They aint just Christian rappers. They're rap evangelists. And reformed ones at that. Yes, Lecrae is a Calvinist. So is Trip Lee, Sho Baraka and Tedashii.The reason I mention this is because, as many may know, Reach Records along with my personal friend and rapper Flame are out and about repping the cause of Christ through the Dont Waste Your Life tour nationwide. And it is evident their popularity is increasing all across the country. As a result a lot more evangelicals from Bible Belt America are coming to know about them. And soon enough, when they listen to the joints these guys bring out, its evident they give all the props back to our God for the free grace given in saving them.
Apparently a lot of people wanted to confirm that these guys are indeed reformed: if you google for "lecrae the calvinist", my site is number 3 on search results! So to appease your curiosity, yes, it's true. They are indeed.
Lecrae's Rebel Intro off his album Rebel features Mark Driscoll, the evangelical rockstar who happens to also be a calvinist. The very next track is named Dont Waste Your Life, after prominent reformed pastor/theologian John Piper's radical book by the same same. In another joint off the album, Fall Back, Trip Lee is featured and he concludes with the line "We'd like fa you to desire God like Piper!" That's just to name a few.
It is important for me to mention here, it's all about Jesus. We are Calvinists, only because when we get to know the Bible more and more, it aligns with what history trditionally calls Calvinism. So in short, yeah - these guys, and myself, we're all Calvinists. But thats primarily because we love Jesus and the Bible!
To conclude, get some albums from these guys at Reach Records, and enjoy some lyrical theology. You can check some of their jams right here on my site playlist.
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