A List Of Popular Christian Rappers And Some Of Their Most Notable Works

A List of Popular Christian Rappers and some of their most notable works.

Christian Hip Hop music has, over the years, received acceptance not just in the United States but all over the world as it continues to bury the nation that the hip hop music genre is all about gangster lifestyle, crime, drugs, women, money, sex, and other social ills in the society.

However, Christian Rappers and other gospel artists have used the gospel hip hop subgenre not just to preach the gospel or win souls to Jesus Christ, but also to entertain and inspire people.

Some Christian Rappers have used the subgenre to narrate their childhood challenges and experiences while others use theirs to evangelize and expand the Christian faith.

Nowadays, there are a lot of Christian Rappers and gospel hip hop artists even though the most popular ones are from or based in the United States.

Christian Rappers can not be regarded as the “small players” in the world of hip hop because some of them have won major awards.

Lecrae, one of the most popular Christian Rappers has won the Grammy Awards not just once but twice.

Is Christian Rap new? No, it is not new. Stephen Wiley is the first Christian Rapper to publish a full Christian Rap album, Bible Break in 1985.

Other albums Christian Rap albums released by Stephen Wiley include:

Rappin for Jesus (Brentwood Music, 1986)
Rap it Up (Brentwood Music, 1987)
Get Real (Brentwood Music, 1989)
Rhythm and Poetry (StarSong Records, 1990)
Rhapsody (StarSong Records, 1991)

In no particular other, these are some of the most popular Christian Rappers:

1. Andy Mineo

Born and raised by a single in Syracuse, New York, Andrew Aaron Mineo is not just a rapper, he is also a music producer and video director. He joined a rap group, Fat Camp while he was in high school before moving to New York City.

Andy realized he was weak spiritually so he re-dedicated his life to Christ, joined an outreach group, and also released his debut mixtape, Sin Is Wack in 2009.

Andy Mineo released his first album, Heroes for Sale on the 8th of January, 2013 and he has published three other works since.

His latest album is Work in Progress which he released in 2019.

2. Lecrae

Lecrae Devaughn Moore was born on the 9th of October, 1979 in Houston Texas. Aside from being a hip-hop artist, Lecrae is also a music executive, an actor as well as an entrepreneur.

I’m one of his songs, Good, Bad and Ugly, Lecrae revealed that he was sexually abused by his babysitter when he was just right years old. His childhood experiences influenced some tracks.

He started writing rap songs at the age of 11. Unfortunately, he was influenced negatively such that he began to use drugs when he was 16, he became a drug dealer and use the Bible his grandmother gave him as a good luck charm.

However, the git converted in 1999 and released his first album, Real Talk in 2004.

He is a two-time Grammy Award winner as well as a BET Award winner. He is the first gospel artist to win these awards.

Some of his other works include:

After the Music Stops (2006)
Rebel (2008) Rehab (2010)
Rehab: The Ov*rdose (2011)
Gravity (2012)
Anomaly (2014)
All Things Work Together (2017)
Let the Trap Say Amen (2018) – This was done with Zaytoven
Restoration (2020)

3. KB

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Kelvin Elijah Burgess is a native of St Petersburg, Florida. He was born into a military family in 1988. His dad and mum separated when he was eight years old.

His exposure to different drugs at an early age despite doing well in high school almost ruined his life and he contemplated suicide at some point in his life.

KB had the opportunity of going to college through the St. Petersburg Collegiate High School but his struggle with drugs and depression prevented him from taking the opportunity.

Instead, he proceeded to Bible College where he met with some other Christian rappers. Their union led to the formation of the group called HGA, His Glory Alone.

He got signed with Reach Records in 2010 and featured on Lecrae’s album, Rehab. He went on to release his first mixtape, Who is KB? a year later. Who is KB? had over 30,000.

He has since released five albums, the latest is His Glory Alone was which was released in 2020 under his new label Essential Sound.

4. Bizzle

Born on the 21st of July, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, Mark Julian Felder, who is commonly known as “Bizzle” is no doubt one of the most revered Christian Rappers in the United States and beyond.

Nozzle gained popularity in 2010 when he took a swipe at rap icon Jaz-Z in his song You Got Some Explaining to Do” in response to the latter’s derogatory reference to Jesus and the Christian faith.

He went on to release his first mixtape, The Messenger that same year and he founded his record label, God over Money in Houston Texas shortly after.

His first album, Tough Love and Parables was released on June 21st of 2011 and it debuted number 15 on the Billboard Gospel Album chart.

His other works include:

2011: Tough Love & Parables
2012: Best of Both Worlds: The Album (with Willie ‘P-Dub’ Moore Jr.)
2013: The Good Fight
2014: Well Wishes
2015: Surrender
2016: Crowns and Crosses
2018: Light Work (EP)
2019: Light Work 2: Bars & Melodies
2020: The Messenger 4

5. Nf

Nathan John Feuerstein like some other rappers was a product of abuse. When his parents separated, his stepfather abused him which prompted his biological father to take him away from his other.

His childhood experience worsened when his mother died from a drug overdose which made him dedicate one of his tracks, “How Could You Us” to her.

Nf, a native of Michigan, was born on the 30th of March, 1991. He released his debut album, Moments in 2011. He has since released five studio albums, 24 singles, and 1 mixtape.

Some of his other works include:

Mansion (2015)
TTherapy Session (2016)
Perception(2017)
The Search (2019)

Nf has two Dove Awards to his name.

6. Tedashii

Tedashii Lavoy Anderson is a member of the hip-hop troupe, 116 Clique and he has five solo albums: Kingdom People, Identity Crisis, Blacklight, Below Paradise, and Never Fold which were all released under Reach Records.

He is 44 years old a native of Lufkin, Texas, United States.

In 2013, he lost his one-year-old child and he recorded his spiritual struggles during that period in his fourth studio album, Below Paradise.

7. Derek Minor

Derek Minor’s real name is Derek Johnson Jr. He is also a native of Michigan. Aside from being one of the most popular Christian Rappers, he is also a businessman, an actor, and a screenwriter.

He is one of the founding members of the hip-hop group, R.M.G and a former founding member of 116 Clique. He holds a degree in Recording Industry Management from Middle Tennessee State University.

He revealed that he used a bed bunk as a microphone stand when he signed a record deal with an independent label before he turned 21.

He has six studio albums to his name: