and Earthquake (Cleve Foat). The CM also frequently collaborated with the Christian disc jockey, DJ Official (Nelson Chu). The CM's niche has been to translate biblical and Christian theology into rap music by using the same hyper-aggressive lyrics, sampled orchestral riffs, alliteration, and virtuoso delivery of many mainstream rappers without the self-aggrandizing and violent lyrics, or the materialistic imagery stereotypically associated with many rappers. The Ambassador A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, William "Duce" Branch a.k.a. The Ambassador is the co-planter (along with label mate and founding Cross Movement member Cruz Cordero) of Epiphany Fellowshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Cole
Aaron Tyrese Cole CAN T TELL ME NUTHIN Work ID No.891970726 IPI No.738741611 (COLE AARON TYRESE) (born February 28, 1999) is an American Christian hip hop recording artist and songwriter. He began his career at the age of four. He signed to Gotee Records, a record label founded by Christian hip hop performer Toby McKeehan. Cole is known the best for his songs "Right on Time" and "One More Day". Early and personal life Cole was raised in a musical family, where his father had his own recording studio in their apartment. Around the time of his high school years, Cole discovered that music is his true vocation, and he wants to serve it as a professional rapper. "I remember in junior high just enjoying being a regular kid, but I would get picked on because I wasn't smoking, drinking, or getting in trouble," says Cole. "One afternoon I came home and told my dad what was going on and why, and he shared that he thought I was called for a purpose and that this calling would cost me to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Cobbins
Christopher Lee Cobbins, (born August 30, 1984), who goes by the stage name Chris Cobbins, is an American Christian hip hop musician and Christian R&B artist from Kansas City, Missouri. His debut album, ''Hello World'', released on October 8, 2013 by Latebloom Records. This album was his ''Billboard'' chart debut album. Early life Cobbins was born on August 30, 1984, as Christopher Lee Cobbins, in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, Otis L. Cobbins Jr, is the pastor of Bread of Life East Church, and his mother is Christine Cobbins. He has two brothers, Ryan and Matthew Cobbins, and he has a sister, O'lea Cobbins. Music career His first studio album, ''Hello World'', was released on October 8, 2013, with Latebloom Records. This was his debut album on the ''Billboard'' charts, and it happened to land a placement on Top Gospel Albums at No. 33.http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f ts_chart_artistname%3AChris%20Cobbins&f ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Chris%20Cobbins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheno Lyfe
Rameses Echevarria (born November 3, 1980), who goes by the stage name Cheno Lyfe (Christ Hearted Evangelist Now Offering Lyfe), is an American Christian hip hop musician. He is signed to Good City Music, and together they released ''Lunar'' in 2013. This was his breakthrough album on the ''Billboard'' charts. target="_blank" class="mw-redirect" title=""> ts_chart_artistname%3ACheno%20Lyfe&f ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Cheno%20Lyfe Billboard chart search] Early life Cheno Lyfe was born on November 3, 1980 as Rameses Echevarria in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, who moved to Miami, Florida as a youngster.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chance The Rapper
Chancelor Johnathan Bennett (born April 16, 1993), known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Chicago, Bennett released his debut mixtape '' 10 Day'' in 2012. He began to gain mainstream recognition in 2013 after releasing his second mixtape, '' Acid Rap''. He then released his third mixtape, ''Coloring Book'' in 2016, which garnered further critical acclaim and attention. It earned him three Grammy Awards, including the award for Best Rap Album; upon winning, it became the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy Award, and peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200. His debut studio album '' The Big Day'' was released in 2019. Aside from his solo career, Bennett is a member of the Chicago collective Savemoney, and is the vocalist for the band the Social Experiment; they released the album '' Surf'' in 2015, led by trumpeter Nico Segal. He is also involved in social activism in the Chica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron "Mr
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives ''Don Juan'' and ''Childe Harold's Pilgrimage''; many of his shorter lyrics in ''Hebrew Melodies'' also became popular. Byron was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, later traveling extensively across Europe to places such as Italy, where he lived for seven years in Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa after he was forced to flee England due to lynching threats. During his stay in Italy, he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire and died leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks revere him as a folk hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Kings
Capital Kings was an American pop, EDM and Christian pop act. The group went on indefinite hiatus on January 3, 2018. The group originally consisted of producer and rapper Cole Walowac and singer Jon White, who was later replaced by Dylan Housewright. History Jon White and Cole Walowac formed Capital Kings while still living in their hometown of Washington D.C. Jon White stated that he met Cole in his church nursery and that "we started playing in the youth group band... Cole would play drums and I would sing and that's how we started making music." Their debut album ''Capital Kings'' was released on January 8, 2013 and entered the ''Billboard'' Christian Albums Chart in the Top 5. They released a remix album, ''Remixd'', on March 11, 2014, that included six remixed songs from their first album, and a new song, "Be a King". Their second album, '' II'', was released on October 2, 2015. On February 23, 2016, during the Hits Deep Tour of which Capital Kings was a part, White a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon (rapper)
Aaron McCain (born March 1, 1989), better known by his stage name Canon, is an American Christian rapper from Chicago, Illinois. Canon is best known for his appearance on Lecrae's Rehab: The Overdose and his collaboration with Derek Minor then from Reach Records. Canon also was mentored by Lecrae Lecrae Devaughn Moore (born October 9, 1979), mononymously known as Lecrae, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record and film producer, record executive, actor, and entrepreneur. He is the president, co-owner and co-founder of the ind ... who then took Canon on the road with him to be his full-time hype-man. After touring with Lecrae, Canon signed with Reflection Music Group and recorded his first EP entitled Loose Canon which was released in 2012. In 2014, Canon experience his first taste of success by reaching the Billboard 200 charts with the release of "Loose Canon, Volume 2." After a near-death accident, Canon was out for a long time, until 2016 when he released sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushwick Bill
Richard William Stephen Shaw (December 8, 1966 – June 9, 2019), better known by his stage name Bushwick Bill, was a Jamaican-American rapper. He was a member of the Texas hip hop group Geto Boys, a group he originally joined as a breakdancer in 1986 as Little Billy. He went on to become one third of one incarnation of the group, alongside Willie D and Scarface. Early life Bushwick Bill was born Richard William Stephen Shaw on December 8, 1966, in Kingston, Jamaica. His father was a merchant mariner, and his mother was a maid. Shaw was born with dwarfism and as an adult was listed as tall. Career Shaw got his start in the music industry in 1986 as a member of the Geto Boys, where he performed as a dancer known as Little Billy. He later transitioned to rapping, and was featured on the Geto Boys' debut album, ''Making Trouble'' in 1988. The album received little attention and negative reviews, which led to Rap-A-Lot dropping all members from the group except for Bill an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
