“Rappers Are Raising Their Churches’ Roofs”
Read a Sept. 13, 2004 New York Times article about the developing relationship between hiphop and Christianity.
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“How Christian Hip-Hop Could Call the American Church Back to the Gospel–and Hip-Hop Back to Its Roots”
Read an April 21, 2013 Christianity Today article about how Christian hiphop might be another form of evangelical marketing.
“Why Christian Hip Hop Is Not a Failure”
Read a April 29, 2008 Patheos article in response to “The Failure of Christian Hip Hop.”
“Florida Church Leaders Preach Hip-Hop Style”
Read a June 17, 2013 article about the differentiation of traditional hiphop to Gospel hiphop and the positive messages the latter preaches.
“The music industry takes sales as gospel”
According to The Boston Globe’s Dec. 3, 2006, article Christian and gospel music is the one growing music category; sales in 2007 were up 11.6 percent. That popularity is recognized at conferences and music award ceremonies, where Christian rap or hiphop is increasingly included as a category.
“Hip-Hop Theologians and Preachers”
Read a May 13, 2013 Christianity Today article that lists and explores artists shaping the Christian hiphop movement.
“Starting a Dialogue with Hip-Hop”
Read a June 18, 2013 Christianity Today interview with Christian hiphop artist Daniel White and his understanding of “theomusicology.”
“After Turning Theological, Christian Hip-Hop Turns Critical”
Read a May 30, 2013 Christianity Today article about the “new phase” that Christian hiphop is supposedly to be moving into.
“Black Youth Project”
The Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago surveyed 1,590 African-Americans, whites and Latinos aged 15 to 25 in several Midwest cities on subjects including rap music, premarital sex, politics and the “color-blind” society. The results included: 58 percent of black youth listen to rap music daily, compared with 45 percent of Latinos and 23 percent of […]