Jesus and the Hip-hop Prophets

Jesus and the Hip-hop Prophets
Author: Alex Gee
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830832347

John Teter and Alex Gee invite you to explore the world of Lauryn Hill, Tupac Shakur and the "hip-hop prophets"--following their lyrical messages to ultimate fulfillment at the feet of the Prophet-King Jesus.

Street Scriptures

Street Scriptures
Author: Alejandro Nava
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2022-05-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0226819167

"The world of hip-hop is saturated with religion, but often this element is glossed over as secondary to hip-hop's other dimensions. In Street Scriptures, Alejandro Nava focuses our attention on this relationship in a fresh way, combining his profound love of hip-hop, his passion for racial and social justice, and his deep theological knowledge. The result is a journey through hip-hop's deep entanglement with the sacred. Street Scriptures examines the reasons behind the rise of a religious heartbeat in hip-hop, looking at the crosscurrents of the sacred and profane in rap, reggaeton, and Latinx hip-hop today. Ranging from Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Lauryn Hill, and Cardi B to St. Augustine and William James, Nava examines the ethical-political, aesthetic-spiritual, and prophetic in hip-hop, probing the pure sonic and aesthetic signatures of music, while also diving deep into the voices that invoke the spirit of protest"--

Someone Has to Care

Someone Has to Care
Author: Christian Scharen
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2021-11-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1532612184

Welcome to this exploration of the Roots of hip-hop. The roots of hip-hop, as in: the Roots--a story of one of the most enduring, multi-talented, and successful groups of the past thirty years in any genre--and the story of the roots of hip-hop, that is, the story of hip-hop, a musical culture born in New York's South Bronx during the 1970s. Alongside the two hip-hop stories I tell here, I also tell the story about what God has to do with the Roots of hip-hop--a theological story, if you will. I describe how, in the process of becoming one of the most creative faith-rooted voices in music today, the Roots' developed a calling as artists. And I do this, in part, to say that you, too, can discover and live your prophetic calling. You can't help but be inspired by the Roots. Yet the best result of that is that you become inspired to be your most playful, passionate, purposeful, prophetic self in the world around you.

Hip-Hop Redemption

Hip-Hop Redemption
Author: Ralph Basui Watkins
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2011-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 080103311X

A sociologist and pop-culture expert offers a balanced engagement of hip-hop and rap music, showing God's presence in the music and the message.

A Divine Revelation of Hip Hop

A Divine Revelation of Hip Hop
Author: Kelly Johnson
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2008-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1604778881

Have you ever wondered if incorporating hip hop into a youth ministry is wise? It does seem to be a last resort if your goal is to attract young people. However, A Divine Revelation of Hip Hop gives caution to those who have invited this form of music in because of its popularity, and call it worship. A Divine Revelation of Hip Hop explodes with insight into the stronghold of this music. The root of this genre extends further than Brooklyn and the South Bronx, New York. You will read bold revelations that show how Hip Hop became infused with profane and perverse lyrics traveling on beats that war for your soul. Together they seek to destroy a generation and infiltrate and entire world. From the perspective of pop culture, everyone agrees it has gone too far. So that leads me to this question, can Hip Hop be Holy? Only a few will dare to dig deep. Since childhood, Kelly has served in various ministry capacities including teaching, missions, choir, and leadership. On all levels, she has provided administrative expertise to help build businesses and ministries in Milwaukee, Chicago, and the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Many opportunities were seized to witness to everyone including dignitaries, business leaders, celebrities, and professional athletes. With a natural love for reading, a gift for writing books, newsletters, screenplays, music and journals soon developed. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kelly currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her Husband and their three children. Also having an entrepreneurial spirit, the Lord allowed Kelly to become a business owner and founder of a non-profit organization & Evangelist Media Inc. Her education includes studies in Criminal Justice and state certification in Early Child Care Education. She also holds a Master Certificate in Strategic Organizational Leadership. Her hobbies are art, music, and reading history. With much prayer, fasting, and tenacious intercession, a voice for our generation has been birthed! International Opportunities for ministry exist for Kelly in Canada & Peru.

