Grammy-nominated rapper Lecrae recently shared his top 5 Hip-Hop songs with ROCK THE BELLS radio.
While Lecrae has been on the rap scene for years, delivering his brand of spirit-filled Hip-Hop, including via his 2014 chart-topper Anamoly, his seminal work came in 2012 with Church Clothes. He's since offered up four more installments in the series, with the latest, Church Clothes 4, arriving in 2022. With the album, he explained his "righteous but ratchet" stance, emphasizing that he grew up with Hip-Hop.
"I'm a child of Hip-Hop," he said in a statement. "I grew up with rap music, and God transitioned and transformed me when I became a believer! After that, people felt I didn't belong in hip-hop anymore. The Church Clothes mixtape series helped them understand there's a place for artists like me. If Wu-Tang can spit the 5 percent gems, Kendrick can talk Hebrew Israelites, and Ice Cube and Lupe can declare their Islamic faith, why is there no space for Christian hip-hop artists? So, the first Church Clothes (released in 2012) was about me getting mine off
and spitting what's in my heart."
He also explained that he can love God and rap music at the same time. "I love the trap and the church, E-40, and Jesus. You can add Tupac, Biggie, NWA, Lauryn Hill, Eazy-E, OutKast, and more to that list... People struggle with the concept of me being righteous and ratchet. I've created music with Zaytoven and connected and collaborated with secular artists like Ty Dolla $ign. You don't get the righteous music
that you appreciate, without the ratchet side of me."
With his love of HIp-Hop in mind, Lecrae shared his top 5 rap songs for ROCK THE BELLS radio's popular ongoing series, Furious 5. Check out Lecrae's Furious 5 list below.
