It's easy to rock a hip hop concert in a church. There are tons of cats who used to be hip hop artists and once their life changed, their content changed. If in the concert there was profanity and the 'video type of hip hop' then naw, that ain't happening. The fact is, this ain't new. Contrary to popular belief, Kanye didn't have an original concept in 'Jesus Walks'. We have been doing this for 10+ years. He was just the first mainstream person to attempt it. The fact that it was a succes shows there is a market for it. Labels are afraid of us, though, because it's hard to play Lil Jon, Yin Yang, and the like after that. It messes up their programmin.
Religion and rap has been intertwined since the beginning of hip hop. 5 Percenters rhetoric and their wording has been around in hip hop for as long as I remember, (word is bond, gods & earths, peace, etc.) Christianity is not normally looked at as 'cool' so we get a bum rap when it comes to hip hop. Yeah, Mase kinda messes up things with his flip flop, but he never was a Gospel Artist. His thing is his thing. I'm just sad that he came out professing Christianity and switched up. But I ain't judging, he has to be him.
I've been a DJ since '89, and producing since '93. In '96, I gave my life to Christ and changed my game. I only do gospel hip hop and catch alot of flack because it ain't no money in it at this point, but it's all for the love. For the love of God and for the love of hip hop. It's a ministry vs. industry thing.
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