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Christian rap (Music)

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Topical headingChristian rap (Music)
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Variant(s)Christian hip-hop
Gospel hip-hop
See alsoContemporary Christian music
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Rap (Music)
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Found inWork cat.: The Cross Movement. Heaven's mentality [SR]: program notes ("gospel hip-hop!")
All Muisc Guide WWW site, Nov. 23, 2001 (Christian rap is hip-hop with religious and inspirational themes. Most Christian rap doesn't show the sonic innovation of secular rap, simply because the groups don't have such strong competition. Frequently, Christian rap falls somewhere between old school hip-hop and the rap of the late '80s. Though it was unusual for Christian rap to be as hard as gangsta rap or as groove-oriented as G-gunk, variations on both styles - led, respectively, by Gospel Gangstas and Kirk Franklin - began to appear during the late '90s)