The Soul of Hip Hop

The Soul of Hip Hop
Author: Daniel White Hodge
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-08-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830861289

What is Hip Hop? Hip hop speaks in a voice that is sometimes gruff, sometimes enraged, sometimes despairing, sometimes hopeful. Hip hop is the voice of forgotten streets laying claim to the high life of rims and timbs and threads and bling. Hip hop speaks in the muddled language of would-be prophets--mocking the architects of the status quo and stumbling in the dark toward a blurred vision of a world made right. What is hip hop? It's a cultural movement with a traceable theological center. Daniel White Hodge follows the tracks of hip-hop theology and offers a path from its center to the cross, where Jesus speaks truth.

Rap and Religion

Rap and Religion
Author: Ebony A. Utley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2012-06-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0313376697

This book provides an enlightening, representative account of how rappers talk about God in their lyrics—and why a sense of religion plays an intrinsic role within hip hop culture. Why is the battle between good and evil a recurring theme in rap lyrics? What role does the devil play in hip hop? What exactly does it mean when rappers wear a diamond-encrusted "Jesus" around their necks? Why do rappers acknowledge God during award shows and frequently include prayers in their albums? Rap and Religion: Understanding the Gangsta's God tackles a sensitive and controversial topic: the juxtaposition—and seeming hypocrisy—of references to God within hip hop culture and rap music. This book provides a focused examination of the intersection of God and religion with hip hop and rap music. Author Ebony A. Utley, PhD, references selected rap lyrics and videos that span three decades of mainstream hip hop culture in America, representing the East Coast, the West Coast, and the South in order to account for how and why rappers talk about God. Utley also describes the complex urban environments that birthed rap music and sources interviews, award acceptance speeches, magazine and website content, and liner notes to further explain how God became entrenched in hip hop.

Urban God Talk

Urban God Talk
Author: Andre E. Johnson
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2013-08-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0739168304

Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, edited by Andre Johnson, is a collection of essays that examine the religious and spiritual in hip hop. The contributors argue that the prevailing narrative that hip hop offers nothing in the way of religion and spirituality is false. From its beginning, hip hop has had a profound spirituality and advocates religious views—and while not orthodox or systemic, nevertheless, many in traditional orthodox religions would find the theological and spiritual underpinnings in hip hop comforting, empowering, and liberating. In addition, this volume demonstrates how scholars in different disciplines approach the study of hip hop, religion, and spirituality. Whether it is a close reading of a hip hop text, ethnography, a critical studies approach or even a mixed method approach, this study is a pedagogical tool for students and scholars in various disciplines to use and appropriate for their own research and understanding. Urban God Talk will inspire not only scholars to further their research, but will also encourage publishers to print more in this field. The contributors to this in-depth study show how this subject is an underrepresented area within hip hop studies, and that the field is broad enough for numerous monographs, edited works, and journal publications in the future.

The Hip-Hop Church

The Hip-Hop Church
Author: Efrem Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-04-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830869727

Hip-hop is here. The beats ring out in our cities. Hip-hop culture is all around us: in the clothes youth wear, in the music they listen to, in the ways they express themselves. It is the language they speak, the rhythm they move to. It is a culture familiar with the hard realities of our broken world; the generation raised with rap knows about the pain. They need to know about the hope. Enter the hip-hop church. Like the culture it rises from, the hip-hop church is relevant and bold. And it speaks to the heart. In this book, pastors Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson show the urgency of connecting hip-hop culture and church to reach a generation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. They give practical ideas from their urban churches and other hip-hop churches about how to engage and incorporate rap, break dancing, poetry and deejays to worship Jesus and preach his Word. Hip-hop culture is shaping the next generation. Ignoring it will not reduce its influence; it will only separate us from the youth moving to its rhythm. How will they hear Christ's message of truth and hope if we don't speak their language? And how can we speak their language if we don't understand and embrace their culture? Hear the beat. Join the beat. Become the beat that brings truth and hope to a hungry, hurting generation.

Baptized in Dirty Water

Baptized in Dirty Water
Author: Daniel White Hodge
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532613679

Tupac Amaru Shakur was considered a Hip Hop prophet. His spiritual journey has not had much attention given to it until now. This book looks at Tupac's gospel message from a Hip Hop context. Tupac presents a theological message needed now even twenty-plus years after his death.