The Christian rap genre years ago was not recognized on the level that it is now. Most notoriety of this genre was recognized on the east coast with pillars such as Grammy nominated rap group
Cross Movement,
Ambassador,
Da Truth, and many others. On the west coast one of the most well known, Grammy nominated, Christian rap groups is called the
Gospel Ganstaz. As of today the movement continues and artist on the west coast are making the name of Jesus famous such as
Transparent,
Cj Emulous,
Qheemed the Redeemed,
Sevin,
Believa,
Q God Fear,
Minister RMB,
Bizzle, and
Spec to name a few. Along with this movement of artist is the movement of media and distribution outlets arising such as
House of Slap Radio,
Breathe Life Radio, and
West Coast Fiyah. Of course there are plenty more building the Kingdom of God, and new artist are coming out on the regular. One artist to break the mold and rep Jesus who is actually from Greenville, Mississippi but now resides on the West Coast is
Mission.
Mission is a Christian rap artist who is signed to
Gospel Mission Records and is adding a new element to the West Coast repertoire with his Southern type swag and Cali twist. Mission has the aim to reach the youth who are enticed by this Hip Hop culture and influence them to Christ. The West Coast needs artist to step up for the Kingdom and, Mission is doing just that with his album debut called, "Main Event."This is Mission’s debut album, which features Super Producer Spec, and tracks produced by J Reez, as well as Lou Braga. This 14-track album is complete with the smash single “Kingdom Business” ft. J- Lane, “Can’t Be Stopped” ft. V. Rose. The album also features more mellow tracks like “Children of the King” and one of the fan favorites “Together With You”. The “Main Event” album is anticipated to be the hottest debut artist this year. To hear the single "Kingdom Business" go to
Mission's Reverb Nation page. The "Main Event" album will be available on Itunes, Amazon and other digital outlets on July 12th. This is another advancement for the West Coast as well as major progression for urban Christian media.
Best Selling Christian rap artist was mentioned on Fox Business news this past week. Fox was doing an interview with CEO and founder of Tunecore, Jeff Price.Tunecore is a company that allows artist to get free worldwide distribution for their music. Generally distributors like Itunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, and others take a percentage from each single or album sold. Tunecore removes the middleman that takes the percentage and allows artist to pay Tune core $10.00 for a single, and $49.99 for an album to be distributed worldwide. After discussing the dynamics of his business Jeff mentioned artist like Jay-Z and Nine inch Nails use his services.Then he mentioned Christian Rap artist Lecrae who sold a million copies of his songs last year. This may seem insignificant that he mentioned Lecrae in a special about his business, but this is a huge step forward for the kingdom of God because its letting the world know that people want to hear truth in their music not garbage. Christian Rap is on the rise are you gonna catch the tide? To view the video click here.
